BOOK OF JOSHUA

पुस्तक परिचय

व्यवस्थाको पुस्तकमा अन्त्य भएको वृतान्तको घटनाबाट यहोशूको पुस्तक सुरु हुन्छ। यहोशू नै यस पुस्तकको प्रमुख नायक भएको कारणले यस पुस्तकको नाम यहोशू राखिएको हो। यहोशूको अर्थ “परमप्रभुले उद्धार गर्नुहुन्छ” अथवा “परमप्रभु उद्धारक” हुन्छ। यहोशूको सुरुको जीवनमा उनको नाउँ “होशिया” थियो (गन्ती १३:८,१६)। पछिबाट मोशाले उसको नाउँ बदलेर यहोशू राखिदिए। यही नाउँ नै ग्रीक भाषामा “येशू” भनी उच्‍चारण गरियो।

यहोशूको पुस्तक परमेश्‍वरको जनहरूको विजय र उहाँको प्रतिज्ञाको पूर्णताको वृतान्त हो। मिश्रदेशबाट छुटकारा पाएर ४० वर्षको मरुभूमिको यात्रा गरेपछि परमप्रभुले अब्राहामलाई दिनुभएको करारको प्रतिज्ञास्वरूप इस्राएलीहरू कनान देशमा प्रवेश गरेका थिए।

यस पुस्तकको मुख्य विषय प्रतिज्ञाको मुलुकको कब्जा हो र मुख्य पदचाहिँ २१:४५ हो।

 JOSHUA - 1

यहोशूलाई परमप्रभुको आज्ञा

1परमप्रभुका दास मोशाको मृत्‍युपछि, मोशाका सहायक नूनका छोरा यहोशूलाई परमप्रभुले यसो भन्‍नुभयो, 2“मेरो दास मोशा मर्‍यो। यसकारण उठ्, तँ यी सबै मानिसहरूलाई लिएर यर्दन पारि मैले इस्राएलीहरूलाई दिन आँटेको देशमा जा। 3मैले मोशालाई प्रतिज्ञा गरेझैँ तेरा पैतालाले कुल्‍चिने सबै जग्‍गा म तँलाई दिनेछु।  4मरुभूमिदेखि लेबनानसम्‍म लिएर महानदी, अर्थात्‌ यूफ्रेटिस नदीदेखि— हित्तीहरूको जम्‍मै देश— पश्‍चिमतिर महासागरसम्‍मै तिमीहरूको सिमाना हुनेछ। 5तेरो जीवनभरि तेरो सामुन्‍ने कोही मानिस खड़ा हुन सक्‍नेछैन। जसरी म मोशासँग रहें, त्‍यसरी नै म तँसँग रहनेछु। म तँलाई छोड्‌ने, अनि तँलाई त्‍याग्‍नेछैनँ। 

6“बलियो र खूब साहसी बन्, किनकि मैले तिनीहरूका पिता-पुर्खाहरूलाई दिन्‍छु भनी प्रतिज्ञा गरेको देश तिनीहरूको अधिकारमा गराउन तैंले तिनीहरूलाई अगुवाइ गर्नेछस्‌।  7बलियो र अति साहसी हो। मेरो दास मोशाले तँलाई आज्ञा गरेअनुसार सबै व्‍यवस्‍था पालन गर्‌। त्‍यसबाट दाहिनेतिर वा देब्रेतिर नफर्कनू, र तँ जहीँ गए पनि सफलता पाउनेछस्‌। 8व्‍यवस्‍थाको यो पुस्‍तक तेरो ओठबाट नहटोस्, तर त्‍यसमाथि तैंले दिनरात ध्‍यान गर्नू अनि त्‍यसमा लेखिएका सबै कुरा होशियारीसाथ पालन गर्नू, र तेरा सबै मार्गहरूमा तैंले उन्‍नति गर्नेछस्‌ र सफलता पाउनेछस्‌। 9तँलाई मेरो आज्ञा छ बलियो र खूबै साहसी हो, नडरा, निराश नहो, किनकि तँ जहाँ गए पनि, परमप्रभु तेरा परमेश्‍वर, तेरो साथमा हुनुहुनेछ।”

यर्दन नदी तर्ने तयारी

10तब यहोशूले मानिसहरूका अधिकृतहरूलाई हुकुम गरे, 11“छाउनीको बीचबाट गएर मानिसहरूलाई आदेश दिई भन, ‘आ-आफ्‍ना खाने सामान तयार गर, किनकि तीन दिनभित्र परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई दिनुभएको देश अधिकार गर्न तिमीहरू यो यर्दन पारि जानुपर्छ’।”

12तर यहोशूले रूबेनी, गादी र मनश्‍शेको आधा कुललाई भने,  13“परमप्रभुका दास मोशाले तिमीहरूलाई दिएको आज्ञा, अर्थात्‌ ‘परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई विश्राम दिनुहुन्‍छ र तिमीहरूलाई यो जमिन दिनुभएको छ,’ भन्‍ने वचन सम्‍झ। 14तिमीहरूका स्‍त्रीहरू, बालबच्‍चाहरू र गाईबस्‍तुहरू मोशाले तिमीहरूलाई यर्दनको पूर्वपट्टि दिएको देशमा रहन सक्‍नेछन्‌। तर तिमीहरूका सबै योद्धाहरू हतियार भिरी आ-आफ्‍ना दाजुभाइहरूका अगिअगि पारि जानुपर्छ। 15अनि जबसम्‍म तिमीहरूलाई झैँ परमप्रभुले उनीहरूलाई पनि विश्राम दिनुहुन्‍न र परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले दिनुहुने देश उनीहरूले जबसम्‍म अधिकार गर्नेछैनन्‌ तिमीहरूले उनीहरूलाई मदत गर्नुपर्छ। त्‍यसपछि परमप्रभुका दास मोशाले यर्दन वारि पूर्वतिर तिमीहरूलाई दिएको देशमा फर्केर त्‍यसको अधिकार गर्न सक्‍नेछौ।”

16अनि तिनीहरूले यहोशूलाई यसरी उत्तर दिए, “तपाईंले हामीलाई जे-जे आज्ञा गर्नुहुन्‍छ त्‍यो हामी गर्नेछौं, र तपाईंले हामीलाई जहाँ-जहाँ पठाउनुहुन्‍छ, हामी त्‍यहाँ जानेछौं। 17जसरी हामीले मोशाका सबै कुरा मान्‍थ्‍यौं त्‍यसरी हामी तपाईंलाई पनि मान्‍नेछौं। परमप्रभु तपाईंका परमेश्‍वर जसरी मोशाका साथमा हुनुहुन्‍थ्‍यो, त्‍यसरी तपाईंका साथमा पनि रहून्‌। 18तपाईंका आज्ञाका विरुद्धमा जो खड़ा होला र तपाईंले आज्ञा गर्नुभएका वचनहरू पालन नगर्ने जो होला, त्‍यो मारिनेछ। केवल तपाईं बलियो र साहसी हुनुहोस्‌।”

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1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ aide: ² “Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. ³ I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. ⁴ Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. ⁵ No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. ⁶ Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them.

⁷ “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. ⁸ Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. ⁹ Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

¹⁰ So Joshua ordered the officers of the people: ¹¹ “Go through the camp and tell the people, ‘Get your provisions ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving you for your own.’”

¹² But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said, ¹³ “Remember the command that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you after he said, ‘The Lord your God will give you rest by giving you this land.’ ¹⁴ Your wives, your children and your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men, ready for battle, must cross over ahead of your fellow Israelites. You are to help them ¹⁵ until the Lord gives them rest, as he has done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the land the Lord your God is giving them. After that, you may go back and occupy your own land, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you east of the Jordan toward the sunrise.”

¹⁶ Then they answered Joshua, “Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. ¹⁷ Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses. ¹⁸ Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey it, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!”

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Chapter - 1

यहोशूलाई परमप्रभुको आज्ञा

1परमप्रभुका दास मोशाको मृत्‍युपछि, मोशाका सहायक नूनका छोरा यहोशूलाई परमप्रभुले यसो भन्‍नुभयो, 

Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

2“मेरो दास मोशा मर्‍यो। यसकारण उठ्, तँ यी सबै मानिसहरूलाई लिएर यर्दन पारि मैले इस्राएलीहरूलाई दिन आँटेको देशमा जा।

Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.

 3मैले मोशालाई प्रतिज्ञा गरेझैँ तेरा पैतालाले कुल्‍चिने सबै जग्‍गा म तँलाई दिनेछु।

Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.

  4मरुभूमिदेखि लेबनानसम्‍म लिएर महानदी, अर्थात्‌ यूफ्रेटिस नदीदेखि— हित्तीहरूको जम्‍मै देश— पश्‍चिमतिर महासागरसम्‍मै तिमीहरूको सिमाना हुनेछ। 

From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

5तेरो जीवनभरि तेरो सामुन्‍ने कोही मानिस खड़ा हुन सक्‍नेछैन। जसरी म मोशासँग रहें, त्‍यसरी नै म तँसँग रहनेछु। म तँलाई छोड्‌ने, अनि तँलाई त्‍याग्‍नेछैनँ। 

There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

6“बलियो र खूब साहसी बन्, किनकि मैले तिनीहरूका पिता-पुर्खाहरूलाई दिन्‍छु भनी प्रतिज्ञा गरेको देश तिनीहरूको अधिकारमा गराउन तैंले तिनीहरूलाई अगुवाइ गर्नेछस्‌।  

Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

7बलियो र अति साहसी हो। मेरो दास मोशाले तँलाई आज्ञा गरेअनुसार सबै व्‍यवस्‍था पालन गर्‌। त्‍यसबाट दाहिनेतिर वा देब्रेतिर नफर्कनू, र तँ जहीँ गए पनि सफलता पाउनेछस्‌। 

Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

8व्‍यवस्‍थाको यो पुस्‍तक तेरो ओठबाट नहटोस्, तर त्‍यसमाथि तैंले दिनरात ध्‍यान गर्नू अनि त्‍यसमा लेखिएका सबै कुरा होशियारीसाथ पालन गर्नू, र तेरा सबै मार्गहरूमा तैंले उन्‍नति गर्नेछस्‌ र सफलता पाउनेछस्‌।

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

 9तँलाई मेरो आज्ञा छ बलियो र खूबै साहसी हो, नडरा, निराश नहो, किनकि तँ जहाँ गए पनि, परमप्रभु तेरा परमेश्‍वर, तेरो साथमा हुनुहुनेछ।”

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

यर्दन नदी तर्ने तयारी

10तब यहोशूले मानिसहरूका अधिकृतहरूलाई हुकुम गरे, 

Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

11“छाउनीको बीचबाट गएर मानिसहरूलाई आदेश दिई भन, ‘आ-आफ्‍ना खाने सामान तयार गर, किनकि तीन दिनभित्र परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई दिनुभएको देश अधिकार गर्न तिमीहरू यो यर्दन पारि जानुपर्छ’।”

Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.

12तर यहोशूले रूबेनी, गादी र मनश्‍शेको आधा कुललाई भने,

And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,

  13“परमप्रभुका दास मोशाले तिमीहरूलाई दिएको आज्ञा, अर्थात्‌ ‘परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई विश्राम दिनुहुन्‍छ र तिमीहरूलाई यो जमिन दिनुभएको छ,’ भन्‍ने वचन सम्‍झ।

Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.

 14तिमीहरूका स्‍त्रीहरू, बालबच्‍चाहरू र गाईबस्‍तुहरू मोशाले तिमीहरूलाई यर्दनको पूर्वपट्टि दिएको देशमा रहन सक्‍नेछन्‌। तर तिमीहरूका सबै योद्धाहरू हतियार भिरी आ-आफ्‍ना दाजुभाइहरूका अगिअगि पारि जानुपर्छ।

Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;

 15अनि जबसम्‍म तिमीहरूलाई झैँ परमप्रभुले उनीहरूलाई पनि विश्राम दिनुहुन्‍न र परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले दिनुहुने देश उनीहरूले जबसम्‍म अधिकार गर्नेछैनन्‌ तिमीहरूले उनीहरूलाई मदत गर्नुपर्छ। त्‍यसपछि परमप्रभुका दास मोशाले यर्दन वारि पूर्वतिर तिमीहरूलाई दिएको देशमा फर्केर त्‍यसको अधिकार गर्न सक्‍नेछौ।”

Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD'S servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

16अनि तिनीहरूले यहोशूलाई यसरी उत्तर दिए, “तपाईंले हामीलाई जे-जे आज्ञा गर्नुहुन्‍छ त्‍यो हामी गर्नेछौं, र तपाईंले हामीलाई जहाँ-जहाँ पठाउनुहुन्‍छ, हामी त्‍यहाँ जानेछौं। 

And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.

17जसरी हामीले मोशाका सबै कुरा मान्‍थ्‍यौं त्‍यसरी हामी तपाईंलाई पनि मान्‍नेछौं। परमप्रभु तपाईंका परमेश्‍वर जसरी मोशाका साथमा हुनुहुन्‍थ्‍यो, त्‍यसरी तपाईंका साथमा पनि रहून्‌।

According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.

 18तपाईंका आज्ञाका विरुद्धमा जो खड़ा होला र तपाईंले आज्ञा गर्नुभएका वचनहरू पालन नगर्ने जो होला, त्‍यो मारिनेछ। केवल तपाईं बलियो र साहसी हुनुहोस्‌।”

Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.

 JOSHUA - 2

यरीहोमा दुई जासूस

1तब नूनका छोरा यहोशूले शित्तीमबाट दुई जना जासूसहरूलाई गोप्‍य तवरले पठाएर भने, “त्‍यस मुलुक र विशेष गरी यरीहोको भेद लिएर आओ।” तिनीहरू गए, र राहाब नाउँ भएकी एक वेश्‍याको घरमा आइपुगे, र त्‍यहीँ वास बसे। 

2अनि कसैले यरीहोका राजालाई यसो भनिदियो, “हेर्नुहोस्, इस्राएली जातिका मानिसहरू यस देशको भेद लिनलाई आज राती यतातिर आएका छन्‌।” 3यसर्थ यरीहोका राजाले राहाबकहाँ हुकुम पठाए, “तँकहाँ आएर तेरो घरमा पस्‍ने मान्‍छेहरूलाई निकाली ले, किनकि सारा देशको भेद लिनलाई तिनीहरू आएका छन्‌।”

4तर त्‍यस स्‍त्रीले ती दुई मानिसलाई लगेर लुकाएकी थिई। त्‍यसले भनी, “हो, ती मानिसहरू मकहाँ आएका थिए, तर तिनीहरू कहाँबाट आएका हुन्‌ मलाई थाहा भएन। 5साँझपख सहरको मूल ढोका बन्‍द गरिने बेलामा तिनीहरू निस्‍केर गए। ती मानिसहरू कता गए, मलाई थाहा छैन। झट्टै तिनीहरूका पछि गयौ भने तिनीहरूलाई भेट्टाउनेछौ।” 6(तर त्‍यसले तिनीहरूलाई माथि कौसीमा लगेकी थिई, र कौसीमा त्‍यसले मिलाएर राखेकी सनका डाँठहरूमुनि तिनीहरूलाई लुकाइराखेकी थिई।) 7खेद्‌ने मानिसहरूचाहिँ तिनीहरूलाई खेद्‌दै यर्दनका जँघारहरू पुग्‍ने बाटोतिर लागे। तिनीहरूलाई खेद्‌नेहरू बाहिर निस्‍कने बित्तिकै सहरको मूल ढोका बन्‍द भयो।

8ती जासूसहरू सुत्‍न अघि माथि कौसीमा त्‍यो स्‍त्री उक्‍लेर आई, 9र त्‍यसले ती मानिसहरूलाई भनी, “मलाई थाहा छ, यो देश परमप्रभुले तपाईंहरूलाई दिनुभएको छ, र हामीहरूका बीच तपाईंहरूको कारण आतङ्क फैलिएको छ, र यहाँका बासिन्‍दाहरू तपाईंहरूको भयले काम्‍न थालेका छन्‌। 10तपाईंहरू मिश्रदेशबाट निस्‍केर आउनुहुँदा तपाईंहरूका सामुन्‍ने परमेश्‍वरले लाल समुद्रको पानी सुकाइदिनुभएको र यर्दन पारिका एमोरीहरूका दुवै राजा, सीहोन र ओगलाई तपाईंहरूले नाश गर्नुभएको पनि हामीहरूले सुनेका छौं।  11यो सुन्‍ने बित्तिकै हामी ब्याकुल बन्‍यौं र तपाईंहरूको कारण हामीहरू कसैमा साहस रहेन, किनकि परमप्रभु तपाईंहरूका परमेश्‍वर नै माथि स्‍वर्गमा र तल पृथ्‍वीमा परमेश्‍वर हुनुहुन्‍छ। 12यसकारण अब म तपाईंहरूलाई बिन्‍ती गर्दछु, कि मैले तपाईंहरूमाथि दया देखाएकी हुनाले मसँग परमप्रभुको शपथ खानुहोस्, मेरा परिवारप्रति पनि दया देखाउनुहोस्‌। मलाई एउटा निश्‍चित चिन्‍ह दिनुहोस्, 13कि तपाईंहरूले मेरा आमा र बुबा, मेरा दाजुभाइ, र तिनीहरूका जो-जति छन्, सबैलाई जीवित राखेर हाम्रा जीवनलाई मृत्‍युबाट बचाउनुहुनेछ।”

14ती मानिसहरूले त्‍यसलाई आश्‍वासन दिए, “तिमीहरूका प्राणको सट्टा हाम्रा प्राण। हाम्रो यो काम कसैलाई भनिनौ भने परमप्रभुले हामीलाई यो देश दिनुभएपछि तिमीसँग हामी दया र विश्‍वासपूर्वक व्‍यवहार गर्नेछौं।”

15तब त्‍यसले तिनीहरूलाई झ्‍यालबाट डोरीको भरले तल ओह्राली, किनभने त्‍यो बसेकी घर सहरको पर्खालमै थियो। 16त्‍यसले तिनीहरूलाई भनी, “तपाईंहरू डाँड़ातिर जानुहोस्, नत्रता खेद्‌नेहरूले भेट्टाउलान्‌। खेद्‌नेहरू नफर्कुञ्‍जेल तीन दिन त्‍यहीँ लुक्‍नुहोस्, अनि त्‍यसपछि तपाईंहरू आफ्‍नो बाटो लाग्‍नुहोला।”

17ती मानिसहरूले त्‍यसलाई भने, “तिमीले हामीलाई खान लगाएको शपथ यी कुरा नभएमा हामीमाथि लागू हुनेछैन। 18हामी यस देशमा आउँदा जुन झ्‍यालबाट तिमीले हामीलाई ओह्रालेकी छ्यौ, त्‍यही झ्‍यालमा यो रातो डोरी बाँधिराख्‍नुपर्छ, र तिम्रा बुबा, आमा, दाजुभाइ र तिम्रा बुबाका सारा घरानालाई घरभित्र भेला गरेर राख्‍नुपर्छ। 19जो तिम्रो घरबाट बाहिर सड़कमा निस्‍कन्‍छ त्‍यसको रगत त्‍यसैको शिरमा पर्नेछ, र हामी निर्दोष रहनेछौं। अनि जो तिमीसँग यस घरमा रहनेछ त्‍यसमाथि कसैको हात पर्‍यो भने त्‍यसको रगत हाम्रो शिरमा पर्नेछ। 20तर तिमीले हाम्रो यो कुरा प्रकट गर्‍यौ भने तिमीले हामीलाई खान लगाएको यो शपथबाट हामी स्‍वतन्‍त्र हुनेछौं।”

21त्‍यसले भनी, “तपाईंहरूले भन्‍नुभएबमोजिम नै होस्‌।” अनि त्‍यसले तिनीहरूलाई बिदा दिई, र तिनीहरू गए, अनि त्‍यसले त्‍यो रातो डोरी झ्‍यालमा बाँधी।

22तिनीहरू गए, र डाँड़ामा पुगे, र खेद्‌नेहरू नफर्कुञ्‍जेल तीन दिनसम्‍म त्‍यहीँ बसे। खेद्‌न आउनेहरूले सम्‍पूर्ण बाटोभरि खोजे तर तिनीहरूलाई फेला पार्न सकेनन्‌। 23तब ती दुवै जना फर्केर पहाड़बाट ओर्ले, र पारिपट्टि नूनका छोरा यहोशूकहाँ आए, र तिनीहरूलाई परिआएका सबै कुरा सविस्‍तार सुनाए। 24तिनीहरूले यहोशूलाई भने, “साँच्‍ची नै परमप्रभुले त्‍यो सम्‍पूर्ण देश हाम्रा हातमा दिनुभएको छ। हाम्रो कारणले गर्दा त्‍यहाँका नागरिकहरूका बीचमा आतङ्क फैलिएको छ।”

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Rahab and the Spies

2 Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

² The king of Jericho was told, “Look, some of the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land.” ³ So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.”

⁴ But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from. ⁵ At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, they left. I don’t know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them.” ⁶ (But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof.) ⁷ So the men set out in pursuit of the spies on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut.

⁸ Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof ⁹ and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you. ¹⁰ We have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea^[a] for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed.^[b] 11 When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below.

¹² “Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that you will show kindness to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign ¹³ that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them—and that you will save us from death.”

¹⁴ “Our lives for your lives!” the men assured her. “If you don’t tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the Lord gives us the land.”

¹⁵ So she let them down by a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city wall. ¹⁶ She said to them, “Go to the hills so the pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there three days until they return, and then go on your way.”

¹⁷ Now the men had said to her, “This oath you made us swear will not be binding on us ¹⁸ unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house. ¹⁹ If any of them go outside your house into the street, their blood will be on their own heads; we will not be responsible. As for those who are in the house with you, their blood will be on our head if a hand is laid on them. ²⁰ But if you tell what we are doing, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”

²¹ “Agreed,” she replied. “Let it be as you say.”

So she sent them away, and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

²² When they left, they went into the hills and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had searched all along the road and returned without finding them. ²³ Then the two men started back. They went down out of the hills, forded the river and came to Joshua son of Nun and told him everything that had happened to them. ²⁴ They said to Joshua, “The Lord has surely given the whole land into our hands; all the people are melting in fear because of us.”

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ENG - NEP

यरीहोमा दुई जासूस

1तब नूनका छोरा यहोशूले शित्तीमबाट दुई जना जासूसहरूलाई गोप्‍य तवरले पठाएर भने, “त्‍यस मुलुक र विशेष गरी यरीहोको भेद लिएर आओ।” तिनीहरू गए, र राहाब नाउँ भएकी एक वेश्‍याको घरमा आइपुगे, र त्‍यहीँ वास बसे। 

And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

2अनि कसैले यरीहोका राजालाई यसो भनिदियो, “हेर्नुहोस्, इस्राएली जातिका मानिसहरू यस देशको भेद लिनलाई आज राती यतातिर आएका छन्‌।” 

And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.

3यसर्थ यरीहोका राजाले राहाबकहाँ हुकुम पठाए, “तँकहाँ आएर तेरो घरमा पस्‍ने मान्‍छेहरूलाई निकाली ले, किनकि सारा देशको भेद लिनलाई तिनीहरू आएका छन्‌।”

And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.

4तर त्‍यस स्‍त्रीले ती दुई मानिसलाई लगेर लुकाएकी थिई। त्‍यसले भनी, “हो, ती मानिसहरू मकहाँ आएका थिए, तर तिनीहरू कहाँबाट आएका हुन्‌ मलाई थाहा भएन। 

And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:

5साँझपख सहरको मूल ढोका बन्‍द गरिने बेलामा तिनीहरू निस्‍केर गए। ती मानिसहरू कता गए, मलाई थाहा छैन। झट्टै तिनीहरूका पछि गयौ भने तिनीहरूलाई भेट्टाउनेछौ।”

And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

 6(तर त्‍यसले तिनीहरूलाई माथि कौसीमा लगेकी थिई, र कौसीमा त्‍यसले मिलाएर राखेकी सनका डाँठहरूमुनि तिनीहरूलाई लुकाइराखेकी थिई।) 

But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

7खेद्‌ने मानिसहरूचाहिँ तिनीहरूलाई खेद्‌दै यर्दनका जँघारहरू पुग्‍ने बाटोतिर लागे। तिनीहरूलाई खेद्‌नेहरू बाहिर निस्‍कने बित्तिकै सहरको मूल ढोका बन्‍द भयो।

And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

8ती जासूसहरू सुत्‍न अघि माथि कौसीमा त्‍यो स्‍त्री उक्‍लेर आई, 

And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

9र त्‍यसले ती मानिसहरूलाई भनी, “मलाई थाहा छ, यो देश परमप्रभुले तपाईंहरूलाई दिनुभएको छ, र हामीहरूका बीच तपाईंहरूको कारण आतङ्क फैलिएको छ, र यहाँका बासिन्‍दाहरू तपाईंहरूको भयले काम्‍न थालेका छन्‌। 

And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

10तपाईंहरू मिश्रदेशबाट निस्‍केर आउनुहुँदा तपाईंहरूका सामुन्‍ने परमेश्‍वरले लाल समुद्रको पानी सुकाइदिनुभएको र यर्दन पारिका एमोरीहरूका दुवै राजा, सीहोन र ओगलाई तपाईंहरूले नाश गर्नुभएको पनि हामीहरूले सुनेका छौं।  

For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

11यो सुन्‍ने बित्तिकै हामी ब्याकुल बन्‍यौं र तपाईंहरूको कारण हामीहरू कसैमा साहस रहेन, किनकि परमप्रभु तपाईंहरूका परमेश्‍वर नै माथि स्‍वर्गमा र तल पृथ्‍वीमा परमेश्‍वर हुनुहुन्‍छ। 

And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

12यसकारण अब म तपाईंहरूलाई बिन्‍ती गर्दछु, कि मैले तपाईंहरूमाथि दया देखाएकी हुनाले मसँग परमप्रभुको शपथ खानुहोस्, मेरा परिवारप्रति पनि दया देखाउनुहोस्‌। मलाई एउटा निश्‍चित चिन्‍ह दिनुहोस्, 

Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:

13कि तपाईंहरूले मेरा आमा र बुबा, मेरा दाजुभाइ, र तिनीहरूका जो-जति छन्, सबैलाई जीवित राखेर हाम्रा जीवनलाई मृत्‍युबाट बचाउनुहुनेछ।”

And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

14ती मानिसहरूले त्‍यसलाई आश्‍वासन दिए, “तिमीहरूका प्राणको सट्टा हाम्रा प्राण। हाम्रो यो काम कसैलाई भनिनौ भने परमप्रभुले हामीलाई यो देश दिनुभएपछि तिमीसँग हामी दया र विश्‍वासपूर्वक व्‍यवहार गर्नेछौं।”

And the men answered her, Our life for your's, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

15तब त्‍यसले तिनीहरूलाई झ्‍यालबाट डोरीको भरले तल ओह्राली, किनभने त्‍यो बसेकी घर सहरको पर्खालमै थियो। 

Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

16त्‍यसले तिनीहरूलाई भनी, “तपाईंहरू डाँड़ातिर जानुहोस्, नत्रता खेद्‌नेहरूले भेट्टाउलान्‌। खेद्‌नेहरू नफर्कुञ्‍जेल तीन दिन त्‍यहीँ लुक्‍नुहोस्, अनि त्‍यसपछि तपाईंहरू आफ्‍नो बाटो लाग्‍नुहोला।”

And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

17ती मानिसहरूले त्‍यसलाई भने, “तिमीले हामीलाई खान लगाएको शपथ यी कुरा नभएमा हामीमाथि लागू हुनेछैन।

And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

 18हामी यस देशमा आउँदा जुन झ्‍यालबाट तिमीले हामीलाई ओह्रालेकी छ्यौ, त्‍यही झ्‍यालमा यो रातो डोरी बाँधिराख्‍नुपर्छ, र तिम्रा बुबा, आमा, दाजुभाइ र तिम्रा बुबाका सारा घरानालाई घरभित्र भेला गरेर राख्‍नुपर्छ।

Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.

 19जो तिम्रो घरबाट बाहिर सड़कमा निस्‍कन्‍छ त्‍यसको रगत त्‍यसैको शिरमा पर्नेछ, र हामी निर्दोष रहनेछौं। अनि जो तिमीसँग यस घरमा रहनेछ त्‍यसमाथि कसैको हात पर्‍यो भने त्‍यसको रगत हाम्रो शिरमा पर्नेछ।

And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

 20तर तिमीले हाम्रो यो कुरा प्रकट गर्‍यौ भने तिमीले हामीलाई खान लगाएको यो शपथबाट हामी स्‍वतन्‍त्र हुनेछौं।”

And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

21त्‍यसले भनी, “तपाईंहरूले भन्‍नुभएबमोजिम नै होस्‌।” अनि त्‍यसले तिनीहरूलाई बिदा दिई, र तिनीहरू गए, अनि त्‍यसले त्‍यो रातो डोरी झ्‍यालमा बाँधी।

And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

22तिनीहरू गए, र डाँड़ामा पुगे, र खेद्‌नेहरू नफर्कुञ्‍जेल तीन दिनसम्‍म त्‍यहीँ बसे। खेद्‌न आउनेहरूले सम्‍पूर्ण बाटोभरि खोजे तर तिनीहरूलाई फेला पार्न सकेनन्‌।

And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

 23तब ती दुवै जना फर्केर पहाड़बाट ओर्ले, र पारिपट्टि नूनका छोरा यहोशूकहाँ आए, र तिनीहरूलाई परिआएका सबै कुरा सविस्‍तार सुनाए। 

So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:

24तिनीहरूले यहोशूलाई भने, “साँच्‍ची नै परमप्रभुले त्‍यो सम्‍पूर्ण देश हाम्रा हातमा दिनुभएको छ। हाम्रो कारणले गर्दा त्‍यहाँका नागरिकहरूका बीचमा आतङ्क फैलिएको छ।”

And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.

 JOSHUA - 3:1-17,

यर्दन नदी तरेका

1यहोशू बिहान सखारै उठे, र तिनी र सबै इस्राएलीहरू शित्तीम छोड़ेर यर्दनमा आए, जहाँ पारि तर्नभन्‍दा पहिले तिनीहरू वास बसे। 2तीन दिनपछि अधिकृतहरू छाउनीका बीच-बीचमा गए, 3र मानिसहरूलाई यसो भनेर आज्ञा गरे, “जब तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु आफ्‍ना परमेश्‍वरको करारको सन्‍दूक, र त्‍यो बोकेर लैजाने पूजाहारीहरू र लेवीहरूलाई देख्‍छौ, तब तिमीहरू आ-आफ्‍नो ठाउँ छोड़ेर त्‍यसको पछि लाग। 4यसरी जानुपर्ने बाटो तिमीहरूले थाहा पाउँछौ— किनभने त्‍यो बाटो तिमीहरू पहिले हिँड़ेका छैनौ। तर तिमीहरू र त्‍यसको बीचमा करीब एक हजार मिटरको अन्‍तर राख। त्‍यसको नजिक नआओ।”

5यहोशूले मानिसहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरू आफैलाई पवित्र बनाओ, किनकि भोलि तिमीहरूका बीचमा परमप्रभुले उदेकका काम गर्नुहुनेछ।”

6यहोशूले पूजाहारीहरूलाई यसो भने, “करारको सन्‍दूक उठाएर मानिसहरूका अगिअगि हिँड़।” तब तिनीहरूले करारको सन्‍दूक उठाए र मानिसहरूका अगिअगि हिँड़े।

7अनि परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्‍नुभयो, “जसरी म मोशाको साथमा थिएँ त्‍यसरी नै म तेरो साथमा पनि छु भनी यिनीहरूले थाहा पाउनलाई आजको दिनदेखि सारा इस्राएलीहरूको नजरमा तँलाई उठाउनेछु। 8करारको सन्‍दूक बोक्‍ने पूजाहारीहरूलाई तैंले यस्‍तो आज्ञा गर्नू, ‘तिमीहरू यर्दनका पानीको किनारमा आइपुग्‍नासाथ यर्दनमा खड़ा रहनू’।”

9यहोशूले इस्राएलीहरूलाई भने, “यता आओ, र परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरका वचन सुन। 10“जीवित परमेश्‍वर तिमीहरूका बीचमा हुनुहुन्‍छ र उहाँले निश्‍चय नै तिमीहरूका सामुन्‍नेबाट कनानी, हित्ती, हिव्‍वी, परिज्‍जी, गिर्गाशी, एमोरी र यबूसीहरूलाई धपाउनुहुनेछ भन्‍ने तिमीहरूले यसैबाट थाहा पाउनेछौ। 11हेर, सारा पृथ्‍वीका परमप्रभुका करारको सन्‍दूक तिमीहरूका अगिअगि यर्दनमा जानेछ। 12अब इस्राएलका कुलहरूबाट बाह्र पुरुष, कुलैपिच्‍छे एक-एक पुरुष गरी छान। 13जब सारा पृथ्‍वीका परमप्रभुका करारको सन्‍दूक बोक्‍ने पूजाहारीहरूका पैताला यर्दनको पानीमा पर्छ, त्‍यही बेला माथिदेखि बगेर आउने यर्दनको पानी थामिनेछ, र रास लागेर अड़िरहनेछ।”

14यसकारण जब यर्दन तर्नलाई मानिसहरूले आ-आफ्‍ना पालहरू उठाए, पूजाहारीहरू करारको सन्‍दूक बोकेर मानिसहरूका अगि लागे। 15कटनीको अवधिभरि यर्दनमा बाढ़ी आइरहन्‍छ। तापनि सन्‍दूक बोक्‍ने पूजाहारीहरू यर्दनमा आइपुगेर तिनीहरूका खुट्टाले किनारको पानीमा छुने बित्तिकै 16माथिबाट आएको पानी धेरै पर, सार्तानको नजिक आदम भनिने सहरनेरै थामिएर एउटा रास भएर अड़्यो, र अराबाको समुद्र, अर्थात्‌ खारा समुद्रमा बगेर जाने पानी पूर्ण रूपले काटिएर सुक्‍यो। यसर्थ मानिसहरू यरीहोको पारिबाट पार तरे। 17सारा इस्राएलीहरू ओबानो जमिनमाथिबाट तरेर त्‍यस जातिका सबै मानिसहरू यर्दन पार नगरुञ्‍जेलसम्‍म परमप्रभुका करारको सन्‍दूक बोक्‍ने पूजाहारीहरू यर्दनको बीचमा ओबानो जमिनमा स्‍थिर भई खड़ा रहे।

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Crossing the Jordan

3 Early in the morning Joshua and all the Israelites set out from Shittim and went to the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over. ² After three days the officers went throughout the camp, ³ giving orders to the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the Levitical priests carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it. ⁴ Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before. But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits^[a] between you and the ark; do not go near it.”

⁵ Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you.”

⁶ Joshua said to the priests, “Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they took it up and went ahead of them.

⁷ And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses. ⁸ Tell the priests who carry the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the Jordan’s waters, go and stand in the river.’”

⁹ Joshua said to the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God. ¹⁰ This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites. ¹¹ See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you. ¹² Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. ¹³ And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the Lord—the Lord of all the earth—set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.”

¹⁴ So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them. ¹⁵ Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, ¹⁶ the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho. ¹⁷ The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.

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ENG - NEP

यर्दन नदी तरेका

1यहोशू बिहान सखारै उठे, र तिनी र सबै इस्राएलीहरू शित्तीम छोड़ेर यर्दनमा आए, जहाँ पारि तर्नभन्‍दा पहिले तिनीहरू वास बसे। 

And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.

2तीन दिनपछि अधिकृतहरू छाउनीका बीच-बीचमा गए,

And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;

 3र मानिसहरूलाई यसो भनेर आज्ञा गरे, “जब तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु आफ्‍ना परमेश्‍वरको करारको सन्‍दूक, र त्‍यो बोकेर लैजाने पूजाहारीहरू र लेवीहरूलाई देख्‍छौ, तब तिमीहरू आ-आफ्‍नो ठाउँ छोड़ेर त्‍यसको पछि लाग।

And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.

 4यसरी जानुपर्ने बाटो तिमीहरूले थाहा पाउँछौ— किनभने त्‍यो बाटो तिमीहरू पहिले हिँड़ेका छैनौ। तर तिमीहरू र त्‍यसको बीचमा करीब एक हजार मिटरको अन्‍तर राख। त्‍यसको नजिक नआओ।”

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

5यहोशूले मानिसहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरू आफैलाई पवित्र बनाओ, किनकि भोलि तिमीहरूका बीचमा परमप्रभुले उदेकका काम गर्नुहुनेछ।”

And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.

6यहोशूले पूजाहारीहरूलाई यसो भने, “करारको सन्‍दूक उठाएर मानिसहरूका अगिअगि हिँड़।” तब तिनीहरूले करारको सन्‍दूक उठाए र मानिसहरूका अगिअगि हिँड़े।

And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

7अनि परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्‍नुभयो, “जसरी म मोशाको साथमा थिएँ त्‍यसरी नै म तेरो साथमा पनि छु भनी यिनीहरूले थाहा पाउनलाई आजको दिनदेखि सारा इस्राएलीहरूको नजरमा तँलाई उठाउनेछु।

And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.

 8करारको सन्‍दूक बोक्‍ने पूजाहारीहरूलाई तैंले यस्‍तो आज्ञा गर्नू, ‘तिमीहरू यर्दनका पानीको किनारमा आइपुग्‍नासाथ यर्दनमा खड़ा रहनू’।”

And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.

9यहोशूले इस्राएलीहरूलाई भने, “यता आओ, र परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरका वचन सुन। 

And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.

10“जीवित परमेश्‍वर तिमीहरूका बीचमा हुनुहुन्‍छ र उहाँले निश्‍चय नै तिमीहरूका सामुन्‍नेबाट कनानी, हित्ती, हिव्‍वी, परिज्‍जी, गिर्गाशी, एमोरी र यबूसीहरूलाई धपाउनुहुनेछ भन्‍ने तिमीहरूले यसैबाट थाहा पाउनेछौ।

And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

 11हेर, सारा पृथ्‍वीका परमप्रभुका करारको सन्‍दूक तिमीहरूका अगिअगि यर्दनमा जानेछ।

Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.

 12अब इस्राएलका कुलहरूबाट बाह्र पुरुष, कुलैपिच्‍छे एक-एक पुरुष गरी छान।

Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.

 13जब सारा पृथ्‍वीका परमप्रभुका करारको सन्‍दूक बोक्‍ने पूजाहारीहरूका पैताला यर्दनको पानीमा पर्छ, त्‍यही बेला माथिदेखि बगेर आउने यर्दनको पानी थामिनेछ, र रास लागेर अड़िरहनेछ।”

And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.

14यसकारण जब यर्दन तर्नलाई मानिसहरूले आ-आफ्‍ना पालहरू उठाए, पूजाहारीहरू करारको सन्‍दूक बोकेर मानिसहरूका अगि लागे।

And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;

 15कटनीको अवधिभरि यर्दनमा बाढ़ी आइरहन्‍छ। तापनि सन्‍दूक बोक्‍ने पूजाहारीहरू यर्दनमा आइपुगेर तिनीहरूका खुट्टाले किनारको पानीमा छुने बित्तिकै 

And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)

16माथिबाट आएको पानी धेरै पर, सार्तानको नजिक आदम भनिने सहरनेरै थामिएर एउटा रास भएर अड़्यो, र अराबाको समुद्र, अर्थात्‌ खारा समुद्रमा बगेर जाने पानी पूर्ण रूपले काटिएर सुक्‍यो। यसर्थ मानिसहरू यरीहोको पारिबाट पार तरे।

That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

 17सारा इस्राएलीहरू ओबानो जमिनमाथिबाट तरेर त्‍यस जातिका सबै मानिसहरू यर्दन पार नगरुञ्‍जेलसम्‍म परमप्रभुका करारको सन्‍दूक बोक्‍ने पूजाहारीहरू यर्दनको बीचमा ओबानो जमिनमा स्‍थिर भई खड़ा रहे।

And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.

 JOSHUA - 4:1-24,

सम्झनाका निम्ति ढुङ्गाहरू

1जब सबै मानिसहरू पार तरिसके, तब परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्‍नुभयो, 2“मानिसहरूबाट बाह्र जना पुरुष, कुलैपिच्‍छे एक-एक पुरुष गरी लिएर 3तिनीहरूलाई यसो भन्‍ने आज्ञा दे, ‘यर्दन नदीको बीचमा पूजाहारीहरूका खुट्टाले टेकेको ठाउँबाट बाह्र वटा ढुङ्गा लिई तिमीहरूका साथमा बोकेर ल्‍याओ, र आज राती तिमीहरू जहाँ डेरा हालेर बस्‍छौ त्‍यहीँ राखिदेओ’।”

4यसकारण इस्राएलीहरूबाट यहोशूले कुलैपिच्‍छेको एक-एक गरी चुनेका बाह्र जनालाई बोलाए। 5यहोशूले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरू परमप्रभु आफ्‍ना परमेश्‍वरका सन्‍दूकको सामु यर्दन नदीको बीचमा जाओ, र इस्राएलीहरूका कुलको गन्‍तीअनुसार हरेकले एक-एक वटा ढुङ्गा आफ्‍नो काँधमा राखेर ल्‍याओ। 6तिमीहरूका बीचमा यो एक चिनो रहोस्, र पछि भविष्‍यमा तिमीहरूका छोराछोरीहरूले, ‘यी ढुङ्गाहरूको अर्थ के हो?’ भनेर सोध्‍दा 7तिमीहरूले तिनीहरूलाई यसो भन्‍नू, ‘परमप्रभुका करारका सन्‍दूकको सामु यर्दनको पानी रोकिएको थियो। यर्दन पार गर्दा यर्दनको पानी रोकिएको थियो। यी ढुङ्गाहरू इस्राएलीहरूका निम्‍ति सदाका स्‍मारकको रूपमा रहनेछन्‌।”

8परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्‍नुभएअनुसार यहोशूको आदेश पालन गरेर इस्राएलका कुलको संख्‍याअनुसार इस्राएलीहरूले यर्दनको बीचबाट ढुङ्गाहरू ल्‍याए र तिनीहरू बसेका ठाउँमा राखे। 9करारको सन्‍दूक बोक्‍ने पूजाहारीहरूका खुट्टाले टेकेको ठाउँ, अर्थात्‌ यर्दनको बीचबाट ल्‍याइएका बाह्र वटा ढुङ्गा यहोशूले उभ्‍याए। ती आजको दिनसम्‍म त्‍यहीँ छन्‌।

10मोशाले यहोशूलाई अह्राएअनुसार, मानिसहरूलाई सुनाउनलाई परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई दिनुभएको आज्ञाका सबै काम पूरा नहोउञ्‍जेल सन्‍दूक बोक्‍ने पूजाहारीहरू यर्दनको बीचमै उभिरहे, र मानिसहरू चाँड़ो-चाँड़ो गरेर पार तरे। 11अनि जब सबै मानिसहरू पार तरिसके, तब परमप्रभुको सन्‍दूक र पूजाहारीहरू पनि मानिसहरूका सामुन्‍ने पार तरे। 12मोशाले तिनीहरूलाई भनेबमोजिम रूबेनका सन्‍तान, गादका सन्‍तान र मनश्‍शेको आधा कुल पनि इस्राएलीहरूका सामुन्‍ने हातहतियार भिरेर तरे। 13करीब चालीस हजार जति लड़ाइँको लागि हातहतियार भिरेका पुरुषहरू लड़ाइँ गर्नलाई परमप्रभुको सामु पार तरेर यरीहोको मैदानतिर लागे।

14त्‍यस दिन सबै इस्राएलीहरूका नजरमा परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई उचाल्‍नुभयो र तिनीहरूले तिनको जीवनभरि मोशालाई झैँ यहोशूलाई आदर गरे।

15तब परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्‍नुभयो, 16“गवाहीको सन्‍दूक बोक्‍ने पूजाहारीहरूलाई यर्दनबाट उक्‍लिआउनू भनी हुकुम गर्‌।”

17यसकारण यहोशूले पूजाहारीहरूलाई, “तिमीहरू यर्दनबाट उक्‍लेर आओ,” भन्‍ने हुकुम गरे।

18परमप्रभुका करारको सन्‍दूक बोक्‍ने पूजाहारीहरू यर्दनको बीचबाट उक्‍लिसकेपछि तिनीहरूका पैतालाले ओबानो भूइँमा टेक्‍ने बित्तिकै यर्दनको पानी आफ्‍नो बाटोमा फर्केर आयो र अघिझैँ किनार ढाकेर बग्‍न थाल्‍यो।

19पहिलो महिनाको दशौँ दिनमा मानिसहरूले यर्दनबाट उक्‍लेर आई यरीहोको पूर्व सिमानामा गिलगाल भन्‍ने ठाउँमा आफ्‍नो छाउनी बनाए। 20तिनीहरूले यर्दन नदीबाट निकालेर ल्‍याएका ती बाह्र वटा ढुङ्गाहरू यहोशूले गिलगालमा खड़ा गरे। 21अनि तिनले इस्राएलीहरूलाई यसो भने, “पछि तिमीहरूका बालबच्‍चाले आफ्‍ना बुबाहरूसँग ‘यी ढुङ्गाहरूको अर्थ के हो?’ भनेर सोधे भने, 22तिमीहरूले आफ्‍ना बालबच्‍चालाई यसो भनेर बताइदिनू, ‘इस्राएलीहरूले यर्दन नदी सुक्‍खा जमिनमा टेकेर तरेका थिए’। 23जसरी परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले लाल समुद्रलाई हामीले पार नगरुञ्‍जेल हाम्रा सामुन्‍ने सुकाउनुभएको थियो, त्‍यसरी नै तिमीहरूका सामुन्‍ने तिमीहरू पार नगरुञ्‍जेल यर्दन नदीको पानी पनि सुकाउनुभएको थियो। 24पृथ्‍वीका सारा मानिसहरूले परमप्रभुका बाहुलीको सामर्थ्‍य थाहा पाऊन्, र तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु आफ्‍ना परमेश्‍वरको भय मान भन्‍ने ध्‍येयले यो सब भएको हो।”

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4 When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, ² “Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, ³ and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.”

⁴ So Joshua called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe, ⁵ and said to them, “Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, ⁶ to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’ ⁷ tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever.”

⁸ So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord had told Joshua; and they carried them over with them to their camp, where they put them down. ⁹ Joshua set up the twelve stones that had been^[a] in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day.

¹⁰ Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua was done by the people, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried over, ¹¹ and as soon as all of them had crossed, the ark of the Lord and the priests came to the other side while the people watched. ¹² The men of Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over, ready for battle, in front of the Israelites, as Moses had directed them. ¹³ About forty thousand armed for battle crossed over before the Lord to the plains of Jericho for war.

¹⁴ That day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they stood in awe of him all the days of his life, just as they had stood in awe of Moses.

¹⁵ Then the Lord said to Joshua, ¹⁶ “Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant law to come up out of the Jordan.”

¹⁷ So Joshua commanded the priests, “Come up out of the Jordan.”

¹⁸ And the priests came up out of the river carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord. No sooner had they set their feet on the dry ground than the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and ran at flood stage as before.

¹⁹ 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. ²⁰ And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan. ²¹ He said to the Israelites, “In the future when your descendants ask their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’ ²² tell them, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’ ²³ For the Lord your God dried up the Jordan before you until you had crossed over. The Lord your God did to the Jordan what he had done to the Red Sea^[b] when he dried it up before us until we had crossed over. ²⁴ He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know that the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God.”

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CHAPTER - 4
ENG - NEP

सम्झनाका निम्ति ढुङ्गाहरू

1जब सबै मानिसहरू पार तरिसके, तब परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्‍नुभयो, 

And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

2“मानिसहरूबाट बाह्र जना पुरुष, कुलैपिच्‍छे एक-एक पुरुष गरी लिएर

Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,

 3तिनीहरूलाई यसो भन्‍ने आज्ञा दे, ‘यर्दन नदीको बीचमा पूजाहारीहरूका खुट्टाले टेकेको ठाउँबाट बाह्र वटा ढुङ्गा लिई तिमीहरूका साथमा बोकेर ल्‍याओ, र आज राती तिमीहरू जहाँ डेरा हालेर बस्‍छौ त्‍यहीँ राखिदेओ’।”

And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

4यसकारण इस्राएलीहरूबाट यहोशूले कुलैपिच्‍छेको एक-एक गरी चुनेका बाह्र जनालाई बोलाए। 

Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:

5यहोशूले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “तिमीहरू परमप्रभु आफ्‍ना परमेश्‍वरका सन्‍दूकको सामु यर्दन नदीको बीचमा जाओ, र इस्राएलीहरूका कुलको गन्‍तीअनुसार हरेकले एक-एक वटा ढुङ्गा आफ्‍नो काँधमा राखेर ल्‍याओ।

And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

 6तिमीहरूका बीचमा यो एक चिनो रहोस्, र पछि भविष्‍यमा तिमीहरूका छोराछोरीहरूले, ‘यी ढुङ्गाहरूको अर्थ के हो?’ भनेर सोध्‍दा 

That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

7तिमीहरूले तिनीहरूलाई यसो भन्‍नू, ‘परमप्रभुका करारका सन्‍दूकको सामु यर्दनको पानी रोकिएको थियो। यर्दन पार गर्दा यर्दनको पानी रोकिएको थियो। यी ढुङ्गाहरू इस्राएलीहरूका निम्‍ति सदाका स्‍मारकको रूपमा रहनेछन्‌।”

Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

8परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्‍नुभएअनुसार यहोशूको आदेश पालन गरेर इस्राएलका कुलको संख्‍याअनुसार इस्राएलीहरूले यर्दनको बीचबाट ढुङ्गाहरू ल्‍याए र तिनीहरू बसेका ठाउँमा राखे। 

And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

9करारको सन्‍दूक बोक्‍ने पूजाहारीहरूका खुट्टाले टेकेको ठाउँ, अर्थात्‌ यर्दनको बीचबाट ल्‍याइएका बाह्र वटा ढुङ्गा यहोशूले उभ्‍याए। ती आजको दिनसम्‍म त्‍यहीँ छन्‌।

And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.

10मोशाले यहोशूलाई अह्राएअनुसार, मानिसहरूलाई सुनाउनलाई परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई दिनुभएको आज्ञाका सबै काम पूरा नहोउञ्‍जेल सन्‍दूक बोक्‍ने पूजाहारीहरू यर्दनको बीचमै उभिरहे, र मानिसहरू चाँड़ो-चाँड़ो गरेर पार तरे। 

For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.

11अनि जब सबै मानिसहरू पार तरिसके, तब परमप्रभुको सन्‍दूक र पूजाहारीहरू पनि मानिसहरूका सामुन्‍ने पार तरे। 

And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.

12मोशाले तिनीहरूलाई भनेबमोजिम रूबेनका सन्‍तान, गादका सन्‍तान र मनश्‍शेको आधा कुल पनि इस्राएलीहरूका सामुन्‍ने हातहतियार भिरेर तरे।

And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:

 13करीब चालीस हजार जति लड़ाइँको लागि हातहतियार भिरेका पुरुषहरू लड़ाइँ गर्नलाई परमप्रभुको सामु पार तरेर यरीहोको मैदानतिर लागे।

About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
14त्‍यस दिन सबै इस्राएलीहरूका नजरमा परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई उचाल्‍नुभयो र तिनीहरूले तिनको जीवनभरि मोशालाई झैँ यहोशूलाई आदर गरे।

On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.

15तब परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्‍नुभयो,

And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,

 16“गवाहीको सन्‍दूक बोक्‍ने पूजाहारीहरूलाई यर्दनबाट उक्‍लिआउनू भनी हुकुम गर्‌।”

Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
17यसकारण यहोशूले पूजाहारीहरूलाई, “तिमीहरू यर्दनबाट उक्‍लेर आओ,” भन्‍ने हुकुम गरे।

Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.

18परमप्रभुका करारको सन्‍दूक बोक्‍ने पूजाहारीहरू यर्दनको बीचबाट उक्‍लिसकेपछि तिनीहरूका पैतालाले ओबानो भूइँमा टेक्‍ने बित्तिकै यर्दनको पानी आफ्‍नो बाटोमा फर्केर आयो र अघिझैँ किनार ढाकेर बग्‍न थाल्‍यो।

And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
19पहिलो महिनाको दशौँ दिनमा मानिसहरूले यर्दनबाट उक्‍लेर आई यरीहोको पूर्व सिमानामा गिलगाल भन्‍ने ठाउँमा आफ्‍नो छाउनी बनाए।

And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

 20तिनीहरूले यर्दन नदीबाट निकालेर ल्‍याएका ती बाह्र वटा ढुङ्गाहरू यहोशूले गिलगालमा खड़ा गरे। 

And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.

21अनि तिनले इस्राएलीहरूलाई यसो भने, “पछि तिमीहरूका बालबच्‍चाले आफ्‍ना बुबाहरूसँग ‘यी ढुङ्गाहरूको अर्थ के हो?’ भनेर सोधे भने, 

And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

22तिमीहरूले आफ्‍ना बालबच्‍चालाई यसो भनेर बताइदिनू, ‘इस्राएलीहरूले यर्दन नदी सुक्‍खा जमिनमा टेकेर तरेका थिए’।

Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

 23जसरी परमप्रभु तिमीहरूका परमेश्‍वरले लाल समुद्रलाई हामीले पार नगरुञ्‍जेल हाम्रा सामुन्‍ने सुकाउनुभएको थियो, त्‍यसरी नै तिमीहरूका सामुन्‍ने तिमीहरू पार नगरुञ्‍जेल यर्दन नदीको पानी पनि सुकाउनुभएको थियो।

For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:

 24पृथ्‍वीका सारा मानिसहरूले परमप्रभुका बाहुलीको सामर्थ्‍य थाहा पाऊन्, र तिमीहरूले परमप्रभु आफ्‍ना परमेश्‍वरको भय मान भन्‍ने ध्‍येयले यो सब भएको हो।”

That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.

 JOSHUA - 5

सारा इस्राएलीहरूको खतना

1यर्दन वारि पश्‍चिम तीरका एमोरीहरूका सबै राजाहरूले र समुद्रको नजिकका कनानीहरूका सबै राजाहरूले, इस्राएलीहरूका निम्‍ति तिनीहरू पार नतरुञ्‍जेल परमप्रभुले यर्दन नदीको पानी सुकाउनुभयो भन्‍ने कुरा जब सुने, तब इस्राएलीहरूको डरले गर्दा उनीहरूको हृदय काम्‍न लाग्‍यो र उनीहरूमा इस्राएलीहरूको सामना गर्ने साहस रहेन।

2त्‍यस बेला परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्‍नुभयो, “पत्‍थरका कर्दहरू बनाएर फेरि दोस्रो पल्‍ट इस्राएलीहरूलाई खतना गर्‌।” 3तब यहोशूले पत्‍थरका कर्दहरू बनाएर गिबियथ-हाअरालोथमा इस्राएलीहरूको खतना गरे।

4यहोशूले खतना गराउनुपरेको कारण यही थियो, कि जति जना मानिसहरू, अर्थात्‌ योद्धाहरू मिश्रदेशबाट आएका थिए, तिनीहरू सबै मिश्रबाट निस्‍केपछि उजाड़-स्‍थानको यात्रामा मरिसकेका थिए। 5मिश्रदेशबाट जति निस्‍केर आएका थिए, ती सबैको खतना भएकै थियो। तर मिश्रदेशबाट निस्‍केपछि उजाड़-स्‍थानको यात्रामा जन्‍मेका जति कसैको पनि खतना भएको थिएन। 6इस्राएलीहरूले परमप्रभुका आज्ञा नमानेका हुनाले मिश्रदेशबाट निस्‍केर आएका सारा मानिसहरू, अर्थात्‌ योद्धाहरू नष्‍ट नभएसम्‍म तिनीहरू उजाड़-स्‍थानमा चालीस वर्ष हिँड्‌दैरहेथे। किनभने तिनीहरूका पिता-पुर्खाहरूलाई दूध र मह बग्ने देश दिनेछु भनी प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएको देश म तिनीहरूलाई देख्‍न दिन्‍नँ भनेर परमप्रभुले प्रण गर्नुभएको थियो।  7यसकारण तिनीहरूको स्‍थानमा उहाँले फेरि उत्‍पन्‍न गराउनुभएको सन्‍तान यहोशूले खतना गराए, किनकि तिनीहरू यात्रामा खतना नपाएका हुनाले बेखतनाका थिए। 8अनि सबै मानिसहरूको खतना भइसकेपछि तिनीहरू निको नहोउञ्‍जेल छाउनीमा आ-आफ्‍ना ठाउँमा बसे।

9अनि परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्‍नुभयो, “आजको दिन मिश्रको निन्‍दा तिमीहरूबाट मैले गुड़ाइदिएको छु।” यसकारण त्‍यस ठाउँको नाउँ आजको दिनसम्‍म गिलगाल भनिन्‍छ।

निस्‍तार-चाड़को उत्‍सव

10जब इस्राएलीहरू गिलगालमा छाउनी खड़ा गरी बसे, तब तिनीहरूले चौधौँ दिनको साँझमा यरीहोको मैदानमा नै निस्‍तार-चाड़ मनाए।  11निस्‍तार-चाड़को भोलिपल्‍ट, त्‍यही दिन तिनीहरूले त्‍यस देशको उब्‍जनीबाट अखमिरी रोटी र भुटेको अन्‍न खाए। 12तिनीहरूले त्‍यस देशको उब्‍जनीको अन्‍न खाएको भोलिपल्‍टदेखि नै मन्‍न थामियो, र त्‍यसपछि इस्राएलीहरूलाई मन्‍न कहिल्‍यै पनि मिलेन। तर त्‍यस साल तिनीहरूले कनान देशको अन्‍न खाए। 

13यहोशू यरीहोको नजिक हुँदा तिनले आफ्‍ना आँखा उठाएर हेरे, र आफ्‍नो सामुन्‍ने हातमा नाङ्गो तरवार लिएका एक जना मानिस उभिरहेका रहेछन्‌। यहोशू उनीकहाँ गएर, “तपाईं हामीपट्टि हुनुहुन्‍छ कि हाम्रा शत्रु हुनुहुन्‍छ?” भनेर सोधे।

14अनि उनले भने, “होइन, तर परमप्रभुको फौजको कप्‍तान भएर म यहाँ आएको हुँ।” तब यहोशूले जमिनमा घोप्‍टो परेर दण्‍डवत्‌ गरे, र उनलाई भने, “मेरा प्रभु, आफ्‍नो दासलाई के भन्‍नुहुन्‍छ?”

15अनि परमप्रभुका फौजका कप्‍तानले यहोशूलाई भने, “तेरा खुट्टाबाट जुत्ता फुकाल्, किनकि तँ उभिएको ठाउँ पवित्र छ।” अनि यहोशूले त्‍यसै गरे।

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5 Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan before the Israelites until they^[a] had crossed over, their hearts melted in fear and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites.

Circumcision and Passover at Gilgal

² At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites again.” ³ So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth.^[b]

⁴ Now this is why he did so: All those who came out of Egypt—all the men of military age—died in the wilderness on the way after leaving Egypt. ⁵ All the people that came out had been circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness during the journey from Egypt had not. ⁶ The Israelites had moved about in the wilderness forty years until all the men who were of military age when they left Egypt had died, since they had not obeyed the Lord. For the Lord had sworn to them that they would not see the land he had solemnly promised their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. ⁷ So he raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. They were still uncircumcised because they had not been circumcised on the way. ⁸ And after the whole nation had been circumcised, they remained where they were in camp until they were healed.

⁹ Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the place has been called Gilgal^[c] to this day.

¹⁰ On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Passover. ¹¹ The day after the Passover, that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain. ¹² The manna stopped the day after^[d] they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate the produce of Canaan.

The Fall of Jericho

¹³ 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 went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”

¹⁴ “Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” Then Joshua fell facedown to the ground in reverence, and asked him, “What message does my Lord^[e] have for his servant?”

¹⁵ 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.

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सारा इस्राएलीहरूको खतना

1यर्दन वारि पश्‍चिम तीरका एमोरीहरूका सबै राजाहरूले र समुद्रको नजिकका कनानीहरूका सबै राजाहरूले, इस्राएलीहरूका निम्‍ति तिनीहरू पार नतरुञ्‍जेल परमप्रभुले यर्दन नदीको पानी सुकाउनुभयो भन्‍ने कुरा जब सुने, तब इस्राएलीहरूको डरले गर्दा उनीहरूको हृदय काम्‍न लाग्‍यो र उनीहरूमा इस्राएलीहरूको सामना गर्ने साहस रहेन।

And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.

2त्‍यस बेला परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्‍नुभयो, “पत्‍थरका कर्दहरू बनाएर फेरि दोस्रो पल्‍ट इस्राएलीहरूलाई खतना गर्‌।” 

At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

3तब यहोशूले पत्‍थरका कर्दहरू बनाएर गिबियथ-हाअरालोथमा इस्राएलीहरूको खतना गरे।

And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

4यहोशूले खतना गराउनुपरेको कारण यही थियो, कि जति जना मानिसहरू, अर्थात्‌ योद्धाहरू मिश्रदेशबाट आएका थिए, तिनीहरू सबै मिश्रबाट निस्‍केपछि उजाड़-स्‍थानको यात्रामा मरिसकेका थिए। 

And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.

5मिश्रदेशबाट जति निस्‍केर आएका थिए, ती सबैको खतना भएकै थियो। तर मिश्रदेशबाट निस्‍केपछि उजाड़-स्‍थानको यात्रामा जन्‍मेका जति कसैको पनि खतना भएको थिएन।

Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.

 6इस्राएलीहरूले परमप्रभुका आज्ञा नमानेका हुनाले मिश्रदेशबाट निस्‍केर आएका सारा मानिसहरू, अर्थात्‌ योद्धाहरू नष्‍ट नभएसम्‍म तिनीहरू उजाड़-स्‍थानमा चालीस वर्ष हिँड्‌दैरहेथे। किनभने तिनीहरूका पिता-पुर्खाहरूलाई दूध र मह बग्ने देश दिनेछु भनी प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएको देश म तिनीहरूलाई देख्‍न दिन्‍नँ भनेर परमप्रभुले प्रण गर्नुभएको थियो। 

For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

 7यसकारण तिनीहरूको स्‍थानमा उहाँले फेरि उत्‍पन्‍न गराउनुभएको सन्‍तान यहोशूले खतना गराए, किनकि तिनीहरू यात्रामा खतना नपाएका हुनाले बेखतनाका थिए। 

And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.

8अनि सबै मानिसहरूको खतना भइसकेपछि तिनीहरू निको नहोउञ्‍जेल छाउनीमा आ-आफ्‍ना ठाउँमा बसे।

And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.

9अनि परमप्रभुले यहोशूलाई भन्‍नुभयो, “आजको दिन मिश्रको निन्‍दा तिमीहरूबाट मैले गुड़ाइदिएको छु।” यसकारण त्‍यस ठाउँको नाउँ आजको दिनसम्‍म गिलगाल भनिन्‍छ।

And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.

निस्‍तार-चाड़को उत्‍सव

10जब इस्राएलीहरू गिलगालमा छाउनी खड़ा गरी बसे, तब तिनीहरूले चौधौँ दिनको साँझमा यरीहोको मैदानमा नै निस्‍तार-चाड़ मनाए।  

And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

11निस्‍तार-चाड़को भोलिपल्‍ट, त्‍यही दिन तिनीहरूले त्‍यस देशको उब्‍जनीबाट अखमिरी रोटी र भुटेको अन्‍न खाए।

And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.

 12तिनीहरूले त्‍यस देशको उब्‍जनीको अन्‍न खाएको भोलिपल्‍टदेखि नै मन्‍न थामियो, र त्‍यसपछि इस्राएलीहरूलाई मन्‍न कहिल्‍यै पनि मिलेन। तर त्‍यस साल तिनीहरूले कनान देशको अन्‍न खाए। 

And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

13यहोशू यरीहोको नजिक हुँदा तिनले आफ्‍ना आँखा उठाएर हेरे, र आफ्‍नो सामुन्‍ने हातमा नाङ्गो तरवार लिएका एक जना मानिस उभिरहेका रहेछन्‌। यहोशू उनीकहाँ गएर, “तपाईं हामीपट्टि हुनुहुन्‍छ कि हाम्रा शत्रु हुनुहुन्‍छ?” भनेर सोधे।

And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

14अनि उनले भने, “होइन, तर परमप्रभुको फौजको कप्‍तान भएर म यहाँ आएको हुँ।” तब यहोशूले जमिनमा घोप्‍टो परेर दण्‍डवत्‌ गरे, र उनलाई भने, “मेरा प्रभु, आफ्‍नो दासलाई के भन्‍नुहुन्‍छ?”

And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

15अनि परमप्रभुका फौजका कप्‍तानले यहोशूलाई भने, “तेरा खुट्टाबाट जुत्ता फुकाल्, किनकि तँ उभिएको ठाउँ पवित्र छ।” अनि यहोशूले त्‍यसै गरे।

And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.

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Ai Destroyed

8 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. For I have delivered into your hands the king of Ai, his people, his city and his land. ² You shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the city.”

³ So Joshua and the whole army moved out to attack Ai. He chose thirty thousand of his best fighting men and sent them out at night ⁴ with these orders: “Listen carefully. You are to set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from it. All of you be on the alert. ⁵ I and all those with me will advance on the city, and when the men come out against us, as they did before, we will flee from them. ⁶ They will pursue us until we have lured them away from the city, for they will say, ‘They are running away from us as they did before.’ So when we flee from them, ⁷ you are to rise up from ambush and take the city. The Lord your God will give it into your hand. ⁸ When you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do what the Lord has commanded. See to it; you have my orders.”

⁹ Then Joshua sent them off, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai—but Joshua spent that night with the people.

¹⁰ Early the next morning Joshua mustered his army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched before them to Ai. ¹¹ The entire force that was with him marched up and approached the city and arrived in front of it. They set up camp north of Ai, with the valley between them and the city. ¹² Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city. ¹³ So the soldiers took up their positions—with the main camp to the north of the city and the ambush to the west of it. That night Joshua went into the valley.

¹⁴ When the king of Ai saw this, he and all the men of the city hurried out early in the morning to meet Israel in battle at a certain place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set against him behind the city. ¹⁵ Joshua and all Israel let themselves be driven back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness. ¹⁶ All the men of Ai were called to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were lured away from the city. ¹⁷ Not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who did not go after Israel. They left the city open and went in pursuit of Israel.

¹⁸ Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Hold out toward Ai the javelin that is in your hand, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out toward the city the javelin that was in his hand. ¹⁹ As soon as he did this, the men in the ambush rose quickly from their position and rushed forward. They entered the city and captured it and quickly set it on fire.

²⁰ The men of Ai looked back and saw the smoke of the city rising up into the sky, but they had no chance to escape in any direction; the Israelites who had been fleeing toward the wilderness had turned back against their pursuers. ²¹ For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city and that smoke was going up from it, they turned around and attacked the men of Ai. ²² Those in the ambush also came out of the city against them, so that they were caught in the middle, with Israelites on both sides. Israel cut them down, leaving them neither survivors nor fugitives. ²³ But they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

²⁴ When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai in the fields and in the wilderness where they had chased them, and when every one of them had been put to the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and killed those who were in it. ²⁵ Twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai. ²⁶ For Joshua did not draw back the hand that held out his javelin until he had destroyed^[a] all who lived in Ai. ²⁷ But Israel did carry off for themselves the livestock and plunder of this city, as the Lord had instructed Joshua.

²⁸ So Joshua burned Ai^[b] and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolate place to this day. ²⁹ He impaled the body of the king of Ai on a pole and left it there until evening. At sunset, Joshua ordered them to take the body from the pole and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And they raised a large pile of rocks over it, which remains to this day.

The Covenant Renewed at Mount Ebal

³⁰ Then Joshua built on Mount Ebal an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, ³¹ as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses—an altar of uncut stones, on which no iron tool had been used. On it they offered to the Lord burnt offerings and sacrificed fellowship offerings. ³² There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua wrote on stones a copy of the law of Moses. ³³ All the Israelites, with their elders, officials and judges, were standing on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the Lord, facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Both the foreigners living among them and the native-born were there. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord had formerly commanded when he gave instructions to bless the people of Israel.

³⁴ Afterward, Joshua read all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—just as it is written in the Book of the Law. ³⁵ There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read to the whole assembly of Israel, including the women and children, and the foreigners who lived among them.

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There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.

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The Gibeonite Deception

9 Now when all the kings west of the Jordan heard about these things—the kings in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea as far as Lebanon (the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites)— ² they came together to wage war against Joshua and Israel.

³ However, when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, ⁴ they resorted to a ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded^[a] with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended. ⁵ They put worn and patched sandals on their feet and wore old clothes. All the bread of their food supply was dry and moldy. ⁶ Then they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the Israelites, “We have come from a distant country; make a treaty with us.”

⁷ The Israelites said to the Hivites, “But perhaps you live near us, so how can we make a treaty with you?”

⁸ “We are your servants,” they said to Joshua.

But Joshua asked, “Who are you and where do you come from?”

⁹ They answered: “Your servants have come from a very distant country because of the fame of the Lord your God. For we have heard reports of him: all that he did in Egypt, ¹⁰ and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan—Sihon king of Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth. ¹¹ And our elders and all those living in our country said to us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go and meet them and say to them, “We are your servants; make a treaty with us.”’ ¹² This bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But now see how dry and moldy it is. ¹³ And these wineskins that we filled were new, but see how cracked they are. And our clothes and sandals are worn out by the very long journey.”

¹⁴ The Israelites sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the Lord. ¹⁵ Then Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath.

¹⁶ Three days after they made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites heard that they were neighbors, living near them. ¹⁷ So the Israelites set out and on the third day came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth and Kiriath Jearim. ¹⁸ But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the assembly had sworn an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel.

The whole assembly grumbled against the leaders, ¹⁹ but all the leaders answered, “We have given them our oath by the Lord, the God of Israel, and we cannot touch them now. ²⁰ This is what we will do to them: We will let them live, so that God’s wrath will not fall on us for breaking the oath we swore to them.” ²¹ They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers in the service of the whole assembly.” So the leaders’ promise to them was kept.

²² Then Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you deceive us by saying, ‘We live a long way from you,’ while actually you live near us? ²³ You are now under a curse: You will never be released from service as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

²⁴ They answered Joshua, “Your servants were clearly told how the Lord your God had commanded his servant Moses to give you the whole land and to wipe out all its inhabitants from before you. So we feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this. ²⁵ We are now in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”

²⁶ So Joshua saved them from the Israelites, and they did not kill them. ²⁷ That day he made the Gibeonites woodcutters and water carriers for the assembly, to provide for the needs of the altar of the Lord at the place the Lord would choose. And that is what they are to this day.

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The Sun Stands Still

10 Now Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Ai and totally destroyed^[a] it, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and that the people of Gibeon had made a treaty of peace with Israel and had become their allies. ² He and his people were very much alarmed at this, because Gibeon was an important city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were good fighters. ³ So Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem appealed to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish and Debir king of Eglon. ⁴ “Come up and help me attack Gibeon,” he said, “because it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”

⁵ Then the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon—joined forces. They moved up with all their troops and took up positions against Gibeon and attacked it.

⁶ The Gibeonites then sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because all the Amorite kings from the hill country have joined forces against us.”

⁷ So Joshua marched up from Gilgal with his entire army, including all the best fighting men. ⁸ The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them; I have given them into your hand. Not one of them will be able to withstand you.”

⁹ After an all-night march from Gilgal, Joshua took them by surprise. ¹⁰ The Lord threw them into confusion before Israel, so Joshua and the Israelites defeated them completely at Gibeon. Israel pursued them along the road going up to Beth Horon and cut them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah. ¹¹ As they fled before Israel on the road down from Beth Horon to Azekah, the Lord hurled large hailstones down on them, and more of them died from the hail than were killed by the swords of the Israelites.

¹² On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel:

“Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
    and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
¹³ So the sun stood still,
    and the moon stopped,
    till the nation avenged itself on^[b] its enemies,

as it is written in the Book of Jashar.

The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day. ¹⁴ There has never been a day like it before or since, a day when the Lord listened to a human being. Surely the Lord was fighting for Israel!

¹⁵ Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.

Five Amorite Kings Killed

¹⁶ Now the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah. ¹⁷ When Joshua was told that the five kings had been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah, ¹⁸ he said, “Roll large rocks up to the mouth of the cave, and post some men there to guard it. ¹⁹ But don’t stop; pursue your enemies! Attack them from the rear and don’t let them reach their cities, for the Lord your God has given them into your hand.”

²⁰ So Joshua and the Israelites defeated them completely, but a few survivors managed to reach their fortified cities. ²¹ The whole army then returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one uttered a word against the Israelites.

²² Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me.” ²³ So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon. ²⁴ When they had brought these kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had come with him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came forward and placed their feet on their necks.

²⁵ Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. This is what the Lord will do to all the enemies you are going to fight.” ²⁶ Then Joshua put the kings to death and exposed their bodies on five poles, and they were left hanging on the poles until evening.

²⁷ At sunset Joshua gave the order and they took them down from the poles and threw them into the cave where they had been hiding. At the mouth of the cave they placed large rocks, which are there to this day.

Southern Cities Conquered

²⁸ That day Joshua took Makkedah. He put the city and its king to the sword and totally destroyed everyone in it. He left no survivors. And he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.

²⁹ Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and attacked it. ³⁰ The Lord also gave that city and its king into Israel’s hand. The city and everyone in it Joshua put to the sword. He left no survivors there. And he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.

³¹ Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish; he took up positions against it and attacked it. ³² The Lord gave Lachish into Israel’s hands, and Joshua took it on the second day. The city and everyone in it he put to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah. ³³ Meanwhile, Horam king of Gezer had come up to help Lachish, but Joshua defeated him and his army—until no survivors were left.

³⁴ Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Lachish to Eglon; they took up positions against it and attacked it. ³⁵ They captured it that same day and put it to the sword and totally destroyed everyone in it, just as they had done to Lachish.

³⁶ Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and attacked it. ³⁷ They took the city and put it to the sword, together with its king, its villages and everyone in it. They left no survivors. Just as at Eglon, they totally destroyed it and everyone in it.

³⁸ Then Joshua and all Israel with him turned around and attacked Debir. ³⁹ They took the city, its king and its villages, and put them to the sword. Everyone in it they totally destroyed. They left no survivors. They did to Debir and its king as they had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.

⁴⁰ So Joshua subdued the whole region, including the hill country, the Negev, the western foothills and the mountain slopes, together with all their kings. He left no survivors. He totally destroyed all who breathed, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded. ⁴¹ Joshua subdued them from Kadesh Barnea to Gaza and from the whole region of Goshen to Gibeon. ⁴² All these kings and their lands Joshua conquered in one campaign, because the Lord, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

⁴³ Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.

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And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

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17 This was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn, that is, for Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn. Makir was the ancestor of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because the Makirites were great soldiers. ² So this allotment was for the rest of the people of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans.

³ Now Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons but only daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah. ⁴ They went to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our relatives.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance along with the brothers of their father, according to the Lord’s command. ⁵ Manasseh’s share consisted of ten tracts of land besides Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan, ⁶ because the daughters of the tribe of Manasseh received an inheritance among the sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the descendants of Manasseh.

⁷ The territory of Manasseh extended from Asher to Mikmethath east of Shechem. The boundary ran southward from there to include the people living at En Tappuah. ⁸ (Manasseh had the land of Tappuah, but Tappuah itself, on the boundary of Manasseh, belonged to the Ephraimites.) ⁹ Then the boundary continued south to the Kanah Ravine. There were towns belonging to Ephraim lying among the towns of Manasseh, but the boundary of Manasseh was the northern side of the ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. ¹⁰ On the south the land belonged to Ephraim, on the north to Manasseh. The territory of Manasseh reached the Mediterranean Sea and bordered Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.

¹¹ Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh also had Beth Shan, Ibleam and the people of Dor, Endor, Taanach and Megiddo, together with their surrounding settlements (the third in the list is Naphoth^[a]).

¹² Yet the Manassites were not able to occupy these towns, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that region. ¹³ However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor but did not drive them out completely.

¹⁴ The people of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one allotment and one portion for an inheritance? We are a numerous people, and the Lord has blessed us abundantly.”

¹⁵ “If you are so numerous,” Joshua answered, “and if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go up into the forest and clear land for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites.”

¹⁶ The people of Joseph replied, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the plain have chariots fitted with iron, both those in Beth Shan and its settlements and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”

¹⁷ But Joshua said to the tribes of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You are numerous and very powerful. You will have not only one allotment ¹⁸ but the forested hill country as well. Clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours; though the Canaanites have chariots fitted with iron and though they are strong, you can drive them out.”

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But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.

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Division of the Rest of the Land

18 The whole assembly of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The country was brought under their control, ² but there were still seven Israelite tribes who had not yet received their inheritance.

³ So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you? ⁴ Appoint three men from each tribe. I will send them out to make a survey of the land and to write a description of it, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me. ⁵ You are to divide the land into seven parts. Judah is to remain in its territory on the south and the tribes of Joseph in their territory on the north. ⁶ After you have written descriptions of the seven parts of the land, bring them here to me and I will cast lots for you in the presence of the Lord our God. ⁷ The Levites, however, do not get a portion among you, because the priestly service of the Lord is their inheritance. And Gad, Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan. Moses the servant of the Lord gave it to them.”

⁸ As the men started on their way to map out the land, Joshua instructed them, “Go and make a survey of the land and write a description of it. Then return to me, and I will cast lots for you here at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord.” ⁹ So the men left and went through the land. They wrote its description on a scroll, town by town, in seven parts, and returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh. ¹⁰ Joshua then cast lots for them in Shiloh in the presence of the Lord, and there he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their tribal divisions.

Allotment for Benjamin

¹¹ The first lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin according to its clans. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:

¹² On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan, passed the northern slope of Jericho and headed west into the hill country, coming out at the wilderness of Beth Aven. ¹³ From there it crossed to the south slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth Addar on the hill south of Lower Beth Horon.

¹⁴ From the hill facing Beth Horon on the south the boundary turned south along the western side and came out at Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a town of the people of Judah. This was the western side.

¹⁵ The southern side began at the outskirts of Kiriath Jearim on the west, and the boundary came out at the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. ¹⁶ The boundary went down to the foot of the hill facing the Valley of Ben Hinnom, north of the Valley of Rephaim. It continued down the Hinnom Valley along the southern slope of the Jebusite city and so to En Rogel. ¹⁷ It then curved north, went to En Shemesh, continued to Geliloth, which faces the Pass of Adummim, and ran down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. ¹⁸ It continued to the northern slope of Beth Arabah^[a] and on down into the Arabah. ¹⁹ It then went to the northern slope of Beth Hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Dead Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan in the south. This was the southern boundary.

²⁰ The Jordan formed the boundary on the eastern side.

These were the boundaries that marked out the inheritance of the clans of Benjamin on all sides.

²¹ The tribe of Benjamin, according to its clans, had the following towns:

Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz, ²² Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, ²³ Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, ²⁴ Kephar Ammoni, Ophni and Geba—twelve towns and their villages.

²⁵ Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, ²⁶ Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah, ²⁷ Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, ²⁸ Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath—fourteen towns and their villages.

This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.

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यहोशू 18

 JOSHUA - 19:1-51,

यहोशू 19

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Allotment for Simeon

19 The second lot came out for the tribe of Simeon according to its clans. Their inheritance lay within the territory of Judah. ² It included:

Beersheba (or Sheba),^[a] Moladah, ³ Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, ⁴ Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, ⁵ Ziklag, Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susah, ⁶ Beth Lebaoth and Sharuhen—thirteen towns and their villages;

⁷ Ain, Rimmon, Ether and Ashan—four towns and their villages— ⁸ and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah in the Negev).

This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Simeonites, according to its clans. ⁹ The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the share of Judah, because Judah’s portion was more than they needed. So the Simeonites received their inheritance within the territory of Judah.

Allotment for Zebulun

¹⁰ The third lot came up for Zebulun according to its clans:

The boundary of their inheritance went as far as Sarid. ¹¹ Going west it ran to Maralah, touched Dabbesheth, and extended to the ravine near Jokneam. ¹² It turned east from Sarid toward the sunrise to the territory of Kisloth Tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia. ¹³ Then it continued eastward to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin; it came out at Rimmon and turned toward Neah. ¹⁴ There the boundary went around on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El. ¹⁵ Included were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem. There were twelve towns and their villages.

¹⁶ These towns and their villages were the inheritance of Zebulun, according to its clans.

Allotment for Issachar

¹⁷ The fourth lot came out for Issachar according to its clans. ¹⁸ Their territory included:

Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem, ¹⁹ Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, ²⁰ Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, ²¹ Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah and Beth Pazzez. ²² The boundary touched Tabor, Shahazumah and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. There were sixteen towns and their villages.

²³ These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar, according to its clans.

Allotment for Asher

²⁴ The fifth lot came out for the tribe of Asher according to its clans. ²⁵ Their territory included:

Helkath, Hali, Beten, Akshaph, ²⁶ Allammelek, Amad and Mishal. On the west the boundary touched Carmel and Shihor Libnath. ²⁷ It then turned east toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El, and went north to Beth Emek and Neiel, passing Kabul on the left. ²⁸ It went to Abdon,^[b] Rehob, Hammon and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. ²⁹ The boundary then turned back toward Ramah and went to the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah and came out at the Mediterranean Sea in the region of Akzib, ³⁰ Ummah, Aphek and Rehob. There were twenty-two towns and their villages.

³¹ These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Asher, according to its clans.

Allotment for Naphtali

³² The sixth lot came out for Naphtali according to its clans:

³³ Their boundary went from Heleph and the large tree in Zaanannim, passing Adami Nekeb and Jabneel to Lakkum and ending at the Jordan. ³⁴ The boundary ran west through Aznoth Tabor and came out at Hukkok. It touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west and the Jordan^[c] on the east. ³⁵ The fortified towns were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth, ³⁶ Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, ³⁷ Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, ³⁸ Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath and Beth Shemesh. There were nineteen towns and their villages.

³⁹ These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali, according to its clans.

Allotment for Dan

⁴⁰ The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan according to its clans. ⁴¹ The territory of their inheritance included:

Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, ⁴² Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, ⁴³ Elon, Timnah, Ekron, ⁴⁴ Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, ⁴⁵ Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, ⁴⁶ Me Jarkon and Rakkon, with the area facing Joppa.

⁴⁷ (When the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and attacked Leshem, took it, put it to the sword and occupied it. They settled in Leshem and named it Dan after their ancestor.)

⁴⁸ These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to its clans.

Allotment for Joshua

⁴⁹ When they had finished dividing the land into its allotted portions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them, ⁵⁰ as the Lord had commanded. They gave him the town he asked for—Timnath Serah^[d] in the hill country of Ephraim. And he built up the town and settled there.

⁵¹ These are the territories that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel assigned by lot at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting. And so they finished dividing the land.

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यहोशू 19

 JOSHUA - 20:1-9,

यहोशू 20

 JOSHUA - 21:1-45,

यहोशू 21

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Towns for the Levites

21 Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribal families of Israel ² at Shiloh in Canaan and said to them, “The Lord commanded through Moses that you give us towns to live in, with pasturelands for our livestock.” ³ So, as the Lord had commanded, the Israelites gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own inheritance:

⁴ The first lot came out for the Kohathites, according to their clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin. ⁵ The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan and half of Manasseh.

⁶ The descendants of Gershon were allotted thirteen towns from the clans of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

⁷ The descendants of Merari, according to their clans, received twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

⁸ So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these towns and their pasturelands, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

⁹ From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name ¹⁰ (these towns were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them):

¹¹ They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.) ¹² But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

¹³ So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah, ¹⁴ Jattir, Eshtemoa, ¹⁵ Holon, Debir, ¹⁶ Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands—nine towns from these two tribes.

¹⁷ And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba, ¹⁸ Anathoth and Almon, together with their pasturelands—four towns.

¹⁹ The total number of towns for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, came to thirteen, together with their pasturelands.

²⁰ The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim:

²¹ In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Gezer, ²² Kibzaim and Beth Horon, together with their pasturelands—four towns.

²³ Also from the tribe of Dan they received Eltekeh, Gibbethon, ²⁴ Aijalon and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands—four towns.

²⁵ From half the tribe of Manasseh they received Taanach and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands—two towns.

²⁶ All these ten towns and their pasturelands were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

²⁷ The Levite clans of the Gershonites were given:

from the half-tribe of Manasseh,

Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one accused of murder) and Be Eshterah, together with their pasturelands—two towns;

²⁸ from the tribe of Issachar,

Kishion, Daberath, ²⁹ Jarmuth and En Gannim, together with their pasturelands—four towns;

³⁰ from the tribe of Asher,

Mishal, Abdon, ³¹ Helkath and Rehob, together with their pasturelands—four towns;

³² from the tribe of Naphtali,

Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Hammoth Dor and Kartan, together with their pasturelands—three towns.

³³ The total number of towns of the Gershonite clans came to thirteen, together with their pasturelands.

³⁴ The Merarite clans (the rest of the Levites) were given:

from the tribe of Zebulun,

Jokneam, Kartah, ³⁵ Dimnah and Nahalal, together with their pasturelands—four towns;

³⁶ from the tribe of Reuben,

Bezer, Jahaz, ³⁷ Kedemoth and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands—four towns;

³⁸ from the tribe of Gad,

Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Mahanaim, ³⁹ Heshbon and Jazer, together with their pasturelands—four towns in all.

⁴⁰ The total number of towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, came to twelve.

⁴¹ The towns of the Levites in the territory held by the Israelites were forty-eight in all, together with their pasturelands. ⁴² Each of these towns had pasturelands surrounding it; this was true for all these towns.

⁴³ So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there. ⁴⁴ The Lord gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies withstood them; the Lord gave all their enemies into their hands. ⁴⁵ Not one of all the Lord’s good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.

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यहोशू 21

There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

 JOSHUA - 22:1-34,

यहोशू 22

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Eastern Tribes Return Home

22 Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh ² and said to them, “You have done all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and you have obeyed me in everything I commanded. ³ For a long time now—to this very day—you have not deserted your fellow Israelites but have carried out the mission the Lord your God gave you. ⁴ Now that the Lord your God has given them rest as he promised, return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan. ⁵ But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

⁶ Then Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their homes. ⁷ (To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half of the tribe Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan along with their fellow Israelites.) When Joshua sent them home, he blessed them, ⁸ saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth—with large herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze and iron, and a great quantity of clothing—and divide the plunder from your enemies with your fellow Israelites.”

⁹ So the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan to return to Gilead, their own land, which they had acquired in accordance with the command of the Lord through Moses.

¹⁰ When they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan. ¹¹ And when the Israelites heard that they had built the altar on the border of Canaan at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side, ¹² the whole assembly of Israel gathered at Shiloh to go to war against them.

¹³ So the Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, to the land of Gilead—to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh. ¹⁴ With him they sent ten of the chief men, one from each of the tribes of Israel, each the head of a family division among the Israelite clans.

¹⁵ When they went to Gilead—to Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh—they said to them: ¹⁶ “The whole assembly of the Lord says: ‘How could you break faith with the God of Israel like this? How could you turn away from the Lord and build yourselves an altar in rebellion against him now? ¹⁷ Was not the sin of Peor enough for us? Up to this very day we have not cleansed ourselves from that sin, even though a plague fell on the community of the Lord! ¹⁸ And are you now turning away from the Lord?

“‘If you rebel against the Lord today, tomorrow he will be angry with the whole community of Israel. ¹⁹ If the land you possess is defiled, come over to the Lord’s land, where the Lord’s tabernacle stands, and share the land with us. But do not rebel against the Lord or against us by building an altar for yourselves, other than the altar of the Lord our God. ²⁰ When Achan son of Zerah was unfaithful in regard to the devoted things,^[a] did not wrath come on the whole community of Israel? He was not the only one who died for his sin.’”

²¹ Then Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh replied to the heads of the clans of Israel: ²² “The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows! And let Israel know! If this has been in rebellion or disobedience to the Lord, do not spare us this day. ²³ If we have built our own altar to turn away from the Lord and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, or to sacrifice fellowship offerings on it, may the Lord himself call us to account.

²⁴ “No! We did it for fear that some day your descendants might say to ours, ‘What do you have to do with the Lord, the God of Israel? ²⁵ The Lord has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you—you Reubenites and Gadites! You have no share in the Lord.’ So your descendants might cause ours to stop fearing the Lord.

²⁶ “That is why we said, ‘Let us get ready and build an altar—but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.’ ²⁷ On the contrary, it is to be a witness between us and you and the generations that follow, that we will worship the Lord at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices and fellowship offerings. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no share in the Lord.’

²⁸ “And we said, ‘If they ever say this to us, or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the Lord’s altar, which our ancestors built, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’

²⁹ “Far be it from us to rebel against the Lord and turn away from him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings and sacrifices, other than the altar of the Lord our God that stands before his tabernacle.”

³⁰ When Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the community—the heads of the clans of the Israelites—heard what Reuben, Gad and Manasseh had to say, they were pleased. ³¹ And Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, said to Reuben, Gad and Manasseh, “Today we know that the Lord is with us, because you have not been unfaithful to the Lord in this matter. Now you have rescued the Israelites from the Lord’s hand.”

³² Then Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, and the leaders returned to Canaan from their meeting with the Reubenites and Gadites in Gilead and reported to the Israelites. ³³ They were glad to hear the report and praised God. And they talked no more about going to war against them to devastate the country where the Reubenites and the Gadites lived.

³⁴ And the Reubenites and the Gadites gave the altar this name: A Witness Between Us—that the Lord is God.

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यहोशू 22

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.

 JOSHUA - 23:1-16,

यहोशू 23

यहोशू 23

When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

 JOSHUA - 24:1-33,

यहोशू 24