Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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Joshua
1 Joshua note son of Nun was a
great soldier and the next of
the prophets after Moses. He lived
up to the meaning of his name as the
great deliverer of the Lord's chosen
people. He defeated the enemies
that attacked them, so that Israel
could claim its land.
2 How magnificent
it was when he raised his arm
and then led the attacks on the
cities!
3 No one could stand up to
him; note he was fighting a holy war for
the Lord.
4 Remember how he held
back the sun and made one day as
long as two?
5 When his enemies
were threatening him from every
side, he prayed to the mighty Lord
Most High, and his prayer was answered
with a hailstorm of devastating
force.
6 The Lord hurled the hail
down on the enemy note and destroyed
them at the pass at Beth Horon, so
that the nations would realize how
strong Joshua was, since he was
fighting as a devoted follower of the
Lord. note
Caleb
7 Joshua was loyal as long as
Moses lived, both he and Caleb son
of Jephunneh. They stood up to the
whole community, made them stop
their ungrateful complaining, and
kept them from sinning.
8 Out of the
600,000 Israelites who marched
through the wilderness, these two
were the only ones spared and allowed
to enter the rich and fertile
land that was to be theirs.
9 The Lord
made Caleb strong, and when he
-- --
was an old man, he was still strong
enough to go up into the hill country
and capture it for himself and his descendants.
10 Then all of Israel could
see how good it is to follow the Lord. note
The Judges
11 Then there were the judges,
each one famous in his own right,
who never fell into idolatry and never
abandoned the Lord. note
12 May their
memory be honored! May these
whom we honor spring from the
grave to new life in their descendants!
Samuel
13 Samuel was loved by the Lord.
As the Lord's prophet he established
the kingdom and appointed rulers
for the people.
14 He judged the nation
in accordance with the Law of
the Lord, and the Lord protected Israel.
15 Because Samuel was faithful,
he was accepted as a true prophet.
People trusted him as a seer because
of his words.
16 When his enemies
were threatening him from every
side, he called upon the mighty Lord
and offered him a young lamb as a
sacrifice.
17 Then the Lord thundered
from heaven with a mighty roar
18 and destroyed all the enemy note rulers
of Philistia.
19 When Samuel was
about to die, he gave assurances before
the Lord and the anointed king
that he had never taken anyone's
property, not even so much as a pair
of shoes, and no one contradicted
him.
20 Even after he died, he prophesied
to King Saul how he would die.
Out of the grave he spoke as a
prophet, to blot out his people's
wickedness. note
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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