Joshua

Joshua 1 - God’s Commission to Joshua, Preparations for the Invasion

After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying, 2 “My servant Moses is...

Joshua 2 - Spies Sent to Jericho

Then Joshua son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went, and...

Joshua 3 - Israel Crosses the Jordan

Early in the morning Joshua rose and set out from Shittim with all the Israelites, and they came to the Jordan. They camped there before...

Joshua 4 - Twelve Stones Set Up at Gilgal

When the entire nation had finished crossing over the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua: 2 “Select twelve men from the people, one from...

Joshua 5 - The New Generation Circumcised, The Passover at Gilgal, Joshua’s Vision

When all the kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites by the sea, heard that the Lord had...

Joshua 6 - Jericho Taken and Destroyed

Now Jericho was shut up inside and out because of the Israelites; no one came out and no one went in. 2 The Lord said to Joshua, “See, I...

Joshua 7 - The Sin of Achan and Its Punishment

But the Israelites broke faith in regard to the devoted things: Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took...

Joshua 8 - Ai Captured by a Stratagem and Destroyed, Joshua Renews the Covenant

Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not fear or be dismayed; take all the fighting men with you, and go up now to Ai. See, I have handed...

Joshua 9 - The Gibeonites Save Themselves by Trickery

Now when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the lowland all along the coast of the Great Sea toward...

Joshua 10 - The Sun Stands Still, Five Kings Defeated

When King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it, doing to Ai and its king as he had done...

Joshua 11 - The United Kings of Northern Canaan Defeated, Summary of Joshua’s Conquests

When King Jabin of Hazor heard of this, he sent to King Jobab of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph, 2 and to the...

Joshua 12 - The Kings Conquered by Moses, Kings Conquered by Joshua

Now these are the kings of the land, whom the Israelites defeated, whose land they occupied beyond the Jordan toward the east, from the...

Joshua 13 - Parts of Canaan Unconquered, East of the Jordan, Reuben, Gad, Half-Tribe of Manasseh

Now Joshua was old and advanced in years; and the Lord said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and very much of the land still...

Joshua 14 - The Distribution of Territory West of the Jordan, Hebron Allotted to Caleb

These are the inheritances that the Israelites received in the land of Canaan, which the priest Eleazar, and Joshua son of Nun, and the...

Joshua 15 - The Territory of Judah, Caleb Occupies His Portion, The Towns of Judah

The lot for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their families reached southward to the boundary of Edom, to the wilderness of...

Joshua 16 - The Territory of Ephraim

The allotment of the Josephites went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, into the wilderness, going up from...

Joshua 17 - The Other Half-Tribe of Manasseh (West), The Tribe of Joseph Protests

Then allotment was made to the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of...

Joshua 18 - The Territories of the Remaining Tribes, The Territory of Benjamin

Then the whole congregation of the Israelites assembled at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before...

Joshua 19 - The Territories of Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, Dan, Joshua’s Inheritance

The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of Simeon, according to its families; its inheritance lay within the inheritance of the...

Joshua 20 - The Cities of Refuge

Then the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying, 2 “Say to the Israelites, ‘Appoint the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses,...

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