From: "Friends" 

CHAPTER 7
Joshua 7:1
1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing:
for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the
tribe of Judah,  took  of the accursed thing:  and the anger  of the LORD 
was kindled  against the children  of Israel. Joshua 7:2
2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the
east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view  the
country.  And the men  went up  and viewed  Ai. Joshua 7:3
3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go
up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make
not all the people to labour  thither; for they are but few. Joshua 7:4
4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they
fled before the men of Ai.
Joshua 7:5
5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased
them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going
down: wherefore the hearts  of the people  melted,  and became as water.
Joshua 7:6
6 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.
Joshua 7:7
7 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 Amorites,  to
destroy us? would to God  we had been content,  and dwelt  on the other
side Jordan!
Joshua 7:8
8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
Joshua 7:9
9 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?
Joshua 7:10
10 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus
upon thy face?
Joshua 7:11
11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I
commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have
also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own
stuff.
Joshua 7:12
12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies,
but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed:
neither will I be with you any more, except  ye destroy  the accursed  from
among  you.
Joshua 7:13
13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow:
for thus saith 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 accursed thing  from among  you. Joshua 7:14
14 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 households;  and the household  which the LORD  shall take  shall
come man  by man.
Joshua 7:15
15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be
burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the
covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel. Joshua
7:16
16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their
tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: Joshua 7:17
17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the
Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi
was taken:
Joshua 7:18
18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi,
the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah,  was taken.
Joshua 7:19
19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD
God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast
done;  hide  it not from me.
Joshua 7:20
20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the
LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: Joshua 7:21
21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred
shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty  shekels  weight,  then I
coveted  them, and took  them; and, behold, they are hid  in the earth  in
the midst  of my tent,  and the silver  under it. Joshua 7:22
22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it
was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. Joshua 7:23
23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto
Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the
LORD.
Joshua 7:24
24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and
the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his
daughters, and his oxen,  and his asses,  and his sheep,  and his tent, 
and all that he had: and they brought  them unto the valley  of Achor.
Joshua 7:25
25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee
this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire,
after they had stoned  them with stones. Joshua 7:26
26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the
LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that
place was called, The valley  of Achor,  unto this day. CHAPTER 8
Joshua 8:1
1 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take
all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given
into thy hand  the king  of Ai,  and his people,  and his city,  and his
land:
Joshua 8:2
2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her
king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a
prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind  it. Joshua
8:3
3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and
Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour,  and sent them away
by night.
Joshua 8:4
4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the
city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all
ready:
Joshua 8:5
5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city:
and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first,
that we will flee before them,
Joshua 8:6
6 (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city;
for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will
flee before them.
Joshua 8:7
7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the
LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. Joshua 8:8
8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city
on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have
commanded you.
Joshua 8:9
9 Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and
abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that
night among  the people.
Joshua 8:10
10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and
went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. Joshua 8:11
11 And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up,
and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of
Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai. Joshua 8:12
12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush
between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. Joshua 8:13
13 And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the
north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua
went that night into the midst of the valley. Joshua 8:14
14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and
rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle,
he and all his people, at a time appointed,  before  the plain;  but he
wist not that there were liers in ambush  against him behind  the city.
Joshua 8:15
15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and
fled by the way of the wilderness.
Joshua 8:16
16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after
them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
Joshua 8:17
17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after
Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. Joshua 8:18
18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand
toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the
spear that he had in his hand  toward the city. Joshua 8:19
19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as
he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it,
and hasted and set the city  on fire. Joshua 8:20
20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the
smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this
way or that way: and the people  that fled  to the wilderness  turned back
upon the pursuers.
Joshua 8:21
21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city,
and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew
the men of Ai.
Joshua 8:22
22 And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the
midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote
them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. Joshua 8:23
23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. Joshua 8:24
24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the
inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them,
and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were
consumed, that all the Israelites  returned  unto Ai,  and smote  it with
the edge  of the sword.
Joshua 8:25
25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were
twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. Joshua 8:26
26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear,
until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. Joshua 8:27
27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto
themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.
Joshua 8:28
28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation
unto this day.
Joshua 8:29
29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as
the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down
from the tree,  and cast  it at the entering  of the gate  of the city, 
and raise  thereon a great  heap  of stones,  that remaineth unto this day.
Joshua 8:30
30 Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal, Joshua 8:31
31 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it
is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones,  over
which no man hath lift up  any iron:  and they offered  thereon burnt
offerings  unto the LORD,  and sacrificed  peace offerings. Joshua 8:32
32 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he
wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. Joshua 8:33
33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood
on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which
bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger,  as he that
was born  among them; half  of them over  against  mount  Gerizim,  and
half of them over against  mount  Ebal;  as Moses  the servant  of the LORD
 had commanded  before,  that they should bless  the people  of Israel. #
Joshua 8:34
34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and
cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law. Joshua
8:35
35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not
before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones,
and the strangers that were conversant among them. CHAPTER 9
Joshua 9:1
1 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan,
in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea
over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite,  the
Perizzite,  the Hivite,  and the Jebusite,  heard  thereof; Joshua 9:2
2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with
Israel, with one accord.
Joshua 9:3
3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto
Jericho and to Ai,
Joshua 9:4
4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors,
and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and
bound up;
Joshua 9:5
5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them;
and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. Joshua 9:6
6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and
to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye
a league with us.
Joshua 9:7
7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among
us; and how shall we make a league with you? Joshua 9:8
8 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto
them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye? Joshua 9:9
9 And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come
because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him,
and all that he did in Egypt,
Joshua 9:10
10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond
Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at
Ashtaroth.
Joshua 9:11
11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us,
saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and
say unto them, We are your servants:  therefore now make  ye a league  with
us. Joshua 9:12
12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the
day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is
mouldy: Joshua 9:13
13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they
be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of
the very long journey.
Joshua 9:14
14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth
of the LORD.
Joshua 9:15
15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let
them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. Joshua 9:16
16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a
league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that
they dwelt among them.
Joshua 9:17
17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the
third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and
Kirjathjearim.
Joshua 9:18
18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the
congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the
congregation murmured against the princes. Joshua 9:19
19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto
them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. Joshua
9:20
20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon
us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. Joshua 9:21
21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of
wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had
promised them.
Joshua 9:22
22 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore
have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among
us?
Joshua 9:23
23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from
being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my
God.
Joshua 9:24
24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy
servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you
all the land,  and to destroy  all the inhabitants  of the land  from
before you, therefore we were sore  afraid  of our lives  because  of you,
and have done  this thing.
Joshua 9:25
25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto
thee to do unto us, do.
Joshua 9:26
26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the
children of Israel, that they slew them not. Joshua 9:27
27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for
the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the
place which he should choose.

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