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THE SUN STAND STILL

STILL

The Sun Stands Still. So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, Until the nation [of Israel] took vengeance upon their enemies. Is it not written in the Book of Jashar? So the sun stood still in the middle of the sky and was in no hurry to go down for about a whole day.

GIBEONITES HEWERS OF WOOD AND DRAWERS OF WATER

Hewers of wood and drawers of water. Joshua called the [Hivite] men and said, “Why did you deceive us, saying, ‘We live very far away from you,’ when [in fact] you live among us?
Now therefore, you are cursed, and you shall always be slaves, both cutters and gatherers of firewood and water carriers for the house of my God.”

THE GIBEONITE DECEPTION

The Gibeonite Deception. But when the people of Gibeon [the Hivites] heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
they too acted craftily and cunningly, and set out and took along provisions, but took worn-out sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins (leather bottles) that were worn out and split open and patched together,
and worn-out and patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes; and all their supply of food was dry and had turned to crumbs.

JOSHUA RENEWS THE COVENANT

Joshua Renews the Covenant. And there, in the presence of the sons of Israel, Joshua wrote on the stones a copy of the Law of Moses which Moses had written.

THE ENEMY COMPLETLY DESTROYED

The enemy completely destroyed. So Joshua burned Ai and made it a rubbish heap forever, a desolation until this day.

THE FALL OF AI

The Fall of Ai . Now the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not fear or be dismayed (intimidated). Take all the men of war with you and set out, go up to Ai; see, I have given the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land into your hand.

THE TROUBLER FOUND AND REMOVED

The troubler found and removed. Joshua said, “Why have you brought disaster on us? The LORD will bring you disaster this day.” Then all Israel stoned them [to death] with stones; afterward they burned their bodies in the fire.

THE FIRST DEFEAT AND ITS CAUSE

AND ITS CAUSE

The first defeat and its cause. But the sons of Israel acted unfaithfully and violated their obligation in regard to the things [off limits] under the ban [those things belonging to the LORD], for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the things under the ban [for personal gain]. Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.

SPARED BY GOD-CONCIOUSNESS WHEN OTHERS PERISHED

Spared when others perished. But Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the prostitute’s house and bring the woman and all that she has out of there, as you have sworn to her.”

JERICHO TAKEN AND “DEVOTED”

” So the people shouted [the battle cry], and the priests blew the trumpets. When the people heard the sound of the trumpet, they raised a great shout and the wall [of Jericho] fell down, so that the sons of Israel went up into the city, every man straight ahead [climbing over the rubble], and they overthrew the city.