7 Ndizvo Joshua wakakwira kubva Girigari, iye nevanhu veshe vehondo, nevanhu veshe vari ngwazi dzinoshinga.
“Musati idumba, zveshe zvavanozoronza vanhu ava kuti idumba; musatya zvevanotya, nokuti kukaruka.
Ndiye unozoita ndau yokudira yakachena, buwe rokuvafura ndiro; noruware runopumhunisa kumhatso dzeshe dzaIsuraeri, murau nechindondo kwevari vanogara Jerusarema.
Navanhu veGibheoni vakatuma kunaJoshua mukamba yeGirigari vechiti, “Usarasha varanda vako; kasira kukwira kwetiri utiponese, utidetsere; ngokuti madzimambo eshe evaAmori vanogara mumitunhu vadziunganidza pamwepo kurwa nesu.”
Mambo Mwari wakati kunaJoshua, “Usatya, usapera simbazve; tora vanhu veshe vehondo uende navo, umiruke ukwire Ai. Ringira ndapa munyara yako mambo weAi, nevanhu vake, nedhorobha rake, nenyika yake.
Ndizvo Joshua wakamiruka, nevanhu veshe vehondo, vakakwira kurwa neAi. Joshua wakatsanangura varwi vanesimba makumi matatu emakumi emazana (30,000), ngwazi wakavatuma usiku.