Israel Crosses the Jordan

3 Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and they set out ^(A)from ^[a]Acacia Grove and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they crossed over.

Rahab Hides the Spies^(A)

2 Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men ^(B)from ^[a]Acacia Grove to spy secretly, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.”

So they went, and ^(C)came to the house of a harlot named ^(D)Rahab, and ^[b]lodged there.

Preaching in Galilee^(A)

³⁵ Now ^(B)in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a ^[a]solitary place; and there He ^(C)prayed.

⁵ to heed the words of My servants the prophets ^(A)whom I sent to you, both rising up early and sending them (but you have not heeded),

^3 (A)“From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, this is the twenty-third year in which the word of the Lord has come to me; and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, ^(B)but you have not listened.

¹³ And now, because you have done all these works,” says the Lord, “and I spoke to you, ^(A)rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I ^(B)called you, but you did not answer,

Israel’s Harlotry in Moab

25 Now Israel remained in ^(A)Acacia Grove,^[a] and the ^(B)people began to commit harlotry with the women of Moab.