This is My command: be strong and courageous. Never be afraid or discouraged because I am your God, the Eternal One, and I will remain with you wherever you go.

Eternal One (to Joshua): Today I will do wonders that will begin to show the Israelites that you have My special favor, that I am with you just as I was with Moses before you.

Today you will see a sign that the one, true living God is present among you, the God who will without doubt drive out all this land’s inhabitants: Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

with instructions. Joshua: I want you all to lie in wait behind the city in ambush. Stay close, and stay alert.

The Gibeonites, seeing the camps of these five armies, sent a message to Joshua in the Israelite camp at Gilgal. Gibeonites (pleading with Joshua): Please don’t abandon your servants. The five kings of the Amorites who live in the hill country have come down to attack us. Come quickly to help us.

Joshua: You will return now to your tents with great wealth, with herds of livestock and cattle, with silver and gold, bronze and iron, and piles of fine clothing. Be sure to divide these spoils of war among your relatives.