about 40,000equippedfor war,crossedfor battlebeforethe LORDto the desertplainsof Jericho.
But the armyof the Chaldeanspursuedthe kingand overtookhim in the plainsof Jerichoand allhis armywas scatteredfrom him.
Hence Godledthe peoplearoundby the wayof the wildernessto the RedSea;and the sonsof Israelwentup in martialarrayfrom the landof Egypt.
But the armyof the Chaldeanspursuedthem and overtookZedekiahin the plainsof Jericho;and they seizedhim and broughthim up to Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylonat Riblahin the landof Hamath,and he passedsentenceon him.
But the armyof the Chaldeanspursuedthe kingand overtookZedekiahin the plainsof Jericho,and allhis armywas scatteredfrom him.
but we ourselveswill be armedready[to go] beforethe sonsof Israel,untilwe have broughtthem to their place,while our littleoneslivein the fortifiedcitiesbecauseof the inhabitantsof the land.
Puton the full armorof God,sothat you will be ableto stand firmagainstthe schemesof the devil.
"Then I commandedyou at that time,saying,The LORDyour Godhas givenyou thislandto possessit; allyou valiantmenshall crossoverarmedbeforeyour brothers,the sonsof Israel.
The sonsof Reubenand the sonsof Gadand the half-tribeof Manassehcrossedoverin battlearraybeforethe sonsof Israel,justas Moseshad spokento them;
On that daythe LORDexaltedJoshuain the sightof allIsrael;so that they reveredhim, justas they had reveredMosesallthe daysof his life.
While the sonsof Israelcampedat Gilgalthey observedthe Passoveron the eveningof the fourteenthdayof the monthon the desertplainsof Jericho.
Then allthe sonsof Israelfrom Danto Beersheba,including the landof Gilead,cameout, and the congregationassembledas onemanto the LORDat Mizpah.
