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Bible Reading for March 12

Joshua 4
[1] And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan,
that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, [2] Take you twelve men out of the
people, out of every tribe a man, [3] And command ye them, saying, Take you
hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet
stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave
them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
[4] Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children
of Israel, out of every tribe a man: [5] And Joshua said unto them, Pass
over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take
ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number
of the tribes of the children of Israel: [6] That this may be a sign among
you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying,
What mean ye by these stones? [7] Then ye shall answer them, That the
waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD;
when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these
stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
[8] And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up
twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua,
according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and
carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them
down there.
[9] And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place
where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and
they are there unto this day.
[10] For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until
everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the
people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted
and passed over.
[11] And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that
the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the
people.
[12] And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the
tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as
Moses spake unto them:
[13] About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto
battle, to the plains of Jericho.
[14] On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and
they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. [15] And
the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, [16] Command the priests that bear the
ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
[17] Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
[18] And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the
covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles
of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of
Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they
did before.
[19] And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first
month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. [20] And
those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in
Gilgal.
[21] And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children
shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
[22] Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this
Jordan on dry land.
[23] For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you,
until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which
he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: [24] That all the
people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty:
that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.

Joshua 5
[1] And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on
the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which
were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from
before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart
melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children
of Israel.
[2] At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and
circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. [3] And Joshua
made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill
of the foreskins.
[4] And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that
came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the
wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. [5] Now all the people
that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the
wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not
circumcised.
[6] For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till
all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were
consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD
sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their
fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey. [7]
And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua
circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised
them by the way.
[8] And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people,
that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole. [9] And
the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of
Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto
this day.
[10] And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover
on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. [11]
And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the
passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. [12] And
the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the
land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat
of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. [13] And it came to pass,
when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and,
behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his
hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for
our adversaries? [14] And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the
LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did
worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? [15] And
the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off
thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.

Joshua 6
[1] Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel:
none went out, and none came in.
[2] And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand
Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. [3] And ye
shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city
once. Thus shalt thou do six days. [4] And seven priests shall bear before
the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass
the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. [5] And
it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's
horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout
with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the
people shall ascend up every man straight before him. [6] And Joshua the
son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the
covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before
the ark of the LORD. [7] And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass
the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. [8]
And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven
priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the
LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD
followed them.
[9] And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets,
and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with
the trumpets.
[10] And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor
make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your
mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. [11] So the ark
of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the
camp, and lodged in the camp. [12] And Joshua rose early in the morning,
and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
[13] And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark
of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed
men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the
priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. [14] And the second day
they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six
days.
[15] And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the
dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven
times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times. [16] And it
came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets,
Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.
[17] And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to
the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her
in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. [18] And ye, in
any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves
accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a
curse, and trouble it. [19] But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of
brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the
treasury of the LORD. [20] So the people shouted when the priests blew with
the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the
trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down
flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before
him, and they took the city.
[21] And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and
woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the
sword.
[22] But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country,
Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that
she hath, as ye sware unto her.
[23] And the young men that were spies went in, and brought Rahab, and her
father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they
brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel. [24]
And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the
silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into
the treasury of the house of the LORD. [25] And Joshua saved Rahab the
harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she
dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers,
which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. [26] And Joshua adjured them at that
time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and
buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his
firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
[27] So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.

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