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Joshua 4

    ²Take twelve men from among the people, one man out of every tribe,

    ³And command them, Take twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan from the place where the priests' feet stood firm; carry them over with you and leave them at the place where you lodge tonight.

    ⁴Then Joshua called the twelve men of the Israelites whom he had appointed, a man from each tribe.

    ⁵And Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God in the midst of the Jordan, and take up every man of you a stone on his shoulder, as is the number of the tribes of the Israelites,

    ⁶That this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, What do these stones mean to you?

    ⁷Then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the Israelites a memorial forever.

    ⁸And the Israelites did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord told Joshua, and carried them over with them to the place where they lodged and laid them down there.

    ⁹And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan in the place where the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day.

    ¹⁰For the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to tell the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people passed over in haste.

    ¹¹When all the people had passed over, the ark of the Lord and the priests went over in the presence of the people.

    ¹²And the sons of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh passed over armed before the [other] Israelites, as Moses had bidden them;

    ¹³About 40,000 [of these] prepared for war passed over before the Lord to the plains of Jericho for battle.

    ¹⁴On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they stood in awe of him, as they stood in awe of Moses, all the days of his life.

    ¹⁵And the Lord said to Joshua,

    ¹⁶Order the priests bearing the ark of the Testimony to come up out of the Jordan.

    ¹⁷So Joshua commanded the priests, Come up out of the Jordan.

    ¹⁸And when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord had come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of their feet were lifted up to the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and flowed over all its banks as they had before.

    ¹⁹And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and encamped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.

    ²⁰And those twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan Joshua set up in Gilgal.

    ²¹And he said to the Israelites, When your children ask their fathers in time to come, What do these stones mean?

    ²²You shall let your children know, Israel came over this Jordan on dry ground.

    ²³For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up for us until we passed over,

    ²⁴That all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty and that you may reverence and fear the Lord your God forever.

Joshua 5

    ²At that time the Lord said to Joshua, Make knives of flint and circumcise the [new generation of] Israelites as before.

    ³So Joshua made knives of flint and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.

    ⁴And this is the reason Joshua circumcised them: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way after they came out of Egypt.

    ⁵Though all the people who came out were circumcised, yet all the people who were born in the wilderness on the way after Israel came out of Egypt had not been circumcised.

    ⁶For the Israelites walked forty years in the wilderness till all who were men of war who came out of Egypt perished, because they did not hearken to the voice of the Lord; to them the Lord swore that He would not let them see the land which the Lord swore to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

    ⁷So it was their uncircumcised children whom He raised up in their stead whom Joshua circumcised, because the rite had not been performed on the way.

    ⁸When they finished circumcising all the males of the nation, they remained in their places in the camp till they were healed.

    ⁹And the Lord said to Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you. So the name of the place is called Gilgal [rolling] to this day.

    ¹⁰And the Israelites encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.

    ¹¹And on that same day they ate the produce of the land: unleavened cakes and parched grain.

    ¹²And the manna ceased on the day after they ate of the produce of the land; and the Israelites had manna no more, but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

    ¹³When Joshua was by Jericho, he looked up, and behold, a Man stood near him with His drawn sword in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, Are you for us or for our adversaries?

    ¹⁴And He said, No [neither], but as Prince of the Lord's host have I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, What says my Lord to His servant?

    ¹⁵And the Prince of the Lord's host said to Joshua, ^[a]Loose your shoes from off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy. And Joshua did so.^(A)

Joshua 6

    ²And the Lord said to Joshua, See, I have given Jericho, its king and mighty men of valor, into your hands.

    ³You shall march around the enclosure, all the men of war going around the city once. This you shall do for six days.

    ⁴And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns; and on the seventh day you shall march around the enclosure seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

    ⁵When they make a long blast with the ram's horn and you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the enclosure shall fall down in its place and the people shall go up [over it], every man straight before him.

    ⁶So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord.

    ⁷He said to the people, Go on! March around the enclosure, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of the Lord.

    ⁸When Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the Lord and blew the trumpets, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them.

    ⁹The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard came after the ark, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went.

    ¹⁰But Joshua commanded the people, You shall not shout or let your voice be heard, nor shall any word proceed out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout!

    ¹¹So he caused the ark of the Lord to go around the city once; and they came into the camp and lodged in the camp.

    ¹²Joshua rose early in the morning and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

    ¹³And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord passed on, blowing the trumpets continually; and the armed men went before them and the rear guard came after the ark of the Lord, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went.

    ¹⁴On the second day they compassed the city enclosure once and returned to the camp. So they did for six days.

    ¹⁵On the seventh day they rose early at daybreak and marched around the city as usual, only on that day they compassed the city ^[b]seven times.

    ¹⁶And the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout! For the Lord has given you the city.

    ¹⁷And the city and all that is in it shall be devoted to the Lord [for destruction]; only Rahab the harlot and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.

    ¹⁸But you, keep yourselves from the accursed and devoted things, lest when you have devoted it [to destruction], you take of the accursed thing, and so make the camp of Israel accursed and trouble it.

    ¹⁹But all the silver and gold and vessels of bronze and iron are consecrated to the Lord; they shall come into the treasury of the Lord.

    ²⁰So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. When the people heard the sound of the trumpet, they raised a great shout, and [Jericho's] wall fell down in its place, so that the [Israelites] went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

    ²¹Then they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, ox, sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.

    ²²But Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the harlot's house and bring out the woman and all she has, as you swore to her.

    ²³So the young men, the spies, went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred and set them outside the camp of Israel.

    ²⁴And they ^[c]burned the city with fire and all that was in it; only the silver, the gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord.

    ²⁵So Joshua saved Rahab the harlot, with her father's household and all that she had; and she lives in Israel even to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

    ²⁶Then Joshua laid this oath on them, Cursed is the man before the Lord who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho. With the loss of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up its gates.^(B)

    ²⁷So the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame was in all the land.

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Luke 1

    ²Exactly as they were handed down to us by those who from the [^[d]official] beginning [of Jesus' ministry] were eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word [that is, of ^[e]the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God],

    ³It seemed good and desirable to me, [and so I have determined] also after ^[f]having searched out diligently and followed all things closely and traced accurately the course from the highest to the minutest detail from the very first, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,^(A)

    ⁴[My purpose is] that you may know the full truth and understand with certainty and security against error the accounts (histories) and doctrines of the faith of which you have been informed and in which you have been ^[g]orally instructed.

    ⁵In the days when Herod was king of Judea there was a certain priest whose name was Zachariah, ^[h]of the daily service (the division) of Abia; and his wife was also a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

    ⁶And they both were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.

    ⁷But they had no child, for Elizabeth was barren; and both were ^[i]far advanced in years.

    ⁸Now while on duty, serving as priest before God in the order of his division,

    ⁹As was the custom of the priesthood, it fell to him by lot to enter [the ^[j]sanctuary of] the temple of the Lord and burn incense.^(B)

    ¹⁰And all the throng of people were praying outside [in the court] at the hour of incense [burning].

    ¹¹And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

    ¹²And when Zachariah saw him, he was troubled, and fear took possession of him.

    ¹³But the angel said to him, Do not be afraid, Zachariah, because your petition ^[k]was heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you must call his name John [God is favorable].

    ¹⁴And you shall have joy and exultant delight, and many will rejoice over his birth,

    ¹⁵For he will be great and distinguished in the sight of the Lord. And he must drink no wine nor strong drink, and he will be filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit even ^[l]in and from his mother's womb.^(C)

    ¹⁶And he will turn back and cause to return many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God,

    ¹⁷And he will [himself] go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn back the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient and incredulous and unpersuadable to the wisdom of the upright [which is ^[m]the knowledge and holy love of the will of God]--in order to make ready for the Lord a people [perfectly] prepared [in spirit, ^[n]adjusted and disposed and placed in the right moral state].^(D)

    ¹⁸And Zachariah said to the angel, By what shall I know and be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.

    ¹⁹And the angel replied to him, I am Gabriel. I stand in the [very] presence of God, and I have been sent to talk to you and to bring you this good news.^(E)

    ²⁰Now behold, you will be and ^[o]will continue to be silent and not able to speak till the day when these things take place, because you have not believed what I told you; but my words are ^[p]of a kind which will be fulfilled in the appointed and proper time.