twrds come upon us, because our Gai u not among us? u Aod I will surely hide ray face in "r. ihv, for alt the evils which they lhall ac wrought, in that they are turned us: other gods. ij f Now therefore write ye this song ferioa, and teach it the children of IIal: jmt it in their mouths, that this Khc nay be a witness for me against the tralrea of Israel. :sFor when I shall have brought them hs the land whicli I sware unto their f*hsrs,that ftoweth with milk and hose?; and they (hall have eaten and railed • ;~:t.'.e,, and waxen fat, then will tbry turn unto other gods, and serve tan, and provoke me, and break my c«f aunt. :i And it (hall come to pass, when matij mis and troubles are befallen them, tint this song (hall testify against them as a witness: for it (hall not be forgotten w of the mouths of their feed: for I ius*their imagination which they go about, even now before I have brought that into the land which I sware. « Moses therefore wrote this song the fiat day, and taught it the children of lirael. »3 Aud he gave Joshua the son of Nun i charge, and said, Be strong, and of a P»dcourage: for thou shalt bring the iiiildren of Israel into the land which I wart onto them: and I will be with thee. HAndit came to pas's, when Moses had Mis an end of writing the words of this uw in a book, until they were finished, sjThat Moses commanded the Leases which bare the ark of the covenant "the Lord, faying, . }& Take this book of the law, and put «» the fide of the ark of the covenant «the Lord your God, that it may be ttere for a witness against thee. »7 For I know thy rebellion, and thy ■us Beck: behold, while 1 am yet alive »'th you this day, ye have been rebellMWs nainft the Lo R D : and how much "»" after my death? '* Gather unto me all the elders of JOM tnbes.and your officers, that I may {P8* these words in their ears, and call B«»enand earth to record against them. »9 For I know that after my death ye *w utterly corruptyour/WwM, and turn TM« from the way winch I have comTM»«d you; and evil will befal you in flitter days; because ye will do evil in 1 «?« of the Lo R D , to provoke him to wpr through the Work of your hands. 1« AadMases spaKe in the ears »f all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended. .CHAP. XXXII. i Moses' Jong which J'ttifih forth God's mercy and •vingeanct. 46 lie exhortetn them to set their hearts upon it. GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. I My doctrine (hall drop as the rain, my speech (hall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and is the showers upon the grafs: s 3 Because I will publish the name cf the Lo R D; ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgement; a God of truth, and without iniquity, just and right is he. 5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot;'/ not the/pot of his children: r^fvarraperverseandcrookedgeueratioii. 6 Doye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy fatlur that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee? 7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: alk thy father, and he will mew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. S When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. 9 For the Lord's poi tion is his people, Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. 10 He found him In a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. II As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, f'preadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: 12 So the Lord alone did lead him, and there -was no strange god with him. 1J He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might cat the increase ©f the fields; and he made him to fuck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; 14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. 1 j But Jefhurun waxed fat and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered -with fatness: then he forsook God tvhieh made him, N+ and Moses'fatg os God's DEUTER and lightly esteemed the'Rock of his salvation- . r. ■ ■■ 1 16 They provoked him to.jealousy •with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. 17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God;' to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whdm your fathers feared not. 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou ,art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. - . . 19 And when the Lord fawtf, heabhoroed them, because of the provoking of tiis sons, and of his daughters. •. zo And he said, I will Hide my face from them, I will see what their cnd/ha/l be: for they are a very froward generation, children in .whom-u jio faith. 21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which-is not God;- they have provoked me to anger with their vanities; and I will move them xo jealousy with those ivhich are not a .people, I will provoke them to anger with a,foolish nation., 1 A 1 22 For a fire iq kindled in mine anger, and mall burn unto the lowest he) I, and shall consumethe. earth with herincrease, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. ■■■«/• 2 j I. will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them. 24 They Jhall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beajb upon them, with the poii'pn of serpents of the dust. 15 The.sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both 'the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. 26 I said, I would scatter, them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: 27 Were it not that I stared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries! mould behave themselves strangely, ami kst they fliould fay, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this. 25 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.; 29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! 30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the' Lord had shut them up? Ji For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. ONOMY inercy and judgement. 32 For their vine /'/ of the vine of S< dom, and of the fields of Gomorral their grapes are grapes of gall, the clusters ai;e bitter: 3 3 Their wine is the poison ofdragom aud the cruel venom of asps. 34 Is not this laid up in store with mi and sealed up among my treasures? 35 To me beiongeth vengeance, an recompence; their foot (hall slide in du time': for the day of their calamity /'/ .1 hand, and the things that shall com upon them make haste. 36 For die Lor D ihall judge his peo pie, and repent himself for his servant when he seethithat their power is gone and there is none (hut up, or left. 37 And he shall say, Where are theii gods, their rock in whom they trusted, 38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rife up, and help you, and be your prote6f ion. 39 See now that I, even I, æwj he, and there is no God with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 40 For I lift up my hand- to.heaven, and fay, I live for ever. 41 If I whet my glittering sward, and mine hand take hold on judgement; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the stain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. 43 Rejoice, O ye 'nations, tuith his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto liis land, and to his people. 44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hctsbea the son of Nun. 45 And'Moles made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: 46 ff And he said unto them, Set your hearts: unto'all.'the words which I testify among yc<u this day, which ye (hall command your children to observe to da, all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong>e»r days in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. 48 And the Lor D spake unto Moles that selfsame day, faying, 49 Get thee up into this mountain through the loins of them that rife againlt him, and of them that hute him, that they rife not again. n And ot Benjamin lie said, The beloved of the Lord lhall dwell in (afety by him; and the LORD (hall cover him all the day long, and he (hall dwell between his shoulders. 13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the fun, and for the precious things putj'orth by the moon, 15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, 16 And for the precious things of the earth, and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in thebulh: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was (eparateo from his brethren. 17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he (hall pulh. the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands ofManasseh. 18 And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out) and Issachar, in thy tents. - 10 They (hall call the people unto the mountain, there they (hall osser sacrifices of righteousness: for they (hall fuck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. ao And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwellcth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. 21 And he provided the first part for himself, because there in a portion of the lawgiver nuas he seated: and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgements with Israel. 21 And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he (hall leap from Bafhan. 23 And of Naphtali he said, O Napht ali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord: possess thou the west and the south. 24- And of Afher he said, Let Afher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, aud let him dip his foot in oil. 25 Thy (hoes /hall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. 16 There Moses vienveth the land, anddUth. JOS 26 fl There is none like unto the God ©f Jefhurun, iv/io rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the Iky. 27 The eternal God ;'/ thy refuge, and underneatharv the everlastingarms: and he (hall thrust out the enemy from before thee, and lhall fay, Destroy them. 28 Israel then lhall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob jkailbe upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens (hall drop down dew. 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people, laved by the Lord, the (hield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies lhall be found liars unto thee.and thou slialt tread upon their high places. CHAP. XXXIV. 1 Moses from mount Nebo •vienx'eth the land. 5 He dieth there. 6 His burial. 7 His age. xThirtv days'mourningjor him. yjojhua J'ucceedelh him. 1 o The praise os Moses. AND Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pifgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lo R D (hewed him all the land of Gilead unto Dan, 1 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manaueh,and all the land ofjudah, unto the utmost sea. 3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. 4 And the Lor D said unto him, This H U A "jojhuasuccetdeth Moses. is the land which I sware unto Abr ham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, say in I will give it unto thy seed: I have cau ed thee to see it with thine eyes, b thou lhalt not go over thither. 51[ So Moles the servant of the Lor died there in the land of Moab, accon ing to the word of the Lor D . 6 fl And he buried him in a vallt in the land os Moab, over against Betl peor: but no man know eth of his si pulchre unto this day. 7 fl And Moses -was an hundred an twenty years old when lie died: his ey was not dim, nor his natural fore abated. 8 And the children of Israel wept so Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days so the days of weeping and mournan, for Moles were ended. 9 ff And Joshua the son of Nun wa full of the spirit of wisdom; for Mose had laid his hands upon him: and th children of Israel hearkened unto him and did as the Lor D commanded Moses Io ^| And there arose not a prophe since in Israel like unto Moses, wiion the Lord knew face to face, 11 In all the signs and the wonders which the Lord sent him to do in th< land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, 12 And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses (hewed in the fight of all Israel. The Book of CHAP. I. 1 The Lord appointeth Joshua to succeed Moses. 3 The borders osthepromisedland. 5, 9 Godpromiseth to asp.fi 'Joshua. 8 He giveth him infiruQion. NOW aster the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Josliua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, laying, 2 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. 3 ^ Every place that the sole of your foot (hall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. 4. From the wilderness and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great tea, toward the going down of the fun, (hull be your coast. 5 fl There (hall not any man be able to JO S HUA. 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 foriakethee. 6 Be strong, and of a good courage: for unto this people (halt thou divide for an inheritance the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them. 7 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 aot from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. 8 fl This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou (halt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou (halt make thy way prosperous, and then thou (halt have good success. 9 f Have not I commanded thee? Be strong, and of a good courage) be not afraid, neither be thou dilhwyed! ^ot lbt Lord C'JipakJsjhua btstfuSion. Chap Loir tbr God is with thee whitherso nviax goest. B seen Joshua commanded the o Hi c^ot'tat people, ikying, it Pus through the host, and comiM tic people, skying, Prepare you siiai: for within three days ye lhall pii a»tr this Jordan, to go in to poCtttb land which the Lo n D your God iiittk you to possess it. v. And to the Reubenites, and to the Gaitts, and to the half tribe of MiuSi spike Joshua, laying, :; Rtncmber the word which Moses »4 {errant of the Lord commanded you, ^%i The Lo R D your God hath eiven <:i reft, and hath given you this land. H Your wives, your little ones, and par cittle.sttall remain in the land which Msb *ave you on this side Jordan: but .! ibu pise before your brethren ann«i ill the mighty men of valour, and ';Until the Lord hath given your brotrtn reft, as he hath given you, and tie? site have possessed the laud which the Low your God giveth them; then ye 61U teturn unto the land of your poflefion, and enjoy it, which Moses the Loin's (en-ant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunriiing. 16 And they answered Joshua, saying, A3 that thou commandeil us we will ^, aad whithersoever thou sendest us *e will go. >: According as we hearkened unto Mofc in jii things, so will we hearken Mtothtt, only the Loud thy God be *irt thte, Ju he was with Moles. il Whosoever he be that doth rebel *§iin&thy commandment, and will not «vken unto thy words in all that thou onaraandest him, he shall be put to death: •ty be strong, and of a good courage. C H A P. II. 1 K«fot receive th and concealeth the tvjo $11 fist from Shittim. 8 The covenant "twee* her and them. lyTheir return. AND Joshua the son of Nun sent out f» of Shittim two men to spy secretly, '»?"ig, Go view the land, even Jericho. And theywent, and came into an harlot's "use, named Rahab, and lodged there. 1 And it was told the king of Jericho, ,y»>g, Behold, there came men in hi raerto night of the children of'Israel to wrch out the country. \1 And the kin| of Jericho sent unto •"tab, saying, Bnng forth the men that Ut come 10 thee, which are entered in t» thin- house: for they be come to '"fch 0« all tlie country. Rahab received the spies. 4 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 . 5 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 But (he had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which Ihe had laid in order upon the roof. 7 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. 8 *J And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; 9 And ihe laid 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. 10 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 ivere on the other fide Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 11 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 it God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. Ii 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: 13 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. 14 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. 15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house ivat upon the town wall, and Ihe dwelt upon the wall. 16 And Ihe 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. 17 And the men said unto h-r, We vjtil bt blameless of this thine oath v. ivich |