Then the Lord said to Joshua,“ I have handed Jericho over to you. I have also handed over to you its king and its fighting men.

耶和华晓谕约书亚说：“看哪，我已经把耶利哥和耶利哥的王，并大能的勇士，都交在你手中。

耶和华对约书亚说：“看，我已经把耶利哥城和耶利哥王，以及大能的勇士，都交在你手中。

耶和华对约书亚说：“看，我已经把耶利哥城和耶利哥王，以及大能的勇士，都交在你手中。

耶和华对约书亚说：“看啊，我已经把耶利哥、耶利哥王及其英勇的战士都交在你手中了。

耶和华对约书亚说：“看，我已经把耶利哥和耶利哥的王，以及英勇的战士，都交在你的手中了。

耶和華曉諭約書亞說：「看哪，我已經把耶利哥和耶利哥的王，並大能的勇士，都交在你手中。

耶和華對約書亞說：「看，我已經把耶利哥城和耶利哥王，以及大能的勇士，都交在你手中。

耶和華對約書亞說：「看，我已經把耶利哥城和耶利哥王，以及大能的勇士，都交在你手中。

耶和華對約書亞說：「看啊，我已經把耶利哥、耶利哥王及其英勇的戰士都交在你手中了。

耶和華對約書亞說：“看，我已經把耶利哥和耶利哥的王，以及英勇的戰士，都交在你的手中了。

永恆主對約書亞說：『你看吧，我已經把耶利哥和它的王、以及有力氣英勇的人、都交在你手中了。

耶和華諭約書亞曰、我以耶利哥、及其王與勇士、悉付爾手、

耶和華諭約書亞曰、我以耶利哥及王、與勁旅、悉畀於爾。

主諭約書亞曰、今我以耶利哥與其王及其戰士、悉付爾手、

Then the Lord said to Joshua,“ See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.

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

But the Lord said to Joshua,“ I have given you Jericho, its king, and all its strong warriors.

The LORD said to Joshua,“ Look, I have handed Jericho, its king, and its best soldiers over to you.

But the Lord said to Joshua,“ See, I have handed Jericho over to you, with its king and the valiant warriors.

And the Lord said to Joshua:“ See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor.

And Jehovah said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor.

The Lord said to Joshua,“ Look, I have handed Jericho, its king, and its fighting men over to you.

And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof,[ and] the mighty men of valour.

The LORD told Joshua,“ See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you, along with its king and its warriors.

Yahweh said to Joshua,“ Behold, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the mighty men of valor.

He will hand their kings over to you. You will wipe out their names from the earth. No one will be able to stand up against you. You will destroy them.

She said to them,“ I know that the Lord has given you this land. We are very much afraid of you. Everyone who lives in this country is weak with fear because of you.

They said,“ We’re sure the Lord has given the whole land over to us. All the people there are weak with fear because of us.”

Then the Lord said to Joshua,“ Do not be afraid. Do not lose hope. Go up and attack Ai. Take the whole army with you. I have handed the king of Ai over to you. I have given you his people, his city and his land.

Their children went into the land. They took it as their own. You brought the Canaanites under Israel’s control. The Canaanites lived in the land. But you handed them over to Israel. You also handed over their kings and the other nations in the land to Israel. You allowed Israel to deal with them just as they wanted to.

The Lord said to Joshua,“ Do not be afraid of them. By this time tomorrow I will hand all of them over to Israel. All of them will be killed. You must cut the legs of their horses. You must burn their chariots.”So Joshua and his whole army attacked them suddenly. They fought against them at the Waters of Merom.The Lord handed them over to Israel. The Israelites won the battle over them. They hunted them down all the way to Greater Sidon. They chased them to Misrephoth Maim. They chased them to the Valley of Mizpah in the east. Not one of them was left alive.

You will take what your god Chemosh gives you, won’t you? In the same way, we will take over what the Lord our God has given us.

“ Then the Lord, the God of Israel, handed Sihon and his whole army over to Israel. Israel won the battle over them. Amorites were living in the country at that time. And Israel took over all their land.

He changes times and seasons. He removes some kings from power. He causes other kings to rule. The wisdom of those who are wise comes from him. He gives knowledge to those who have understanding.

So David asked the Lord for advice. He said,“ Should I go and attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord answered him,“ Go. I will surely hand over the Philistines to you.”

“‘ The decision is announced by holy messengers. So all who are alive will know that the Most High God is King. He rules over all kingdoms on earth. He gives them to anyone he wants. Sometimes he puts the least important people in charge of them.’

Some of the fighting men marched ahead of the priests who were blowing the trumpets. The others followed behind the ark and guarded all the priests. That whole time the priests were blowing the trumpets.But Joshua had given an order to the army. He had said,“ Don’t give a war cry. Don’t raise your voices. Don’t say a word until the day I tell you to shout. Then shout!”So he had the ark of the Lord carried around the city once. Then the army returned to camp. They spent the night there.Joshua got up early the next morning. The priests went and got the ark of the Lord.The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets started out. They marched in front of the ark of the Lord. They blew the trumpets. Some of the fighting men marched ahead of them. The others followed behind the ark and guarded all of them. The priests kept blowing the trumpets.On the second day they marched around the city once. Then the army returned to camp. They did all those things for six days.On the seventh day, they got up at sunrise. They marched around the city, just as they had done before. But on that day they went around it seven times.On the seventh time around, the priests blew a long blast on the trumpets. Then Joshua gave a command to the army. He said,“ Shout! The Lord has given you the city!The city and everything in it must be set apart to the Lord to be destroyed. But the prostitute Rahab and all those with her in her house must be spared. That’s because she hid the spies we sent.But keep away from the things that have been set apart to the Lord. If you take any of them, you will be destroyed. And you will bring trouble on the camp of Israel. You will cause it to be destroyed.All the silver and gold is holy. It is set apart to the Lord. So are all the things made out of bronze and iron. All those things must be added to the treasures kept in the Lord’ s house.”The priests blew the trumpets. As soon as the army heard the sound, they gave a loud shout. Then the wall fell down. Everyone charged straight in. So they took the city.They set it apart to the Lord to be destroyed. They destroyed every living thing in it with their swords. They killed men and women. They wiped out young people and old people. They destroyed cattle, sheep and donkeys.Then Joshua spoke to the two men who had gone in to check out the land. He said,“ Go into the prostitute’s house. Bring her out. Also bring out everyone with her. That’s what you promised her you would do.”So the young men who had checked out the land went into Rahab’s house. They brought her out along with her parents and brothers and sisters. They brought out everyone else there with her. They put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.Then they burned the whole city and everything in it. But they added the silver and gold to the treasures kept in the Lord’ s house. They also put there the things made out of bronze and iron.

When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him. The man was holding a sword. He was ready for battle. Joshua went up to him. He asked,“ Are you on our side? Or are you on the side of our enemies?”“ I am not on either side,” he replied.“ I have come as the commander of the Lord’ s army.” Then Joshua fell with his face to the ground. He asked the man,“ What message does my Lord have for me?”The commander of the Lord’ s army replied,“ Take off your sandals. The place you are standing on is holy ground.” So Joshua took them off.

“ In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom. It will never be destroyed. And no other nation will ever take it over. It will crush all those other kingdoms. It will bring them to an end. But it will last forever.

“ Your Majesty, the Most High God was good to your father Nebuchadnezzar. He gave him authority and greatness and glory and honor.

He considers all the nations on earth to be nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven. He does what he wants with the nations of the earth. No one can hold back his hand. No one can say to him,“ What have you done?”