Chapter 1
1; And it happened after the death of Moses the servant of YAHWEH, YAHWEH spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
2; My servant Moses is dead. And now rise up, cross over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them, to the sons of Israel.
3; Every place on which the sole of your foot shall tread, I have given it to you, as I spoke to Moses.
4; From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun, shall be your border.
5; No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor will I forsake you.
6; Be strong and brave. For you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give to them.
7; Only be strong and very brave, so that you may take heed to do according to all the Torah which Moses My servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may act wisely wherever you go.
8; This book of the Torah shall not depart out of your mouth, and you shall meditate on it by day and by night, so that you shall be on guard to do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall prosper your way, and then you shall act wisely.
9; Have I not commanded you? Be strong and brave. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for YAHWEH your Elohim is with you in all places where you go.
10; Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
11; Pass through the camp and command the people, saying, Prepare food for you. For within three days you are crossing this Jordan to go in to possess the land which YAHWEH your Elohim is giving to you, to possess it.
12; And Joshua spoke to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, saying,
13; Remember the word which Moses the servant of YAHWEH commanded you, saying, YAHWEH your Elohim has given you rest, and He has given to you this land.
14; Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall remain in the land which Moses has given to you beyond the Jordan. But you shall cross over armed before your brothers, all the mighty warriors, and shall help them,
15; until YAHWEH has given rest to your brothers, as well as to you, and they, even they have possessed the land which YAHWEH your Elohim is giving to them. Then you may return to the land of your possession, and may possess it, which Moses the servant of YAHWEH has given to you beyond the Jordan toward the rising of the sun.
16; And they answered Joshua, saying, We will do all that you command us; and we will go everywhere you shall send us.
17; According to all we listened to from Moses, so we will listen to you. Surely YAHWEH your Elohim is with you, as He has been with Moses.
18; Whoever rebels against your mouth, and will not listen to your commands in all that you say to him, he shall die. Only, be strong and brave.
Chapter 2
1; And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men out of Shittim to spy secretly, saying, Go look over the land, and Jericho. And they went and came into the house of a woman, a harlot; and her name was Rahab. And they lay down there.
2; And it was reported to the king of Jericho saying, Behold, men have come here tonight from the sons of Israel, to search the land.
3; And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring out the men who have come in to you, who have come into your house. For they have come in to search out all the land.
4; And the woman took the two men and hid them, and said, This way the men came in to me, but I did not know from where they were.
5; And it happened as the gate was to be shut at dark, even the men went out. I do not know where they have gone. You go after them, and hurry, for you may overtake them.
6; But she made them go up on the roof, and hid them with stalks of flax, which she arranged on the roof.
7; And the men went after them the way of the Jordan, by the fords. And they shut the gate afterwards, when the pursuers had gone after them.
8; And before they had laid down, she came up to them on the roof.
9; And she said to the men, I know that YAHWEH has given the land to you, and that your terror has fallen on us, and that all those living in the land have melted before you.
10; For we have heard how YAHWEH dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, as you were going out of Egypt; also that which you have done to two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan; to Sihon, and to Og, whom you destroyed.
11; And we have heard, and our heart has melted, and there still does not rise the spirit in any man, because of you. For YAHWEH your Elohim, He is Elohim in the heavens above, and in the earth below.
12; And now, please swear to me by YAHWEH, since I have dealt with you in kindness, that you will also deal with my father's house in kindness, and shall give to me a true token;
13; and shall keep alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that is to them, and shall deliver our souls from death.
14; And the men said to her, Our life instead of yours, if you do not tell this business of ours, then it shall be, when YAHWEH gives this land to us that we shall deal with you in kindness and truth.
15; Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was in the side of the wall, and she lived in the wall.
16; And she said to them, Go to the mountain lest the pursuers come upon you. And you shall hide there three days until the pursuers return; and afterward you shall go on your way.
17; And the men said to her, We will be guiltless from this oath of yours which you made us swear.
18; Behold, we are coming into the land; you shall bind this scarlet thread of line in the window by which you have let us down. And you shall gather your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father's house to you, to the house.
19; And it shall be, anyone who goes outside from the doors of your house his blood shall be on his head, and we shall be innocent. And anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is on him.
20; But if you reveal this business of ours, then we shall be guiltless from your oath which you have made us swear.
21; And she said, Let it be according to your words. And she sent them away. And they went. And she bound the line of scarlet thread in the window.
22; And they departed and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had returned. And the pursuers searched in all the way, but did not find them.
23; And the two men returned and came down from the mountain, and crossed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and reported to him all that had happened to them.
24; And they said to Joshua, Surely YAHWEH has given all the land into our hands. And also, all those living in the land have melted before us.
Chapter 3
1; And Joshua rose up early in the morning. And they set forth from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel. And they stayed there before they crossed over.
2; And it happened, at the end of three days, the officers passed into the midst of the camp.
3; And they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of YAHWEH your Elohim, and the priests, and the Levites bearing it, then you shall set forth from your place and shall go after it.
4; Only, keep a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. You shall not come near it, so that you may know the way in which you are to go in. For you have not crossed over this way in time past.
5; And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow YAHWEH will do wonders among you.
6; And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant and go before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people.
7; And YAHWEH said to Joshua, This day I will begin to make you great in the eyes of all Israel, so that they shall know that as I was with Moses, I am with you.
8; And you shall command the priests bearing the ark of the covenant, saying, When you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan you shall stand still in the Jordan.
9; And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, Come near here and hear the Words of YAHWEH your Elohim.
10; And Joshua said, By this you shall know that the living Elohim is among you. And He shall certainly dispossess from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
11; Behold, the ark of the covenant of YAHWEH of all the earth shall pass over before you into the Jordan.
12; And now, take for yourselves twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe.
13; And it shall be, when the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of YAHWEH, Master of all the earth, come to rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, the waters which come down from above. And they shall stand in one heap.
14; And it happened, as the people set forth from their tents to cross over the Jordan, and as the priests bore the ark of the covenant before the people,
15; and as those bearing the ark came into the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the edge of the waters,
16; that the waters stood still, those coming down from above rose up into a heap, very far above the city Adam, which is beside Zaretan; and those going down by the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite to Jericho.
17; And the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of YAHWEH stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan. And all Israel crossed over on dry ground until all the nation had completely passed over the Jordan.
Chapter 4
1; And it was, when all the nation had completely crossed over the Jordan, YAHWEH spoke to Joshua, saying,
2; Take twelve men for you out of the people, one man of each tribe.
3; And charge them, saying, Take twelve stones from this place, from the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests were fixed. And you shall carry them over with you and lay them down in the lodging place which you stay in it tonight.
4; And Joshua called to the twelve men whom he had readied from the sons of Israel, one man out of each tribe.
5; And Joshua said to them, Cross over before the ark of YAHWEH your Elohim to the middle of the Jordan, and each man of you lift up one stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel,
6; that this shall be a sign among you, when your children ask hereafter, saying, What are these stones to you?
7; You shall say to them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of YAHWEH, as it crossed over into the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. And these stones are for a memorial to the sons of Israel all the days.
8; And the sons of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan, as YAHWEH had spoken to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel, and crossed over with them to the lodging place, and laid them down there;
9; even the twelve stones that Joshua lifted up in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant stood firm. And they are there until this day.
10; And the priests bearing the ark were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything was finished that YAHWEH had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua. And the people hurried and crossed over.
11; And it happened, when the people had finished crossing over, the ark of YAHWEH and the priests crossed over before the people.
12; And the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh crossed over in battle array before the sons of Israel, as Moses had spoken to them;
13; about forty thousand armed men of the army crossed over before YAHWEH for battle, to the plains of Jericho.
14; In that day YAHWEH made Joshua great in the sight of all Israel. And they feared him all the days of his life, even as they feared Moses.
15; And YAHWEH spoke to Joshua, saying,
16; Order the priests who carry the ark of the testimony, that they rise out of the Jordan.
17; And Joshua commanded the priests, saying, Rise out of the Jordan.
18; And it happened when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of YAHWEH had come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the feet of the priests had been lifted to the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and flowed over all its banks, as before.
19; And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth of the first month, and camped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
20; And the twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan were raised up in Gilgal by Joshua.
21; And he spoke to the sons of Israel, saying, When your sons ask their fathers hereafter, saying, What do these stones mean?
22; Then you shall make your sons know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land,
23; because YAHWEH your Elohim dried up the waters of the Jordan before you, until you crossed over, as YAHWEH your Elohim did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before you until we crossed over;
24; so that all the people of the land shall know that the hand of YAHWEH is strong, so that you may fear YAHWEH your Elohim all the days.
Chapter 5
1; And it happened, when all the kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan, toward the sea, and all the kings of the Canaanites which were by the sea, heard how
YAHWEH dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel, until they crossed over, their heart was melted. And there was not any more spirit in them before the sons of Israel.
2; At that time YAHWEH said to Joshua, Make for yourself flint knives, and again circumcise the sons of Israel, the second time.
3; And Joshua made flint knives for himself, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
4; And this is the reason Joshua circumcised: All the people who had come out of Egypt, who were males, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness, in the way, as they came out of Egypt.
5; For all the people who had come out were circumcised. And all the people who were born in the wilderness, in the way, as they came out from Egypt, had not been circumcised.
6; For the sons of Israel had walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who had come out of Egypt were consumed, those who did not listen to the voice of
YAHWEH, to whom YAHWEH had sworn to them not to show them the land which YAHWEH swore to their fathers, to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey; these were consumed.
7; And He raised their sons up in their place. Joshua circumcised them, for they had been uncircumcised; for they had not been circumcised in the way.
8; And it happened, when all the nation had finished being circumcised, they remained in their places in the camp until they revived.
9; And YAHWEH said to Joshua, Today I have rolled the reproach of Egypt off of you. And he called the name of that place Gilgal to this day.
10; And the sons of Israel camped in Gilgal, and prepared the Passover in the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the plains of Jericho.
11; And they ate the old grain of the land on the next day after the Passover, unleavened bread and roasted grain, in this same day.
12; And the manna ceased on the next day after they ate of the old grain of the land. And there was no more manna to the sons of Israel, but they ate the produce of the land of Canaan in that year.
13; And it happened, when Joshua was beside Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked. And, behold! A Man stood in front of him, and His drawn sword was in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, Are You for us, or for our foes?
14; And He said, No, for I now come as the Captain of the army of YAHWEH. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped. And he said to Him, What does my Master speak to His slave?
15; And the Captain of the army of YAHWEH said to Joshua, Take your shoe off your foot, for the place on which you are standing is holy. And Joshua did so.
Chapter 6
1; And Jericho was closed, and was shut in from the face of the sons of Israel; no one going out, and no one coming in.
2; And YAHWEH said to Joshua, See I have given Jericho and its king, mighty warriors, into your hand.
3; And you shall go around the city, all the men of battle, going around the city once; so you shall do six days.
4; And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. And on the seventh day you shall go around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the rams' horns.
5; And it shall be, when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the ram's horn, all the people shall shout with a great shout. And the wall of the city shall fall down underneath below you; and the people shall go up, each man in front of him.
6; And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of YAHWEH.
7; And he said to the people, Pass on, go around the city, and he who is armed shall go on before the ark of AHWEH.
8; And it happened, when Joshua spoke to the people, the seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before YAHWEH passed on and blew with the rams' horns. And the ark of the covenant of YAHWEH went after them.
9; And he who was armed went before the priests blowing the rams' horns. And the rear guard after the ark, going on and blowing with the rams' horns.
10; And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, You shall not shout, nor cause your voice to be heard, nor shall there go from your mouth a word until the day I say to you, Shout! Then you shall shout.
11; And the ark of YAHWEH went around the city, going around one time. And they came into the camp, and remained in the camp.
12; And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests bore the ark of YAHWEH.
13; And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns were walking before the ark of YAHWEH, going on, and were blowing with the rams' horns. And he who was armed went before them. And the rear guard went behind the ark of YAHWEH, going on and blowing with the rams' horns.
14; And they circled the city on the second day one time, and returned to the camp. So they did six days.
15; And it happened on the seventh day, they rose early, at the dawning of the day, and went around the city seven times in the same way. Only on that day they circled the city seven times.
16; And it happened at the seventh time the priests blew with the rams' horns. And Joshua said to the people, Shout! For YAHWEH has given you the city.
17; And the city shall be devoted to YAHWEH, it and all that are in it. Only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
18; And you shall certainly keep clear of the cursed things, that you not become accursed by taking from the cursed things, and shall make the camp of Israel become accursed, and trouble it.
19; And all the silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, they are holy to YAHWEH; they shall come into the treasury of YAHWEH.
20; And the people shouted, and blew with the ram's horns, and it happened, when the people heard the sound of the ram's horn, the people shouted a great shout. And the wall fell under it; and the people went up into the city, each man in front of him; and they captured the city.
21; And they destroyed all that was in the city, from man even to woman, from young even to aged, and to ox, and sheep, and donkey , by the mouth of the sword.
22; And Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into
the house of the woman, the harlot, and bring the woman out from there, and all whom she has, as you have sworn to her.
23; And the young men, the spies, went in and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all whom she had; yea, they brought all her family, and set them outside the camp of Israel.
24; And they burned the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only they gave the silver and the gold, and the vessels of bronze, and of iron, to the treasury of the house of YAHWEH.
25; And Joshua kept alive Rahab the harlot, and the house of her father, and all whom she had. And she lives in the midst of Israel to this day. For she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
26; And at that time Joshua adjured, saying, Cursed be the man who rises up before the face of YAHWEH and builds this city of Jericho. He shall lay its foundation in his first-born, and he shall set up its doors in his youngest son.
27; And YAHWEH was with Joshua, and his fame was in all the land.
Chapter 7
1; And the sons of Israel sinned a sin in the cursed things. And Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah took of the cursed things. And the anger of YAHWEH glowed against the sons of Israel.
2; And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-Aven, on the east of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied out Ai.
3; And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Do not let all the people go up. Let about two thousand men, or about three thousand men, go up, and they shall strike Ai. Do not cause all the people to labor there, for they are few.
4; And about three thousand men of the people went up there. And they fled before the men of Ai.
5; And the men of Ai struck about thirty six men of them, and pursued them before the gate to Shebarim. And they struck them in the descent. And the heart of the people was melted, and became as water.
6; And Joshua tore his clothing, and fell on his face to the earth before the ark of YAHWEH until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they threw dust on their heads.
7; And Joshua said, Oh Adonai YAHWEH, why have You at all caused this people to cross over the Jordan to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? And, Oh that we had been willing, and that we had dwelt beyond the Jordan!
8; Oh YAHWEH, what shall I say, after Israel has turned its back before its enemies?
9; And the Canaanites, and all the ones living in the land shall hear, and shall come around against us, and shall cut off our name out of the earth. And what shall You do for Your great name?
10; And YAHWEH said to Joshua, Get yourself up! Why do you fall on your face this way?
11; Israel has sinned, and they also have transgressed My covenant which I commanded them, and have also taken of the cursed things, and have also stolen, and also deceived, and also put it among their stuff.
12; And the sons of Israel have not been able to stand before their enemies; they have turned the back before their enemies because they have become cursed. I will not be with you again if you do not destroy the cursed things from among you.
13; Rise up, sanctify the people, and you shall say, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow. For so says YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel, A cursed thing is among you, Israel; you are not able to stand before your enemies until you take away the cursed thing from among you.
14; And you shall be brought near in the morning, by your tribes. And it shall be, the tribe which YAHWEH takes shall draw near by families. And the family which YAHWEH takes shall draw near by households. And the house-hold which YAHWEH takes shall draw near by men.
15; And it shall be, he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of YAHWEH and because he has committed folly in Israel.
16; And Joshua rose early in the morning, and brought Israel near by its tribes. And the tribe of Judah was taken.
17; And he brought the family of Judah near; and he took the family of the Zerahites. And he brought near the family of the Zerahites by men, and Zabdi was taken.
18; And he brought near his household by men, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
19; And Joshua said to Achan, My son, now give glory to YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel, and give thanks to Him, and please tell me what you have done. Do not hide it from me.
20; And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Truly I have sinned against YAHWEH, the Elohim of Israel, and this I have done:
21; When I saw among the spoil a goodly robe of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold, one of fifty shekels in weight, then I lusted after them, and took them. And behold, they are hidden in the earth, in the middle of my tent, and the silver under it.
22; And Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was hidden in his tent, and the silver under it.
23; And they took them out of the middle of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the sons of Israel, and laid them out before YAHWEH.
24; And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the robe, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his donkey , and his flock, and his tent, and all that he had. And they made them go up to the valley of Achor.
25; And Joshua said, How you have troubled us! YAHWEH shall trouble you today! And all Israel threw stones at him, and they burned them with fire, and they stoned them with stones.
26; And they raised over him a great heap of stones to this day. And YAHWEH turned back from the heat of His anger. On this account the name of that place is The Valley of Achor until this day.