¹Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and none came in. ²And the Lᴏʀᴅ said to Joshua: “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor. ³You shall march around the city, all you men of war; you shall go all around the city once. This you shall do six days. ⁴And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. But the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. ⁵It shall come to pass, when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, that all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the wall of the city will fall down flat. And the people shall go up every man straight before him.” ⁶Then Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lᴏʀᴅ.” ⁷And he said to the people, “Proceed, and march around the city, and let him who is armed advance before the ark of the Lᴏʀᴅ.” ⁸So it was, when Joshua had spoken to the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the Lᴏʀᴅ advanced and blew the trumpets, and the ark of the covenant of the Lᴏʀᴅ followed them. ⁹The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard came after the ark, while the priests continued blowing the trumpets. ¹⁰Now Joshua had commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout or make any noise with your voice, nor shall a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I say to you, ‘Shout!’ Then you shall shout.” ¹¹So he had the ark of the Lᴏʀᴅ circle the city, going around it once. Then they came into the camp and lodged in the camp. ¹²And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lᴏʀᴅ. ¹³Then seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lᴏʀᴅ went on continually and blew with the trumpets. And the armed men went before them. But the rear guard came after the ark of the Lᴏʀᴅ, while the priests continued blowing the trumpets. ¹⁴And the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. So they did six days. ¹⁵But it came to pass on the seventh day that they rose early, about the dawning of the day, and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. On that day only they marched around the city seven times. ¹⁶And the seventh time it happened, when the priests blew the trumpets, that Joshua said to the people: “Shout, for the Lᴏʀᴅ has given you the city! ¹⁷Now the city shall be doomed by the Lᴏʀᴅ to destruction, it and all who are in it. Only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. ¹⁸And you, by all means abstain from the accursed things, lest you become accursed when you take of the accursed things, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. ¹⁹But all the silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are consecrated to the Lᴏʀᴅ; they shall come into the treasury of the Lᴏʀᴅ.” ²⁰So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets. And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat. Then the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. ²¹And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword. ²²But Joshua had said to the two men who had spied out the country, “Go into the harlot’s house, and from there bring out the woman and all that she has, as you swore to her.” ²³And the young men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father, her mother, her brothers, and all that she had. So they brought out all her relatives and left them outside the camp of Israel. ²⁴But they burned the city and all that was in it with fire. Only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lᴏʀᴅ. ²⁵And Joshua spared Rahab the harlot, her father’s household, and all that she had. So she dwells in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. ²⁶Then Joshua charged them at that time, saying, “Cursed be the man before the Lᴏʀᴅ who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest he shall set up its gates.” ²⁷So the Lᴏʀᴅ was with Joshua, and his fame spread throughout all the country.

¹Praise the Lᴏʀᴅ! Praise the name of the Lᴏʀᴅ; Praise Him, O you servants of the Lᴏʀᴅ! ²You who stand in the house of the Lᴏʀᴅ, In the courts of the house of our God, ³Praise the Lᴏʀᴅ, for the Lᴏʀᴅ is good; Sing praises to His name, for it is pleasant. ⁴For the Lᴏʀᴅ has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His special treasure. ⁵For I know that the Lᴏʀᴅ is great, And our Lord is above all gods. ⁶Whatever the Lᴏʀᴅ pleases He does, In heaven and in earth, In the seas and in all deep places. ⁷He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain; He brings the wind out of His treasuries. ⁸He destroyed the firstborn of Egypt, Both of man and beast. ⁹He sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, O Egypt, Upon Pharaoh and all his servants. ¹⁰He defeated many nations And slew mighty kings— ¹¹Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, And all the kingdoms of Canaan— ¹²And gave their land as a heritage, A heritage to Israel His people. ¹³Your name, O Lᴏʀᴅ, endures forever, Your fame, O Lᴏʀᴅ, throughout all generations. ¹⁴For the Lᴏʀᴅ will judge His people, And He will have compassion on His servants. ¹⁵The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands. ¹⁶They have mouths, but they do not speak; Eyes they have, but they do not see; ¹⁷They have ears, but they do not hear; Nor is there any breath in their mouths. ¹⁸Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them. ¹⁹Bless the Lᴏʀᴅ, O house of Israel! Bless the Lᴏʀᴅ, O house of Aaron! ²⁰Bless the Lᴏʀᴅ, O house of Levi! You who fear the Lᴏʀᴅ, bless the Lᴏʀᴅ! ²¹Blessed be the Lᴏʀᴅ out of Zion, Who dwells in Jerusalem! Praise the Lᴏʀᴅ!

¹Oh, give thanks to the Lᴏʀᴅ, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. ²Oh, give thanks to the God of gods! For His mercy endures forever. ³Oh, give thanks to the Lᴏʀᴅ of lords! For His mercy endures forever: ⁴To Him who alone does great wonders, For His mercy endures forever; ⁵To Him who by wisdom made the heavens, For His mercy endures forever; ⁶To Him who laid out the earth above the waters, For His mercy endures forever; ⁷To Him who made great lights, For His mercy endures forever— ⁸The sun to rule by day, For His mercy endures forever; ⁹The moon and stars to rule by night, For His mercy endures forever. ¹⁰To Him who struck Egypt in their firstborn, For His mercy endures forever; ¹¹And brought out Israel from among them, For His mercy endures forever; ¹²With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, For His mercy endures forever; ¹³To Him who divided the Red Sea in two, For His mercy endures forever; ¹⁴And made Israel pass through the midst of it, For His mercy endures forever; ¹⁵But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For His mercy endures forever; ¹⁶To Him who led His people through the wilderness, For His mercy endures forever; ¹⁷To Him who struck down great kings, For His mercy endures forever; ¹⁸And slew famous kings, For His mercy endures forever— ¹⁹Sihon king of the Amorites, For His mercy endures forever; ²⁰And Og king of Bashan, For His mercy endures forever— ²¹And gave their land as a heritage, For His mercy endures forever; ²²A heritage to Israel His servant, For His mercy endures forever. ²³Who remembered us in our lowly state, For His mercy endures forever; ²⁴And rescued us from our enemies, For His mercy endures forever; ²⁵Who gives food to all flesh, For His mercy endures forever. ²⁶Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven! For His mercy endures forever.

¹Thus says the Lᴏʀᴅ: “Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest? ²For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist,” Says the Lᴏʀᴅ. “But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word. ³“He who kills a bull is as if he slays a man; He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he breaks a dog’s neck; He who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine’s blood; He who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol. Just as they have chosen their own ways, And their soul delights in their abominations, ⁴So will I choose their delusions, And bring their fears on them; Because, when I called, no one answered, When I spoke they did not hear; But they did evil before My eyes, And chose that in which I do not delight.” ⁵Hear the word of the Lᴏʀᴅ, You who tremble at His word: “Your brethren who hated you, Who cast you out for My name’s sake, said, ‘Let the Lᴏʀᴅ be glorified, That we may see your joy.’ But they shall be ashamed.” ⁶The sound of noise from the city! A voice from the temple! The voice of the Lᴏʀᴅ, Who fully repays His enemies! ⁷“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; Before her pain came, She delivered a male child. ⁸Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, She gave birth to her children. ⁹Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?” says the Lᴏʀᴅ. “Shall I who cause delivery shut up the womb?” says your God. ¹⁰“Rejoice with Jerusalem, And be glad with her, all you who love her; Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her; ¹¹That you may feed and be satisfied With the consolation of her bosom, That you may drink deeply and be delighted With the abundance of her glory.” ¹²For thus says the Lᴏʀᴅ: “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, And the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream. Then you shall feed; On her sides shall you be carried, And be dandled on her knees. ¹³As one whom his mother comforts, So I will comfort you; And you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.” ¹⁴When you see this, your heart shall rejoice, And your bones shall flourish like grass; The hand of the Lᴏʀᴅ shall be known to His servants, And His indignation to His enemies. ¹⁵For behold, the Lᴏʀᴅ will come with fire And with His chariots, like a whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire. ¹⁶For by fire and by His sword The Lᴏʀᴅ will judge all flesh; And the slain of the Lᴏʀᴅ shall be many. ¹⁷“Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves, To go to the gardens After an idol in the midst, Eating swine’s flesh and the abomination and the mouse, Shall be consumed together,” says the Lᴏʀᴅ. ¹⁸“For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory. ¹⁹I will set a sign among them; and those among them who escape I will send to the nations: to Tarshish and Pul and Lud, who draw the bow, and Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles. ²⁰Then they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the Lᴏʀᴅ out of all nations, on horses and in chariots and in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the Lᴏʀᴅ, “as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lᴏʀᴅ. ²¹And I will also take some of them for priests and Levites,” says the Lᴏʀᴅ. ²²“For as the new heavens and the new earth Which I will make shall remain before Me,” says the Lᴏʀᴅ, “So shall your descendants and your name remain. ²³And it shall come to pass That from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the Lᴏʀᴅ. ²⁴“And they shall go forth and look Upon the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm does not die, And their fire is not quenched. They shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”

¹At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus ²and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.” ³For Herod had laid hold of John and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife. ⁴Because John had said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” ⁵And although he wanted to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. ⁶But when Herod’s birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod. ⁷Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. ⁸So she, having been prompted by her mother, said, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter.” ⁹And the king was sorry; nevertheless, because of the oaths and because of those who sat with him, he commanded it to be given to her. ¹⁰So he sent and had John beheaded in prison. ¹¹And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother. ¹²Then his disciples came and took away the body and buried it, and went and told Jesus. ¹³When Jesus heard it, He departed from there by boat to a deserted place by Himself. But when the multitudes heard it, they followed Him on foot from the cities. ¹⁴And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick. ¹⁵When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food.” ¹⁶But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.” ¹⁷And they said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.” ¹⁸He said, “Bring them here to Me.” ¹⁹Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes. ²⁰So they all ate and were filled, and they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments that remained. ²¹Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children. ²²Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. ²³And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there. ²⁴But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. ²⁵Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. ²⁶And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out for fear. ²⁷But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.” ²⁸And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” ²⁹So He said, “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. ³⁰But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!” ³¹And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” ³²And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. ³³Then those who were in the boat came and worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God.” ³⁴When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret. ³⁵And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent out into all that surrounding region, brought to Him all who were sick, ³⁶and begged Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched it were made perfectly well.