Nevi'im
Yehoshua2
Joshua · Chapter 2
And Yehoshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Yericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
And it was told the king of Yericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Yisra'el to search out the country.
And the king of Yericho 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.
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:
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.
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.
And the men pursued after them the way to Yarden unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
And she said unto the men, I know that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) 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.
For we have heard how 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Mitsrayim; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that
were on the other side Yarden, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim, he
is Elohim in shamayim above, and in earth beneath.
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token:
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.
And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
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.
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.
And the men said unto her, We
will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
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.
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.
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
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.
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.
So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Yehoshua the son of Nun, and told him all
things
that befell them:
And they said unto Yehoshua, Truly 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
Nevi'im
Yehoshua3
Joshua · Chapter 3
And Yehoshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Yarden, he and all the children of Yisra'el, and lodged there before they passed over.
And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the b'rit of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim, and the kohanim the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
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.
And Yehoshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) will do wonders among you.
And Yehoshua spake unto the kohanim, saying, Take up the ark of the b'rit, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the b'rit, and went before the people.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said unto Yehoshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Yisra'el, that they may know that, as I was with Mosheh, so I will be with thee.
And thou shalt command the kohanim that bear the ark of the b'rit, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Yarden, ye shall stand still in Yarden.
And Yehoshua said unto the children of Yisra'el, Come hither, and hear the words of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim.
And Yehoshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living Elohim
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.
Behold, the ark of the b'rit of the master of all the earth passeth over before you into Yarden.
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Yisra'el, out of every tribe a man.
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the kohanim that bear the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), the master of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Yarden,
that the waters of Yarden shall be cut off
from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Yarden, and the kohanim bearing the ark of the b'rit before the people;
And as they that bare the ark were come unto Yarden, and the feet of the kohanim that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Yarden overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
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 Yericho.
And the kohanim that bare the ark of the b'rit of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Yarden, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Yarden.
Nevi'im
Yehoshua4
Joshua · Chapter 4
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Yarden, that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) spake unto Yehoshua, saying,
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Yarden, out of the place where the kohanim’ 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.
Then Yehoshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Yisra'el, out of every tribe a man:
And Yehoshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim into the midst of Yarden, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Yisra'el:
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?
Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Yarden were cut off before the ark of the b'rit of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); when it passed over Yarden, the waters of Yarden were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Yisra'el for ever.
And the children of Yisra'el did so as Yehoshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Yarden, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) spake unto Yehoshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Yisra'el, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
And Yehoshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Yarden, in the place where the feet of the kohanim which bare the ark of the b'rit stood: and they are there unto this day.
For the kohanim which bare the ark stood in the midst of Yarden, until every thing was finished that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) commanded Yehoshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Mosheh commanded Yehoshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) passed over, and the kohanim, in the presence of the people.
And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Yisra'el, as Mosheh spake unto them:
About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) unto battle, to the plains of Yericho.
On that day 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) magnified Yehoshua in the sight of all Yisra'el; and they feared him, as they feared Mosheh, all the days of his life.
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) spake unto Yehoshua, saying,
Command the kohanim that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Yarden.
Yehoshua therefore commanded the kohanim, saying, Come ye up out of Yarden.
And it came to pass, when the kohanim that bare the ark of the b'rit of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) were come up out of the midst of Yarden,
and the soles of the kohanim’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Yarden returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as
they did before.
And the people came up out of Yarden on the tenth
day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Yericho.
And those twelve stones, which they took out of Yarden, did Yehoshua pitch in Gilgal.
And he spake unto the children of Yisra'el, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What
mean these stones?
Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Yisra'el came over this Yarden on dry land.
For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim dried up the waters of Yarden from before you, until ye were passed over, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
That all the people of the earth might know the hand of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), that it
is mighty: that ye might fear 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) your Elohim for ever.