⁹ Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle^[a] of the Jordan where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing. The stones are still there today.^(A)

⁹ The Lord then said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the disgrace of Egypt from you.” Therefore, that place is still called Gilgal^[a] today.^(A)

²⁵ However, Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, and all who belonged to her, because she hid the messengers Joshua had sent to spy on Jericho, and she still lives in Israel^(A) today.^(B)

²⁶ and raised over him a large pile of rocks that remains still today.^(A) Then the Lord turned from his burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor^[a] still today.

²⁸ Joshua burned Ai and left it a permanent ruin, still desolate today.^{(A) 29} He hung^[a] the body of the king of Ai on a tree^[b] until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take his body down from the tree.^(B) They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and put a large pile of rocks over it, which still remains today.

²⁷ At sunset Joshua commanded that they be taken down from the trees^(A) and thrown into the cave where they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are still there today.^(B)

¹⁴ Therefore, Hebron still belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance today^(A) because he followed the Lord, the God of Israel, completely.

⁶³ But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem.^(A) So the Jebusites still live in Jerusalem among the descendants of Judah today.^(B)

¹⁰ However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer.^(A) So the Canaanites still live in Ephraim today,^(B) but they are forced laborers.

¹⁷ Wasn’t the iniquity of Peor,^(A) which brought a plague on the Lord’s community, enough for us? We have not cleansed ourselves from it even to this day,^(B)