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Joshua 4

Twelve Memorial Stones from the Jordan

 ⁸And the people of Israel did just as Joshua commanded and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel, just as the LORD told Joshua. And they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged and laid them down^[a] there. ⁹And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan,^(I) 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 bearing 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. ¹¹And when all the people had finished passing over, the ark of the LORD and the priests passed over before the people. ¹²The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh^(J) passed over armed before the people of Israel, as Moses had told them. ¹³About 40,000 ready for war passed over before the LORD for battle, to the plains of Jericho. ¹⁴On that day the LORD^(K) exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they stood in awe of him just as they had stood in awe of Moses, all the days of his life.

 ¹⁵And the LORD said to Joshua, ¹⁶"Command the priests bearing^(L) 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 bearing the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up on dry ground, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and overflowed all its banks,^(M) as before.

 ¹⁹The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they encamped at^(N) Gilgal on the east border of Jericho. ²⁰And^(O) those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal. ²¹And he said to the people of Israel,^(P) "When your children ask their fathers in times to come, 'What do these stones mean?' ²²then you shall let your children know,^(Q) 'Israel passed 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,^(R) which he dried up for us until we passed over, ^24(S) so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is^(T) mighty, that you may^(U) fear the LORD your God forever."^[b]

Joshua 5

The New Generation Circumcised

 ²At that time the LORD said to Joshua, "Make^(Z) flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel a second time." ³So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.^{[c] 4}And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them:^(AA) 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 had come out of Egypt. ⁵Though all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people who were born on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised. ⁶For the people of Israel walked^(AB) forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD; the LORD^(AC) swore to them that he would not let them see the land that the LORD had sworn to their fathers to give to us,^(AD) a land flowing with milk and honey. ⁷So it was^(AE) their children, whom he raised up in their place, that Joshua circumcised. For they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.

 ⁸When the circumcising of the whole nation was finished, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed. ⁹And the LORD said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the^(AF) reproach of Egypt from you." And so the name of that place is called^(AG) Gilgal^[d] to this day.

First Passover in Canaan

The Commander of the LORD’s Army

Joshua 6

The Fall of Jericho

 ⁸And just as Joshua had commanded the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the LORD went forward, blowing the trumpets, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD following them. ⁹The armed men were walking before the priests who were blowing the trumpets, and the^(AS) rear guard was walking after the ark, while the trumpets blew continually. ¹⁰But Joshua commanded the people, "You shall not shout or make your voice heard, neither shall any word go 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 circle the city, going about it once. And they came into the camp and spent the night in the camp.

 ¹²Then Joshua rose early in the morning, and^(AT) 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 walked on, and they blew the trumpets continually. And the armed men were walking before them, and the rear guard was walking after the ark of the LORD, while the trumpets blew continually. ¹⁴And the second day they marched around the city once, and returned into the camp. So they did for six days.

 ¹⁵On the seventh day they rose early, at the dawn of day, and marched around the city in the same manner seven times. It was only on that day that they marched around the city seven times. ¹⁶And at 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 within it shall be^(AU) devoted to the LORD for destruction.^[f] Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she^(AV) hid the messengers whom we sent. ¹⁸But you, keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted them you take any of the devoted things and make the camp of Israel^(AW) a thing for destruction and^(AX) bring trouble upon it. ¹⁹But all silver and gold, and every vessel of bronze and iron, are holy to the LORD; they shall go into the treasury of the LORD." ²⁰So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and^(AY) the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city. ²¹Then they^(AZ) devoted all in the city to destruction, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword.

 ²²But to the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua said, "Go into the prostitute’s house and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her,^(BA) as you swore to her." ²³So the young men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab and^(BB) her father and mother and brothers and all who belonged to her. And they brought all her relatives and put them outside the camp of Israel. ²⁴And they burned the city with fire, and everything in it.^(BC) Only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. ²⁵But Rahab the prostitute and her father’s household and all who belonged to her, Joshua saved alive. And^(BD) she has lived in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

 ²⁶Joshua laid an oath on them at that time, saying,^(BE) "Cursed before the LORD be the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho.

   "At the cost of his firstborn shall he
   lay its foundation,
and at the cost of his youngest son
   shall he set up its gates."

 ^27(BF) So the LORD was with Joshua, and^(BG) his fame was in all the land.

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Luke 1

Dedication to Theophilus

Birth of John the Baptist Foretold

 ⁸Now^(T) while he was serving as priest before God when^(U) his division was on duty, ⁹according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot^(V) to enter^(W) the temple of the Lord and burn incense. ¹⁰And the whole multitude of the people^(X) were praying^(Y) outside at the hour of incense. ¹¹And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of^(Z) the altar of incense. ¹²And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and^(AA) fear fell upon him. ¹³But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for^(AB) your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and^(AC) you shall call his name John. ¹⁴And you will have joy and gladness, and many will^(AD) rejoice at his birth, ¹⁵for he will be^(AE) great before the Lord. And^(AF) he must not drink wine or strong^(AG) drink, and^(AH) he will be^(AI) filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. ¹⁶And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, ¹⁷and^(AJ) he will go before him^(AK) in the spirit and power of Elijah,^(AL) to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and^(AM) the disobedient to the wisdom of the just,^(AN) to make ready for the Lord a people prepared."

 ¹⁸And Zechariah said to the angel,^(AO) "How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years." ¹⁹And the angel answered him, "I am^(AP) Gabriel.^(AQ) I stand in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. ²⁰And behold,^(AR) you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time."