1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,080 Hello, this is Father Paul and I'm glad we're taking this journey together to read the Bible 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:07,080 in a year. 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:12,000 Today's reading is from Joshua chapters 9 through 11. 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Chapter 9. 5 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,380 And it came to pass when all the kings who were on this side of the Jordan, in the hills 6 00:00:17,380 --> 00:00:22,400 and in the low land and in all the coasts of the great sea toward Lebanon, the Hittite, 7 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:27,900 the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, heard about it, 8 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:32,160 and they gathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with one accord. 9 00:00:32,160 --> 00:00:37,640 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and I, they worked 10 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:43,480 craftily and went and pretended to be ambassadors, and they took old sacks on their donkeys, 11 00:00:43,480 --> 00:00:49,640 old wine-skins torn and mended, old and patched sandals on their feet, and old garments on 12 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:54,180 themselves, and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy. 13 00:00:54,180 --> 00:00:58,360 And they went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, 14 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:03,440 We have come from a far country, now therefore make a covenant with us. 15 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:07,600 Then the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Perhaps you dwell among us, so how can we 16 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:09,200 make a covenant with you? 17 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:11,880 But they said to Joshua, We are your servants. 18 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,120 And Joshua said to them, Who are you and where do you come from? 19 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:19,420 So they said to him, From a very far country your servants have come, because of the name 20 00:01:19,420 --> 00:01:24,480 of the Lord your God, for we have heard of his fame, and all that he did in Egypt, and 21 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:28,760 all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king 22 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:33,500 of Hezbon and all king of Bashan who was at Ashtaroth. 23 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:38,000 Therefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provisions 24 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,240 with you for the journey, and go to meet them and say to them, We are your servants, now 25 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,560 therefore make a covenant with us. 26 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:49,200 This bread of ours we took hot for our provision from our houses on the day we departed to 27 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:54,920 come to you, but now look it is dry and moldy, and these wine skins which we filled were 28 00:01:54,920 --> 00:02:00,800 new and see they are torn, and these our garments and our sandals have become old because of 29 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:02,400 the very long journey. 30 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,200 Then the men of Israel took some of their provisions, but they did not take counsel 31 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:07,200 of the Lord. 32 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,900 So Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them to let them live, and the 33 00:02:10,900 --> 00:02:13,480 rulers of the congregation swore to them. 34 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:17,760 And it happened at the end of three days, after they had made a covenant with them, 35 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:21,200 that they heard that they were their neighbors who dwelt near them. 36 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,080 Then the children of Israel journeyed and came to their cities on the third day. 37 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:30,280 Now their cities were Gibeon, Kephira, Beirat, and Kiryat Jerim. 38 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:34,360 But the children of Israel did not attack them, because the rulers of the congregation 39 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:39,400 had sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel, and all the congregation complained against 40 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:40,640 the rulers. 41 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:45,480 Then all the rulers said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel, 42 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,260 now therefore we may not touch them. 43 00:02:48,260 --> 00:02:49,460 This we will do to them. 44 00:02:49,460 --> 00:02:54,680 We will let them live, lest wrath be upon us because of the oath which we swore to them. 45 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:59,920 And the rulers said to them, Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers 46 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:03,520 for all the congregation, as the rulers had promised them. 47 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:07,880 Then Joshua called for them and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you deceived us, saying 48 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,300 we are very far from you, when you dwell near us? 49 00:03:11,300 --> 00:03:16,080 Now therefore you are cursed, and none of you shall be freed from being slaves, woodcutters 50 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,120 and water carriers for the house of my God. 51 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:23,320 So they answered Joshua and said, Because your servants were clearly told that the Lord 52 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:28,280 your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants 53 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,320 of the land from before you. 54 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:34,680 Therefore we were very much afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing. 55 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:40,360 And now here we are in your hands, do with us as it seems good and right to do to us. 56 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:44,280 So he did to them and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, so that 57 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:45,960 they did not kill them. 58 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:50,300 And that day Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the congregation and 59 00:03:50,300 --> 00:03:56,080 for the altar of the Lord, in a place which he would choose even to this day. 60 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:57,320 Chapter 10 61 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:01,960 Now it came to pass when Adonai-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai 62 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:07,640 and had utterly destroyed it, as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to 63 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:12,200 Ai and its king, and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were 64 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:17,320 among them, that they feared greatly because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal 65 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:22,000 cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty. 66 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:28,200 Therefore Adonai-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jermus, 67 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:34,160 Japhia king of Lashish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying, Come up to me and help me, 68 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:38,040 that we may attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of 69 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:39,040 Israel. 70 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:43,120 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, 71 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:47,440 the king of Jermus, the king of Lashish, and the king of Eglon, gathered together and went 72 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:53,000 up, they and all their armies, and camped before Gibeon and made war against it. 73 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,480 And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, Do not forsake your 74 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:02,280 servants, come up to us quickly, save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites 75 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:05,720 who dwell in the mountains have gathered together against us. 76 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:09,720 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal he and all the people of war with him and all the mighty 77 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:10,800 men of valor. 78 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:15,060 And the Lord said to Joshua, Do not fear them, for I have delivered them into your hand. 79 00:05:15,060 --> 00:05:17,880 Not a man of them shall stand before you. 80 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:22,640 Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly, having marched all night from Gilgal. 81 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:27,520 So the Lord routed them before Israel, killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, chased 82 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:32,800 them along the road that goes to Beth Horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and 83 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:33,920 Makeda. 84 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:38,320 And it happened as they fled before Israel and were on the descent of Beth Horon, that 85 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:44,240 the Lord cast down large hailstones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. 86 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:48,440 There were more who died from the hailstones than the children of Israel killed with the 87 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:49,440 sword. 88 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:53,120 Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before 89 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:58,840 the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Son, stand still over Gibeon, 90 00:05:58,840 --> 00:06:01,240 and moon in the valley of Ayalon. 91 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:06,700 So the sun stood still and the moon stopped till the people had revenge upon their enemies. 92 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:09,160 Is this not written in the book of Jasher? 93 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:14,200 So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a 94 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:15,320 whole day. 95 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:19,700 And there has been no day like that, before it or after it, that the Lord heeded the voice 96 00:06:19,700 --> 00:06:22,480 of a man, for the Lord fought for Israel. 97 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:26,680 Then Joshua returned and all Israel with him to the camp at Gilgal. 98 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:31,200 But these five kings had fled and hidden themselves in a cave at Makkeda. 99 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:36,080 And it was told Joshua saying the five kings have been found hidden in a cave at Makkeda. 100 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:40,680 So Joshua said, Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave and set men by it to 101 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:41,720 guard them. 102 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:46,200 And do not stay there yourselves but pursue your enemies and attack their rear guard. 103 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:50,060 Do not allow them to enter their cities, for the Lord your God has delivered them into 104 00:06:50,060 --> 00:06:51,200 your hand. 105 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:55,560 Then it happened while Joshua and the children of Israel made an end of slaying them with 106 00:06:55,560 --> 00:07:01,040 a very great slaughter till they had finished, that those who escaped entered fortified cities, 107 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:05,480 and all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkeda in peace. 108 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:08,800 No one moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. 109 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:13,080 Then Joshua said, Open the mouth of the cave and bring out those five kings to me from 110 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:14,080 the cave. 111 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:19,040 And they did so, and brought out those five kings to him from the cave, the king of Jerusalem, 112 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:24,180 the king of Hebron, the king of Yarmouz, the king of Lashish, and the king of Aglon. 113 00:07:24,180 --> 00:07:28,240 So it was when they brought out those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the 114 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:33,000 men of Israel and said to the captains of the men of war who went with him, Come near, 115 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:35,480 put your feet on the necks of these kings. 116 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,280 And they drew near and put their feet on their necks. 117 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:43,160 Then Joshua said to them, Do not be afraid nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage, 118 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:47,660 for thus the Lord will do to all your enemies against whom you fight. 119 00:07:47,660 --> 00:07:52,200 And afterward Joshua struck them and killed them, and hanged them on five trees, and they 120 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,580 were hanging on the trees until evening. 121 00:07:54,580 --> 00:07:58,840 So it was at the time of the going down of the sun that Joshua commanded, and they took 122 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:03,480 them down from the trees, cast them into the cave where they had been hidden, and laid 123 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:08,120 large stones against the cave's mouth which remained until this very day. 124 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:12,640 On that day Joshua took Makkeda and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword. 125 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,740 He utterly destroyed them, all the people who were in it. 126 00:08:15,740 --> 00:08:16,940 He let none remain. 127 00:08:16,940 --> 00:08:21,360 He also did to the king of Makkeda as he had done to the king of Jericho. 128 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:25,720 Then Joshua passed from Makkeda and all Israel with him to Libnah, and they fought against 129 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:30,640 Libnah, and the Lord also delivered it and its king into the hand of Israel. 130 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,640 He struck it and all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword. 131 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:38,840 He let none remain in it, but did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho. 132 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:43,160 Then Joshua passed from Libnah and all Israel with him to Lashish, and they encamped against 133 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:44,820 it and fought against it. 134 00:08:44,820 --> 00:08:49,240 Then the Lord delivered Lashish into the hand of Israel, who took it on the second day and 135 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:53,520 struck it and all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword according to all 136 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:55,320 that he had done to Libnah. 137 00:08:55,320 --> 00:09:00,560 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lashish, and Joshua struck him and his people until 138 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:02,720 he left him none remaining. 139 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:07,520 From Lashish Joshua passed to Eglon and all Israel with him, and they encamped against 140 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,360 it and fought against it. 141 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,800 They took it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword. 142 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:17,440 All the people who were in it he utterly destroyed that day according to all that he had done 143 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:18,640 to Lashish. 144 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:23,280 So Joshua went up from Eglon and all Israel with him to Hebron, and they fought against 145 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,400 it and they took it and struck it with the edge of the sword. 146 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,780 Its king, all its cities, and all the people who were in it. 147 00:09:29,780 --> 00:09:34,640 He left none remaining according to all that he had done to Eglon, but utterly destroyed 148 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:36,720 it and all the people who were in it. 149 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:40,800 Then Joshua returned and all Israel with him to Debir, and they fought against it, and 150 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:43,720 he took it and its king and all its cities. 151 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:47,320 They struck them with the edge of the sword and utterly destroyed all the people who were 152 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:48,320 in it. 153 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:53,560 He left none remaining as he had done to Hebron so he did to Debir and its king as he had 154 00:09:53,560 --> 00:09:56,240 done also to Libnah and its king. 155 00:09:56,240 --> 00:10:00,720 So Joshua conquered all the land, the mountain country and the south and the lowland and 156 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,160 the wilderness slopes and all their kings. 157 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:08,040 He left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed as the Lord God of Israel 158 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:09,320 had commanded. 159 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:14,480 Then Joshua conquered them from Kadesh Barnea as far as Gaza and all the country of Goshen 160 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:16,440 even as far as Gibeon. 161 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:21,540 All these kings and their land Joshua took at one time because the Lord God of Israel 162 00:10:21,540 --> 00:10:22,920 fought for Israel. 163 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:27,360 Then Joshua returned and all Israel with him to the camp at Gilgal. 164 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:30,520 Chapter 11 And it came to pass when Jabin king of Hazor 165 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:35,360 heard these things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madan, to the king of Shimran, to 166 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:40,160 the king of Akshaf, and to the kings who were from the north in the mountains, in the plains 167 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:45,440 south of Shinroth, in the lowland and in the heights of Dor on the west, to the Canaanites 168 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:49,840 in the east and in the west, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites 169 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:54,120 in the mountains and the Hevites below Hermon in the land of Misbah. 170 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:58,640 So they went out they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand that 171 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:03,280 is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots, and when all these 172 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:08,360 kings had met together, they came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against 173 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:09,360 Israel. 174 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,400 But the Lord said to Joshua, Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow about this time 175 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,420 I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. 176 00:11:16,420 --> 00:11:19,940 You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire. 177 00:11:19,940 --> 00:11:24,060 So Joshua and all the people of war with him came against them, suddenly by the waters 178 00:11:24,060 --> 00:11:25,960 of Merom, and they attacked them. 179 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:29,780 And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who defeated them and chased them 180 00:11:29,780 --> 00:11:34,800 to greater Sidon, to the brook Misrapot and to the valley of Misbah eastward. 181 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,500 They attacked them until they left none of them remaining. 182 00:11:37,500 --> 00:11:41,460 So Joshua did to them as the Lord had told him, he hamstrung their horses and burned 183 00:11:41,460 --> 00:11:43,480 their chariots with fire. 184 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:48,400 Joshua turned back at that time and took Hazor and struck its king with the sword, for Hazor 185 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:52,820 was formerly the head of all those kingdoms, and he struck all the people who were in it 186 00:11:52,820 --> 00:11:55,960 with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. 187 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:59,720 There was none left breathing, then he burned Hazor with fire. 188 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:03,760 So all the cities of those kings and all their kings, Joshua took and struck with the edge 189 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:08,460 of the sword, he utterly destroyed them as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded. 190 00:12:08,460 --> 00:12:13,140 But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except 191 00:12:13,140 --> 00:12:15,560 Hazor only which Joshua burned. 192 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:19,540 And all the spoil of these cities and the livestock the children of Israel took as booty 193 00:12:19,540 --> 00:12:20,940 for themselves. 194 00:12:20,940 --> 00:12:24,660 But they struck every man with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, and 195 00:12:24,660 --> 00:12:26,060 they left none breathing. 196 00:12:26,060 --> 00:12:31,500 As the Lord had commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua and so Joshua did. 197 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:35,700 He left nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses. 198 00:12:35,700 --> 00:12:41,020 Thus Joshua took all this land, the mountain country, all the south, all the land of Goshen, 199 00:12:41,020 --> 00:12:47,180 the lowland and the Jordan plain, the mountains of Israel and its lowlands, from Mount Halak 200 00:12:47,180 --> 00:12:53,260 and the ascent to Seir, even as far as Beelgad in the valley of Lebanon, below Mount Hermon. 201 00:12:53,260 --> 00:12:57,020 He captured all their kings and struck them down and killed them. 202 00:12:57,020 --> 00:12:59,660 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. 203 00:12:59,660 --> 00:13:03,460 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel except the Hevites, 204 00:13:03,460 --> 00:13:07,140 the inhabitants of Gibeon, all the others they took in battle. 205 00:13:07,140 --> 00:13:11,340 For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle, 206 00:13:11,340 --> 00:13:15,680 that he might utterly destroy them, and that they might receive no mercy, but that he might 207 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:19,020 destroy them as the Lord had commanded Moses. 208 00:13:19,020 --> 00:13:23,980 And at that time Joshua came and cut off the Anakim from the mountains, from Hebron, from 209 00:13:23,980 --> 00:13:29,580 Debir, from Anab, from all the mountains of Judah and from all the mountains of Israel. 210 00:13:29,580 --> 00:13:32,100 Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities. 211 00:13:32,100 --> 00:13:35,180 None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel. 212 00:13:35,180 --> 00:13:39,060 They remained only in Gaza, in Gath and in Ashdod. 213 00:13:39,060 --> 00:13:43,500 So Joshua took the whole land according to all that the Lord had said to Moses, and Joshua 214 00:13:43,500 --> 00:13:48,260 gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions, by their tribes. 215 00:13:48,260 --> 00:13:55,180 But in the land rested from war. 216 00:13:55,180 --> 00:13:58,780 I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as I did, and I look forward to seeing you 217 00:13:58,780 --> 00:14:01,100 again tomorrow to continue on our journey. 218 00:14:01,100 --> 00:14:18,540 God bless you and have a great day.