The Washington herald., 1920-09-14
THE THE BIBLE
Translated out of tho original
tongues and from the edition
S1own as Our Mothers Bible"
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA.
CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY.
CHAPTER :

CHAPTER I
/ l The ISraeliteS are smitten at Al Josh.
ua' complaint. 10 God instructeth him
I what to do. lG AcIan is taken by the lot.
10 His confession. - lie and all he had
| are destroyed in the valley Of AchOr
/ But the children Of Israel COM
mitted a trespass in the aCcursed
! thing: for AChan. the son Of Carmi,
| the son Of Iabdi. the son Of Zerah,
! Of the tribe of Judah. took of the
| accursed thing: and the anger Of the
Lord was kindlod against the chill
/ dreR OF Israel.
And Joshua sent men FROM Jcr-
! icho to III. which is beside Beth
/ aven, on the east side Of Bethel.
| and spako unto them. saving. Go up
| and view the country. And the men
/ went up and viewed Al
; And they returned to Joshua.
and said unto him. Let not all the
| people go up: but let about two or
/ three thousand men 20 up and smite
! Al; and make not all the people to
! labOur thithcr: for they are but few.
SO there went up thithcr of the
| people about three thousand men;
and they fed before the men Of Al.
5 And the men of Al smote of
y
/ they chased them from fore the
| gate even unto Shebarim, and smote
| them in the going down: Wherefore
the hearts of the people melted, and
! became as water.
And Joshua rent his clothes,
and fell to the earth upon his face
, before the ark of the Lord until the
| eventide. he and the elders of Israel,
and put dust upon their heads.
And Joshua said, Alas. O Lord
| God, wherefore hast thou at all
brought this people over Jordan. to
! deliver US into the hand of the Am
Orites, to destroy as? would to God
we had been content. and dwelt on
the other side Jordan.
o Lord. what shall say. when
! Israel turneth their backs before
their enemies,
3 For the Canaanites and all the
| inhabitants of the land shall hear
! of it. and shall environ us round,
| and cut off our name from the
earth: and what wilt thou do unto
| thy great name"
| 10 And the Lord said unto
Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest
| thou thus upon thy face?
IL Israel hath sinned. and they
| have also transgressed my covenant
which l commanded them: for they
| have even taken of the accursed
| thing, and have also stolen. and
| dissembled also. and they have put
1t even among their own stuff
| - Therefore the children of Is
| rael could not stand before their
| enemies, but turned their backs be-
fore their enemies. because they
| We're accursed: neither will l be
with you any more, except ye de,
| stroy the accursed from among you.
| l3 Up, sanctify the people. and
| say, Ssnctify yourselves against to
| morrow: for thus sait3 the Lord
| God of Israel. There is an accursed
thing in the midst of thee, o Israel:
| thou canst not stand before thine
| enemies. until ye take away the ac-
! cursed thing from among you.
IA In the morning therefore ye
! shall. be brought according to your
| tribes: and it shall be, that the
tribe which the Lord taketh shall
! come according to the families
| thereof; and the family which the
| Lord shall take shall come by
J households; and the household
| which the Lord shall take shall
| come man by man.
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