"which is right in the sight of the "LORD. 26. Only thy holy things "which thou hast, and thy vows, thou "shalt take, and go unto the place "which the LORD shall choose: 27. And "thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, "the flesh and the blood, upon the "altar of the LORD thy God: and the "blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon (h) the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. "28. Observe and hear all these words "which I command thee, that it may

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cause thy soul longeth to eat flesh) "thou mayest eat flesh whatsoever thy "soul lusteth after. 21. If the place "which the LORD thy God hath chosen "to put his name there, be too far "from thee; then thou shalt kill of thy "herd and of thy flock, which the "LORD hath given thee, as I have com"manded thee, and thou shalt eat in "thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth "after. 22. Even as the roe-buck and "the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat "them: the unclean and the clean shall "eat of them alike. 23. Only be sure "that thou eat not the blood: for the "blood is the life, and thou mayest not

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go well with thee, and with thy "children after thee for ever, when (g) "thou doest that which is good and "right in the sight of the LORD thy "God. 29. When the LORD thy God "shall cut off the nations from before "thee, whither thou goest to possess "them, and thou succeedest them, and "dwellest in their land: 30. Take "heed to thyself that thou be not "snared by following them, after that "they be destroyed from before thee, "and that thou enquire not after their "gods, saying, "How did these nations

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serve their gods? even so will I do "likewise." 31. Thou shalt not do so "unto the LORD thy God: for every "abomination to the LORD which he "hateth, have they done unto their gods for even their sons and their

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daughters they have burnt in the fire "to their gods. 32. What thing soever "I command you, observe to do it: "thou shalt not add thereto, nor dimi"nish from it."

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(d) v. 17. "The tithe," or "a tenth," not the priest's or Levite's share: but another tenth, which they were to eat before the Lord, and of which they were to suffer their children, and servants, and their household Levite to partake.

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CHAP. XIII.

IF (i) there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and "giveth thee a sign or a wonder, "2. and the sign or the wonder come "to pass, whereof he spake unto thee,

that thy obedience in this particular may bring upon thee and upon thy children God's blessing.

(h) v. 27. "Upon," or "at the foot of." Sept.

(i) Continuation of the address of Moses, a little before the passage into the land of Canaan. B. C. 1451.

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(which thou hast not known) and let 66 us serve them;" 3. Thou shalt not "hearken unto the words of that pro"phet, or that dreamer of dreams; for "the LORD your God proveth you, to "know whether you love the LORD "your God, with all your heart and "with all your soul. 4. Ye shall walk "after the LORD your God, and fear "him, and keep his commandments, "and obey his voice, and you shall "serve him, and cleave unto him. "5. And that prophet, or that dreamer "of dreams shall be put to death (be"cause he hath spoken to turn you "away from the LORD your God, "which brought you out of the land of "Egypt, and redeemed you out of the "house of bondage, to thrust thee out "of the way which the LORD thy God "commanded thee to walk in) so shalt "thou put the evil away from the "midst of thee. 6. If thy brother the

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son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy "daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, "or thy friend which is as thine own "soul, entice thee secretly, saying, ""Let us go and serve other gods "(which thou hast not known, thou, "nor thy fathers; 7. Namely, of the

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gods of the people which are round "about you, nigh unto thee, or far off "from thee, from the one end of the "earth even unto the other end of the "earth)." 8. Thou shalt not consent "unto him, nor hearken unto him; "neither shall thine eye pity him, "neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt "thou conceal him. 9. But thou shalt

(k) v. 9. "Kill," i. e. (probably) "take "the steps to have him legally put to "death;" and then, after trial and conviction, "thine hand shall be first upon "him." The Sept. reading is, “inform “ against, ἀναγγέλλων ἀναγγελεις περὶ ἀν7ο.” According to Deut. xvii. 4. 6, 7. if, after enquiring diligently, it appeared by the mouth of two or three witnesses that a man had done what was worthy of death in serving other gods, "the hands of the "witnesses were to be first upon him to "put him to death, and afterwards the "hands of all the people." 1 Wall, 132.

(l) v. 15. "Destroying it, &c." or "thou

"surely kill (k) him; thine hand shall "be first upon him to put him to "death, and afterwards the hand of all "the people. 10. And thou shalt stone "him with stones, that he die: because "he hath sought to thrust thee away "from the LORD thy God, which "brought thee out of the land of Egypt, "from the house of bondage. 11. And "all Israel shall hear and fear, and "shall do no more any such wicked"ness as this is, among you. 12. If "thou shalt hear say in one of thy "cities, which the LORD thy God hath "given thee to dwell there, saying, "13. "Certain men, the children of "Belial, are gone out from among you, "and have withdrawn the inhabitants "of their city, saying, "Let us go and "serve other gods" (which ye have not "known) 14. "Then shalt thou enquire "and make search, and ask diligently: "and behold, if it be truth, and the "thing certain, that such abomination "is wrought among you: 15. Thou "shalt surely smite the inhabitants of "that city with the edge of the sword,

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destroying (1) it utterly, and all that "is therein, and the cattle thereof with "the edge of the sword. 16. And thou "shalt gather all the spoil of it into the "midst of the street thereof, and shalt "burn with fire the city, and all the "spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for

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ever, it shall not be built again. "17. And there shall cleave nought of "the cursed (m) thing to thine hand: "that the LORD may turn from the "fierceness of his anger, and shew thee

"shalt devote it and all that is therein, as “ accursed: ἀναθέματι ἀναθεμαίιεῖτε ἀυτήν, "Sept." and this agrees with the expres sion, v. 17. where the place and its contents are called "the cursed thing."

(m) v. 17. "The cursed thing," i. e. what according to v. 15. is devoted to destruction, Te avadéualos, Sept. When Joshua was before Jericho, the city and all things therein were to be accursed to the Lord and Achan was stoned to death, because he took of the accursed thing, i. e. part of the spoil of the city. Josh. vi. 17. -xvii. 1. 13. 21. 25.

"mercy, and have compassion upon "thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers: 18. When "thou shalt hearken to the voice of the "LORD thy God, to keep all his com"mandments which (n) I command "thee this day, to do that which is right "in the eyes of the LORD thy God."

CHAP. XVI.

"OBSERVE (0) the month of Abib, and "keep the passover unto the LORD thy "God: for in the month of Abib the "LORD thy God brought thee forth out "of Egypt by night. 2. Thou shalt "therefore sacrifice the passover unto "the LORD thy God, of the flock and "the herd, in the place which the LORD "shall choose to place his name there.

3. Thou shalt eat no leavened bread "with it: seven days shalt thou eat un"leavened bread therewith, even the "bread of affliction; for thou camest "forth out of the land of Egypt in "haste: that thou mayest remember "the day when thou camest forth out "of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. 4. And there shall be no "leavened bread seen with thee in all "thy coasts seven days; neither shall "there any thing of the flesh which "thou sacrificest the first day at even "remain all night until the morning. "5. Thou mayest not sacrifice the pass"over within any of thy gates which "the LORD thy God giveth thee: "6. But at the (p) place which the "LORD thy God shall choose to place "his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice "the passover at even, at the going "down of the sun, at the season that "thou camest forth out of Egypt.

"9. Seven weeks shalt thou number "unto thee: begin to number the seven "weeks from such time as thou begin"nest to put the sickle to the corn. "10. And thou shalt keep the (q) feast "of weeks unto the LORD thy God with "a tribute of a free-will offering of thine "hand, which thou shalt give unto the "LORD thy God, according as the "LORD thy God hath blessed thee: "11. And thou shalt rejoice before the "LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, "and thy daughter, and thy man-ser"vant, and thy maid-servant, and the "Levite that is within thy gates, and "the stranger, and the fatherless, and "the widow, that are among you, in "the place which the LORD thy God "hath chosen to place his name there. "12. And thou shalt remember that "thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and "thou shalt observe and do these sta"tutes.

13. Thou shalt observe the "feast of tabernacles seven days, after "that thou hast gathered in thy corn "and thy wine: 14. And thou shalt

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rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, "and thy daughter, and thy man-ser"vant, and thy maid-servant, and the "Levite, the stranger, and the father"less, and the widow, that are within "thy gates. 15. Seven days shalt thou

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keep a solemn feast unto the LORD "thy God in the place which the LORD "shall choose: because the LORD thy "God shall bless thee in all thine in

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crease, and in all the works of thine "hands, therefore thou shalt surely re"joice. 16. Three times in a year shall "all thy males appear before the LORD "thy God in the (p) place which he shall "choose; in the feast of unleavened "bread, and in the feast of weeks, and "in the feast of tabernacles: and they "shall not appear before the LORD

empty: 17. Every man shall give as "he is able, according to the blessing "of the LORD thy God which he hath "given thee."

(p) v. 6. 16. "The place." Jerusalem was afterwards appointed.

(g) v. 10. "The feast of weeks," corresponding with our Whitsuntide.

CHAP. X.

2. That they

Now (r) it came to pass, when Adonizedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it, (as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king,) and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them; feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. 3. Wherefore Adonizedek king of Jerusalem, sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, 4. "Come up unto me, and help me, "that we may smite Gibeon: for it "hath made peace with Joshua, and "with the children of Israel." 5. Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it. 6. And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, saying, "Slack not thy hand from thy ser"vants; come up to us quickly, and 66 save us, and help us for all the kings "of the Amorites that dwell in the "mountains are gathered together "against us." 7. So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he and all the people of

(r) v. 1. "Now." The year the Israelites passed over Jordan. B.C. 1451.

(s) v. 12. "Sun, &c." or, "Let the sun "stand still upon Gibeon, and the moon on, &c." The Sept. is so: and the Heb. admits equally of either construction. The pronoun "thou" is not in the original; and the same word stands for the second and third persons imperative. The beginning of the verse states that Joshua addressed himself to the Lord, and v. 14. that

war with him, and all the mighty men of valour. 8. And the LORD said unto Joshua, "Fear them not: for I have "delivered them into thine hand: there "shall not a man of them stand before "thee." 9. Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night. 10. And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. 11. And it came to pass as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones, than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. 12. Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun (s) "stand thou still upon Gibeon (t), and "thou moon, in the valley of Ajalon(t)," 13. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Ja sher? so the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 14. And there was no day like that, before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man for the LORD fought for Israel. 15. And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to (u) Gilgal.

the Lord hearkened, &c.: and would it not have been presumptuous, without God's command or permission, to have thus addressed the sun and moon?

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16. But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah. 17. And it was told Joshua, saying, the five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. 18. And Joshua said, "Roll "great stones upon the mouth of the cave, "and set men by it for to keep them. "19. And stay you not, but pursue after 66 your enemies, and smite the hindmost "of them, suffer them not to enter into "their cities: for the LORD God

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"hath delivered them into your hand." 20. And it came to pass when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an

end of slaying them with a very great slaughter till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities. 21. And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. 22. Then said Joshua, "Open "the mouth of the cave, and bring out "those five kings unto me out of the "cave." 23. And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. 24. And it came to pass when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war, which went with him, "Come near, put your feet "upon the necks of these kings." And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. 25. And Joshua

to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this (v) very day. 28. And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them and all the souls that were therein, he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah, as he did unto the king (w) of Jericho. 29. Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah. 30. And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel, and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein: he let none remain in it, but did unto the king thereof, as he did unto the king of Jericho. 31. And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it. 32. And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. 33. Then Horam king of Gezer, came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. 34. And from Lachish, Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him, and they encamped against it, and fought against it. 35. And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. 36. And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron, and they

(w) v. 28. "The King of Jericho." Nothing is particularly stated as to the death of the king of Jericho : they utterly destroyed all that was in Jericho, both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep and ass. Josh. vi. 21.