So the sun stood still and the moon stopped moving across the sky. They stayed still while the Israelites punished their enemies. People wrote about this in the Scroll of Jashar. The sun stopped in the middle of the sky. It did not go down for about a whole day. A day like that had […]
The Israelite men tasted some of the Gibeonites’ food, but they did not ask the Lord what they should do. So Joshua agreed that they would not kill the people of Gibeon. The Israelite leaders also said that they would obey this agreement.Joshua 9:14-15 以色列人受了他們些食物，並沒有求問耶和華。 於是約書亞與他們講和，與他們立約，容他們活着；會眾的首領也向他們起誓。 約書亞記 9:14-15
Then Joshua read the whole Law aloud to them. He read the blessings and the curses , as they are written on the scroll of the Law . Joshua read aloud every command that Moses had written. He read it to all the Israelite people. The women, children and the foreign people who lived with […]
Then the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Hold out the spear that is in your hand. Point it towards Ai. I am now giving the city to you.’ So Joshua held out his spear towards Ai. Joshua 8:18 耶和華吩咐 約書亞 說：「你向艾城伸出手裏的短槍，因為我要將城交在你手裏。」 約書亞就向城伸出手裏的短槍。約書亞記 8:18
That is why the Israelites are running away from their enemies. They themselves must now be destroyed because they belong to me. If you want me to continue to help you, you must destroy everything that belongs to me. You should not have taken those valuable things for yourselves.Joshua 7:12 因此， 以色列 人在仇敵面前站立不住。他們在仇敵面前轉背 逃跑 ，是因成了被咒詛的；你們若不把當滅的物從你們中間除掉，我就不再與你們同在了。約書亞記 […]
Be careful! Do not take for yourselves the valuable things that belong to the Lord . If you do that, you will cause bad trouble to come to the whole Israelite army. The Lord will destroy us all.Joshua 6:18 至於你們，務要謹慎，不可取那當滅的物，恐怕你們取了那當滅的物就連累 以色列 的全營，使全營受咒詛。約書亞記 6:18
The man answered, ‘Neither. I am the captain of the Lord ‘s army. Now I am here!’ Joshua fell on the ground to worship the man and he said, ‘Sir, I am your servant. Tell me what I should do.’Joshua 5:14 他回答說：「不是的，我來是要作耶和華軍隊的元帥。」 約書亞 就俯伏在地下拜，說：「我主有甚麼話吩咐僕人。」約書亞記 5:14
Many people heard how the Lord had caused the Jordan river to become dry. This included all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan river, and all the Canaanite kings who lived near the sea. They heard how the Lord had made the river become dry until all the Israelites had crossed […]
Yes, you have seen what the Lord your God has done. He made the Jordan river become dry, so that you could cross over it. That was like he did to the Red Sea, so that we could cross it when we left Egypt. The Lord has done this so that all the nations of […]
Then the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Today I will begin to make all the Israelite people respect you. They will know that I am with you, in the same way that I was with Moses.Joshua 3:7 耶和華對 約書亞 說：「從今日起，我必使你在 以色列 眾人眼前尊大，使他們知道我怎樣與 摩西 同在，也必照樣與你同在。約書亞記 3:7
