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Bible Reading for March 11

Joshua 1
[1] Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass,
that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
[2] Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan,
thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to
the children of Israel.
[3] Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I
given unto you, as I said unto Moses. [4] From the wilderness and this
Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the
Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be
your coast. [5] There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all
the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will
not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
[6] Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide
for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
[7] Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do
according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not
from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper
whithersoever thou goest.
[8] This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt
meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to
all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous,
and then thou shalt have good success. [9] Have not I commanded thee? Be
strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for
the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
[10] Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, [11] Pass
through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for
within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the
land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it. [12] And to the
Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake
Joshua, saying,
[13] Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you,
saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this
land. [14] Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in
the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before
your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them; [15]
Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and
they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then
ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses
the LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising. [16]
And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do,
and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. [17] According as we
hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the
LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. [18] Whosoever he be that
doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in
all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and
of a good courage.

Joshua 2
[1] And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly,
saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an
harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. [2] And it was told the king
of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the
children of Israel to search out the country. [3] And the king of Jericho
sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which
are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the
country.
[4] And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came
men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: [5] And it came to pass about
the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out:
whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall
overtake them. [6] But she had brought them up to the roof of the house,
and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the
roof. [7] And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords:
and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the
gate. [8] And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the
roof; [9] And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you
the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the
inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
[10] For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for
you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the
Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly
destroyed.
[11] And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither
did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD
your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. [12] Now
therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you
kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give
me a true token:
[13] And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren,
and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
[14] And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our
business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we
will deal kindly and truly with thee. [15] Then she let them down by a cord
through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt
upon the wall. [16] And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest
the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the
pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
[17] And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath
which thou hast made us swear.
[18] Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of
scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou
shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy
father's household, home unto thee.
[19] And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house
into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be
guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall
be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
[20] And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine
oath which thou hast made us to swear.
[21] And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them
away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. [22]
And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days,
until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout
all the way, but found them not.
[23] So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed
over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that
befell them:
[24] And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our
hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint
because of us.

Joshua 3
[1] And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim,
and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there
before they passed over.
[2] And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
[3] And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the
covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then
ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. [4] Yet there shall be a
space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not
near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not
passed this way heretofore. [5] And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify
yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
[6] And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the
covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the
covenant, and went before the people. [7] And the LORD said unto Joshua,
This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they
may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
[8] And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant,
saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall
stand still in Jordan.
[9] And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the
words of the LORD your God.
[10] And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among
you, and that he will without fail drive out 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 the Lord of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.
[12] Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of
every tribe a man.
[13] And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the
priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall
rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off
from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an
heap. [14] And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents,
to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before
the people;
[15] And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of
the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for
Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) [16] That the
waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far
from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward
the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the
people passed over right against Jericho. [17] And the priests that bare
the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst
of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the
people were passed clean over Jordan.

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