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Joshua · read by Chuck Smith
79 verses, in order. Only the verses Chuck read aloud are shown.
Joshua 1
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I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will tread, just as I promised to Moses.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Psalms 1-15
Joshua 3
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Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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Now the LORD said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant: 'When you reach the edge of the waters, stand in the Jordan.'"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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So Joshua told the Israelites, "Come here and listen to the words of the LORD your God."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea ) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
Joshua 4
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to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, 'What do these stones mean to you?'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him all the days of his life, just as they had revered Moses.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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"Command the priests who carry the ark of the Testimony to come up from the Jordan."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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Then Joshua said to the Israelites, "In the future, when your children ask their fathers, 'What is the meaning of these stones?'Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
Joshua 5
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The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, "Are You for us or for our enemies?"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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"Neither," He replied. "I have now come as Commander of the LORD's army." Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, "What does my Lord have to say to His servant?"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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The Commander of the LORD's army replied, "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy." And Joshua did so.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
Joshua 6
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Have seven priests carry seven rams' horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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And when there is a long blast of the ram's horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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After Joshua had spoken to the people, seven priests carrying seven rams' horns before the LORD advanced and blew the horns, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: "Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) 1 Kings 9-16
Joshua 7
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O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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And he had the family of Zabdi come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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So Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent, and there it all was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
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They took the things from inside the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites, and spread them out before the LORD.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
Joshua 8
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Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 1-8
Joshua 9
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they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.Read from NKJV · Deception by the Gibeonites
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But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,Read from NKJV · Deception by the Gibeonites
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acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.Read from NKJV · Deception by the Gibeonites
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They put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy.Read from NKJV · Deception by the Gibeonites
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"Your servants have come from a very distant land," they replied, "because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,Read from NKJV · Deception by the Gibeonites
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So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, 'Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.'Read from NKJV · Deception by the Gibeonites
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These wineskins were new when we filled them, but look, they are cracked. And these clothes and sandals are worn out from our very long journey."Read from NKJV · Deception by the Gibeonites
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Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions, but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.Read from NKJV · Deception by the Gibeonites
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And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.Read from NKJV · Deception by the Gibeonites
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Three days after they had made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites learned that they were neighbors, living among them.Read from NKJV · Deception by the Gibeonites
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All the leaders answered, "We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.Read from NKJV · Deception by the Gibeonites
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This is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them."Read from NKJV · Deception by the Gibeonites
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Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, "Why did you deceive us by telling us you live far away from us, when in fact you live among us?Read from NKJV · Deception by the Gibeonites
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Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."Read from NKJV · Deception by the Gibeonites
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Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you."Read from NKJV · Deception by the Gibeonites
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So Joshua did this and delivered them from the hands of the Israelites, and they did not kill the Gibeonites.Read from NKJV · Deception by the Gibeonites
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On that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.Read from NKJV · Deception by the Gibeonites
Joshua 10
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The LORD said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them, for I have delivered them into your hand. Not one of them shall stand against you."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 9-16
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On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: "O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 9-16
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So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? "So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 9-16
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There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man, because the LORD fought for Israel.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 9-16
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And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 9-16
Joshua 11
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So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 9-16
Joshua 16
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But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 9-16
Joshua 17
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But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
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However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
Joshua 19
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as the LORD had commanded. They gave him the city of Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, as he requested. He rebuilt the city and settled in it.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
Joshua 21
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Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
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And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
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Not one of all the LORD's good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
Joshua 23
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The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
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One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
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Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
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For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
Joshua 24
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And Joshua said to all the people, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
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But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
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Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I brought you out.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
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When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
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So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
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but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
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Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.Read from NKJV · A Deadly Choice
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But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
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"No!" replied the people. "We will serve the LORD!"Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
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On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
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Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
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And Joshua said to all the people, "You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
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Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24
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Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Joshua 17-24