These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Joshua 10
Tanakh 43 verses
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Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek of heard how had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to and her , so he had done to Ai and her ; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made with , and were among them;
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- 2 that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
- 3 Wherefore Adoni-zedek of sent unto Hoham of , and unto Piram of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia of Lachish, and unto Debir of Eglon, saying:
- 4 Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made with and with the children of .’
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Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the of , the of , the of Jarmuth, the of Lachish, the of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.
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And the men of Gibeon sent unto to the camp to , saying: ‘Slack not thy hands from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and us, and help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered together against us.’
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So went up from , he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour.
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- 8 And said unto : ‘Fear them not; for I have delivered them into thy hand; there shall not a man of them stand against thee.’
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therefore came upon them suddenly; for he went up from all the night.
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- 10 And discomfited them before , and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon; and they chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
- 11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before , while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that cast down great stones from upon them unto Azekah, and they died; they were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of slew with the sword.
- 12 Then spoke to in the day when delivered up the Amorites before the children of ; and he said in the sight of : ‘Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; And thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.’
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And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stayed in the midst of , and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
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Isaiah 38:8 2 Samuel 1:18 Habakkuk 3:11 Psalm 136:7-9 Isaiah 24:23 Revelation 8:12 Psalm 19:4 Luke 18:7 Joel 3:15 Judges 16:28 Numbers 21:14 Revelation 6:10 Revelation 21:23 Matthew 5:45 Revelation 16:8-9 Joel 2:10 Psalm 74:16-17 Joshua 10:11 Joel 2:31 Acts 2:20 Numbers 31:2 Revelation 6:12 Esther 8:13 Joshua 10:14 Psalm 148:3 Judges 5:2 Matthew 24:29 - 14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that hearkened unto the voice of a man; for fought for .
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And returned, and all with him, unto the camp to .
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- 16 And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.
- 17 And it was told , saying: ‘The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.’
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And said: ‘Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them;
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but stay not ye; pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities; for your hath delivered them into your hand.’
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And it came to pass, when and the children of had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,
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that all the people returned to the camp to at Makkedah in ; none whetted his tongue against any of the children of .
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Then said : ‘Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings unto me out of the cave.’
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And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the of , the of , the of Jarmuth, the of Lachish, the of Eglon.
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- 24 And it came to pass, when they brought forth those kings unto , that called for all the men of , and said unto the chiefs of the men of war that went with him: ‘Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings.’ And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
- 25 And said unto them: ‘Fear not, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage; for thus shall do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.’
- 26 And afterward smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees; and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
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And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, unto this very day.
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- 28 And took Makkedah on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the thereof; he utterly destroyed them and all the souls that were therein, he left none remaining; and he did to the of Makkedah as he had done unto the of .
- 29 And passed from Makkedah, and all with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
- 30 And delivered it also, and the thereof, into the hand of ; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining in it; and he did unto the thereof as he had done unto the of .
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And passed from Libnah, and all with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.
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- 32 And delivered Lachish into the hand of , and he took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
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Then Horam of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
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And passed from Lachish, and all with him, unto Eglon; and they encamped against it, and fought against it.
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And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
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- 36 And went up from Eglon, and all with him, unto ; and they fought against it.
- 37 And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls that were therein.
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And turned back, and all with him, to Debir; and fought against it.
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And he took it, and the thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining; as he had done to , so he did to Debir, and to the thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to the thereof.
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So smote all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the Lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings; he left none remaining; but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as , the of , commanded.
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- 41 And smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
- 42 And all these kings and their land did take at one time, because , the of , fought for .
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And returned, and all with him, unto the camp to .
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