Joshua
24 chapters, 658 verses. The 6th of 66 books, in History.
How it begins
1Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,
2Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
3Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
4From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
Chapters
- 1Joshua commanded to lead Israel
- 2Rahab hides the spies
- 3Crossing the Jordan
- 4Memorial stones of remembrance
- 5Circumcision and the Passover
- 6The fall of Jericho
- 7Achan's sin and judgment
- 8Ai taken by ambush and burnt
- 9The Gibeonites deceive Israel
- 10Five kings defeated; the sun stands still
- 11Northern kings defeated at Merom
- 12List of conquered kings
- 13Land divisions commanded
- 14Caleb's inheritance at Hebron
- 15Judah's cities and borders
- 16Joseph's territory divided
- 17Manasseh and Ephraim inherit
- 18Seven tribes cast lots at Shiloh
- 19Remaining tribes inherit their lands
- 20Six cities of refuge appointed
- 21Cities given to the Levites
- 22Eastern tribes build an altar
- 23Joshua's exhortation to faithfulness
- 24Israel renews the covenant at Shechem
King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.