Inspire: Joshua, Judges & Ruth 978-1-4964-7519-0 - Flipbook - Page 9
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YOUR GOD
IS THE
supreme God
OF THE
HEAVENS
above and
THE EARTH
below.”
God created the heavens
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12 Then Joshua called together the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of
Manasseh. He told them, 13 “Remember what Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded you:
‘The LORD your God is giving you
a place of rest.
He has given you this land.’
Your wives, children, and livestock may remain here in the land Moses assigned
to you on the east side of the Jordan River. But your strong warriors, fully
armed, must lead the other tribes across the Jordan to help them conquer their
territory. Stay with them 15 until the Lord gives them rest, as he has given you rest,
and until they, too, possess the land the Lord your God is giving them. Only then
may you return and settle here on the east side of the Jordan River in the land
that Moses, the servant of the Lord, assigned to you.”
16 They answered Joshua, “We will do whatever you command us, and we will go
wherever you send us. 17 We will obey you just as we obeyed Moses. And may the
Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses. 18 Anyone who rebels against
your orders and does not obey your words and everything you command will be
put to death. So be strong and courageous!”
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Rahab Protects the Spies
Then Joshua secretly sent out two spies from the Israelite camp at Acacia
Grove. He instructed them, “Scout out the land on the other side of the Jordan
River, especially around Jericho.” So the two men set out and came to the house
of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there that night.
2 But someone told the king of Jericho, “Some Israelites have come here tonight
to spy out the land.” 3 So the king of Jericho sent orders to Rahab: “Bring out the
men who have come into your house, for they have come here to spy out the
whole land.”
4 Rahab had hidden the two men, but she replied, “Yes, the men were here earlier, but I didn’t know where they were from. 5 They left the town at dusk, as the
gates were about to close. I don’t know where they went. If you hurry, you can
probably catch up with them.” 6 (Actually, she had taken them up to the roof and
hidden them beneath bundles of flax she had laid out.) 7 So the king’s men went
looking for the spies along the road leading to the shallow crossings of the Jordan
River. And as soon as the king’s men had left, the gate of Jericho was shut.
8 Before the spies went to sleep that night, Rahab went up on the roof to talk
with them.
2
“I know the LORD has given
you this land,”she told them.
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“We are all afraid of you. Everyone in the land is living in terror. 10For we have heard
how the Lord made a dry path for you through the Red Sea when you left Egypt.
And we know what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings east of the
Jordan River, whose people you completely destroyed. 11 No wonder our hearts
