Joshua’s Farewell Address 1 A long time after that, when the Lordhad given Israel rest from all their enemieson every side, and Joshua had grown old andadvanced in years, 2 that Joshua called all Israel, their elders and their heads and their judges and their officers, and said to them, “I am old and advanced […]
Monthly Archives: August 2017
JOSHUA 24
Joshua Reviews Israel’s History 1 Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and for their judges and for their officers; they presented themselves before God. 2 Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, […]
DEUTERONOMY 1
Israel’s History after the Exodus 1 These are the words which Moses spoke to allIsrael [while they were still] beyond [that is, on the east side of] the Jordan [River] in the wilderness [across from Jerusalem], in the Arabah [the long, deep valley running north and south from the eastern arm of the Red Sea […]
DEUTERONOMY 2
Wanderings in the Wilderness 1 “Then we turned and set out for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea, just as the Lordhad told me; and we circled Mount Seir for many days. 2 And the Lordspoke to me, saying, 3 ‘You have circled this mountain long enough;turn northward, 4 and command the […]
DEUTERONOMY 3
Conquests Recounted 1 “Then we turned and went up the road toward Bashan, and at Edrei, Og king of Bashan, with all his people came out to meet us in battle. 2 And the Lordsaid to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have handed him over to you, him and all his people and […]
DEUTERONOMY 4
Israel Urged to Obey God’s Law 1 “Now, O Israel, listenandpay attention to the statutes and the judgments (God’s legal decisions) which I am teaching you to do, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you. 2 You […]
DEUTERONOMY 5
The Ten Commandments Repeated 1 Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments (legal decisions) which I am speaking today in your hearing, so that you may learn them and observe them carefully. 2 The Lordour God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3 The Lorddid […]
DEUTERONOMY 6
Obey God and Prosper 1 “Now this is the command; the statutes and the judgments (precepts) which the Lordyour God has commanded me to teach you, so that you might do (follow, obey) them in the land which you are crossing over [the Jordan] to possess, 2 so that you and your son and your […]
DEUTERONOMY 7
Warnings 1 “When the Lordyour God brings you into the land which you are entering to possess, and has cleared away many nations before you, the Hittite and the Girgashite and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than you, 2 and when […]
DEUTERONOMY 8
God’s Gracious Dealings 1 “Every commandment that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, so that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lordswore [to give] to your fathers. 2 And you shall remember [always] all the ways which the Lordyour God has led […]