Joshua son of Nun

Amalekites attacked us at Rephidim. Moses told me to pick some men and go out and fight. He’d be up on the hilltop with God’s staff in his hand. Copy that.

Replying to @hur

And we won.

Heard noise coming down the mountain. Told Moses it sounded like war in the camp.

Replying to @moses

I stay at the tent.

Two of the seventy, Eldad and Medad, never came out to the tent. The Spirit came on them anyway. Now they’re prophesying in the middle of the camp. Told Moses to stop them.

Moses is sending twelve scouts into Canaan, one from each tribe. I’m one of them. Also, new name. Hoshea son of Nun is now Joshua.

Replying to @crowd.kadesh

Caleb and I tore our clothes. That land is really, really good. Don’t turn against the LORD. Don’t be afraid of them. The LORD is with us.

Replying to @caleb

Me too.

New role. The LORD named me to lead after Moses. He laid his hands on me in front of Eleazar and everyone.

Replying to @moses

I was one of the scouts that day. Of that whole generation, only Caleb and I will go in. The LORD said so then, and you’ve just said it again.

Kadesh to the Zered stream took thirty-eight years. Long enough for that whole generation of fighting men to die.

Replying to @moses

And he told you to put me in charge.

Then he called me up in front of all Israel and said the same words to me. Be strong and brave. I’m the one taking them in.

Moses@mosesBe strong and brave. Don’t be afraid. The LORD your God goes with you. He will never leave you or abandon you.

Replying to @joshua

Then the LORD gave me my orders himself, at the tent. “I will be with you.”

Three times in one go he told me to be strong and courageous. Three.

Replying to @gad.reuben

That's four.

When your kids ask what these twelve stones mean, tell them: the Jordan stopped for the ark of the LORD.

Man with a drawn sword near Jericho. I asked him whose side he was on, ours or theirs. He said neither: he's the commander of the LORD's army. I fell face down and took my sandals off. Holy ground.

The LORD's plan for Jericho: march round it once a day for six days. My rule: nobody says a word.

Day seven. Seven times round. The horns. I told them to shout, because the LORD's given us the city. And the wall fell down flat.

Lay face down in front of the ark until evening, dust on my head. LORD, why did you bring us over the Jordan at all? Just to hand us over to the Amorites?

Second go at Ai. We let them chase us out, like last time. The LORD told me to hold out my spear towards the city. I did, and the ambush took it behind them.

Marched all night from Gilgal. The LORD threw them into panic, then hurled hailstones down on them. More died from the hail than from our swords.

Sun, stand still over Gibeon. Moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.

The LORD told me plainly: you're very old, and there's still a lot of land left.

Replying to @caleb

Hebron's yours, with my blessing. You followed the LORD all the way, with everything you had.

Replying to @house.of.joseph

There are a lot of you, and you're strong. The forest is yours too. Clear it. You'll drive them out, iron chariots and all.

How long are you going to put off taking the land the LORD has given you?

Everyone got their land. Then they gave me mine. Timnath-serah.

One of you can chase a thousand, because the LORD your God fights for you.

I haven't got long left. And you know it deep down: not one of the good things the LORD your God promised you has failed. Not one.

Passed on what the LORD told me to say: he gave them land they didn't work for, towns they didn't build, vineyards and olive groves they didn't plant.

Choose today who you're going to serve. As for me and my family, we'll serve the LORD.

Told them straight: you can't serve the LORD. He's holy. He's jealous. He won't forgive your rebellion or your sins. They wouldn't budge. “We will serve the LORD.”

Set up a big stone under the oak at Shechem. It's heard every word. It'll be a witness against you.

Get yourselves ready and set apart for the LORD today. Tomorrow he’s going to do amazing things among you.

The priests carrying the ark go first. The moment their feet touch the water, the river will be cut off. It’ll pile up in a heap.

One more thing. Pick twelve men, one from each tribe.

Twelve stones from the river, set up here at Gilgal. One day your kids will ask what they mean. Tell them: Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.

The LORD dried up the Jordan for us the way he dried up the sea for us forty years ago. So everyone on earth knows how strong his hand is, and so we’ll always fear him.

The Israelites@theisraelitesThe sea has split. There’s a way through the middle. Dry ground.

Near Jericho today I looked up and there was a man standing in front of me, sword drawn. I went up to him and asked: are you for us or for our enemies?

Replying to @joshua

Neither, he said. He’s come as commander of the LORD’s army. I fell face down on the ground and asked what he wanted to tell me.

Replying to @joshua

Take off your sandals, he said. The place you’re standing is holy. So I did.

And one rule from me. No battle cry. Not one word out of anyone. Not until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shout.

Shout! The LORD has given you the city!

Replying to @joshua

Rahab lives, and everyone with her in her house. She hid our men.

Every word of it.

The book of Joshua@book.of.joshua1. Every fighting man marches round the city, once a day, for six days. 2. Seven priests with seven rams’ horns go in front of the ark. 3. Day seven: seven times round, priests blowing the horns. 4. A long blast on the horn, and everyone shouts. 5. The wall of the city falls down.

Told the two men who spied out the land: go into Rahab’s house and bring her out, with everyone who’s with her, just like you promised her.