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Lexicon :: Strong's H559 - 'āmar

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אָמַר
Transliteration
'āmar
Pronunciation
aw-mar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 118

Strong’s Definitions

אָמַר ʼâmar, aw-mar'; a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):—answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5,308x

The KJV translates Strong's H559 in the following manner: said (4,874x), speak (179x), answer (99x), command (30x), tell (29x), call (7x), promised (6x), miscellaneous (84x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5,308x
The KJV translates Strong's H559 in the following manner: said (4,874x), speak (179x), answer (99x), command (30x), tell (29x), call (7x), promised (6x), miscellaneous (84x).

  1. to say, speak, utter

    1. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend

    2. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called

    3. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly

    4. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָמַר ʼâmar, aw-mar'; a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):—answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.
STRONGS H559: Abbreviations
אָמַר 5287 verb utter, say (MI, Phoenician אמר, Aramaic אֲמַר, Ethiopic አመረ፡ I. 2 shew, declare, Arabic أَمَرَ command; perhaps √ אמר originally = be or make prominent, hence Hithp. below, אָמִיר; Sabean אמר lofty, epithet of king JHMordtmZMG 1876, 37; compare DlProberbs 28 who thinks original meaning hell, sichtbar sein, whence Assyrian amâru, see, & shew, declare, say) —
Qal Perfect א׳ Genesis 3:1 +, etc.; Imperfect יאֹמַר Genesis 31:8 +; וַיּאֹ֫מֶר Genesis 1:3 +; וַיּאֹמַ֑ר Genesis 14:19 +; in Job always וַיּאֹ֑מַר Job 3:2 +; 3rd person feminine singular תּאֹמַר Genesis 21:12 +; תּאֹמֵר֑ Proverbs 1:21; 1st person singular אֹמַר Genesis 22:2 +; אוֺמְרָה Psalm 42:10; וָאֹמַר Genesis 20:13 +; וָאוֺמַר Nehemiah 2:7, 17, 20; 3rd person masculine plural יאֹמְדוּ Exodus 4:1 + etc.; suffix יֹמְרוּךָ Psalm 139:20; 2nd person masculine plural תֹּמְדוּ 2 Samuel 19:14)compare Köi. p. 385); Imperative (אֱמָר־) אֱמֹר Genesis 45:17 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute אָמוֺר Exodus 21:5 +; construct אֱמֹר Ezekiel 25:8 +; (הַ)אֲמֹר Job 34:18 but read הָאֹמֵר Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Di, or better הֶאָמֹר Infinitive absolute with ה interrogative compare Ew: § 328 d; suffix אָמְרִי Joshua 6:10 +; אֲמָרְכֶם Jeremiah 23:38; אֱמָרְכֶם Malachi 1:7 +; לֵאמֹר Genesis 1:22 +, etc.; Participle active אֹמֵר Genesis 32:10 +, etc.; passive הֶאָמוּר Micah 2:7, but this grammatically indefensible, read הֶאָמוֺר, Infinitive absolute with ה interrogative, see DrExpositor, April, 1887, 263.
1. Say (subject God Genesis 3:1 — Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4, serpent Genesis 3:1, ass Numbers 22:28, horse יאֹמַר הֶאָח Job 39:25 etc.; inanimate things, personified Job 28:14 compare Job 28:22 etc.; so in allegory or fable Judges 9:8; 2 Kings 14:9 etc.; especially in narration, וַיּאֹמֶר etc., Genesis 4:6 + very often): mostly followed by thing said, either substantive Jeremiah 14:17 (with clause app.) Deuteronomy 27:16f.; Judges 12:6; pronoun Genesis 44:16; 2 Kings 20:14 +; or (usually) clause Genesis 1:3; Genesis 3:1; Genesis 37:20 + often (oratio recta [direct speech]); with adverb thus, so Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4; Numbers 20:14; 1 Kings 20:3, 5 + often; especially כֹּה אָמַר י׳ Exodus 5:1; Exodus 7:17; Exodus 8:1; Exodus 8:20; 1 Chronicles 17:4 + often; the person addressed usually introduced by אֶל Genesis 3:1; Genesis 15:7; Genesis 22:7; Leviticus 21:1; 2 Samuel 3:7; 1 Kings 12:5, 23, or לְ Genesis 3:13; Genesis 4:15; 1 Samuel 20:2; 2 Samuel 2:21; 1 Kings 14:2 + often; rarer combinations are, בְּאָזְנֵי א׳ Isaiah 49:20 (compare Isaiah 5:9 & see דבר); לִפְנֵי א׳ Ezekiel 28:9; לְעֵינֵי א׳ Deuteronomy 31:7; Joshua 10:12; Jeremiah 28:11; בְּ א׳ Joel 2:17; Psalm 126:2, where בְּ local; in all cases usually followed by direct object of words said, Exodus 19:25 being very singular; Genesis 4:8 the object-clause has probably fallen out, compare Vrss Di; = mention, name, designate Genesis 22:2, 3; Genesis 43:27, 29; Exodus 32:13; Numbers 14:40; 1 Samuel 10:16; 1 Samuel 16:3; 2 Samuel 6:22; Nehemiah 6:19; compare Psalm 139:20 יֹמְרוּךָ לִמְזִמָּה speak of thee for falsehood (but many, as Hup Pe Dy Che, read יַמְרוּךָ); = tell, declare, proclaim, (followed by direct object only) Psalm 40:11; Ezekiel 13:7; in reply to question = answer Exodus 12:27; Joshua 4:7; 1 Kings 9:9; Jeremiah 5:19; Jeremiah 22:9. The object spoken of may be referred to by אֶל 2 Kings 19:32; Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 27:19, or לְ Genesis 20:13 אִמְרִי לִֹי say of me, etc. Deuteronomy 33:9; Judges 9:54; Isaiah 5:20; Psalm 3:3; Psalm 71:10, very rarely by a simple accusative Isaiah 3:10 (where read probably for אִמְרוּ, אַשְׁרֵי), except after אֲשֶׁר where the words used follow (compare אֲשֶׁר 4d) Genesis 3:17; Numbers 10:29; Numbers 14:31; Deuteronomy 28:68; Judges 7:4; 1 Samuel 9:17, 23b 1 Kings 8:29; Lamentations 4:20; compare Numbers 21:16; 2 Kings 17:12; 2 Kings 21:4, & (two extreme cases) Isaiah 8:12; Lamentations 2:15 (see DrSm i. 24, 5); ֶֽֽֽהאָמוּר Micah 2:7 read infinitive absolute with ה interrogative הֶאָמוֺר (see above) shall one say ? shall it be said ? After another verb of saying, introducing thing said: Deuteronomy 21:7; Deuteronomy 25:9; Deuteronomy 27:15; Songs 2:10 +, even after אמר Genesis 22:7; Leviticus 21:1; Jeremiah 34:2; Esther 7:5 +; especially infinitive לֵאמֹר, after דבר Genesis 8:15, צוה Genesis 2:16, ענה Genesis 44:16, ברך Genesis 1:22, נשׁבע Genesis 24:7, נדר Genesis 28:20, etc.; after אמר 2 Samuel 3:18; 1 Kings 12:23; Ruth 4:4; 1 Chronicles 21:18 +; after שׁלח 2 Chronicles 35:21, שׁוּב Genesis 32:7 [Genesis 32:6; compare also Genesis 28:6; Exodus 5:13; Exodus 9:5; Exodus 13:8; Exodus 17:4; Numbers 11:20; Deuteronomy 1:28; Deuteronomy 13:7; Judges 8:15; 1 Samuel 23:2; 1 Kings 13:3; Jeremiah 32:3; Jeremiah 37:9 +; also when subject of לֵאמֹר differs from that of pre-ceding clause Genesis 31:1; Genesis 38:13, 24 etc.; after שׁמע Isaiah 37:9 = 2 Kings 19:9.
2. Say in the heart (= think) בלבב א׳ Deuteronomy 8:17 compare 1 Kings 12:26; Psalm 10:6; Psalm 10:11; Psalm 10:13; Psalm 14:1; Psalm 35:25; Isaiah 14:13; Isaiah 47:8, 10; Isaiah 49:21; Ecclesiastes 2:1, 15; Ecclesiastes 3:17, 18; לִלְבָבָם א׳ Hosea 7:2; אֶל־לִבּוֺ א׳ Genesis 8:21 said unto his heart (to himself), subject י׳, compare 1 Samuel 27:1; אָֽמְרָה נַפֲשִׁי Lamentations 3:24; thence א׳ alone Genesis 20:11; Genesis 26:9; Numbers 24:11; Ruth 4:4; 1 Samuel 20:26; 2 Samuel 5:6; 2 Samuel 12:22; 2 Kings 5:11; followed by clause with כִּי Judges 15:2; in particular = desire מַה־תּאֹמַר נַפְשְׁךָ 1 Samuel 20:4 compare Esther 2:13; followed by infinitive = purpose, Exodus 2:14 thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian ? Joshua 22:33; 1 Samuel 30:6; 1 Kings 5:9 [1 Kings 5:5]; 2 Chronicles 28:10, 13; expect 2 Samuel 21:16 he expected to slay David 2 Chronicles 13:8; 32:1.
3. Promise (followed by infinitive) 1 Chronicles 27:23; 2 Chronicles 21:7; Esther 4:7; (id. + ל of person) 2 Kings 8:19; Nehemiah 9:15; (followed by accusative of direct object + ל of person + infinitive of purpose) Nehemiah 9:23.
4. Command (especially late) followed by אֶל־ of person addressed, Numbers 15:38; 1 Chronicles 21:18; followed by ל Joshua 11:9; 2 Samuel 16:11; 2 Kings 4:24; Job 9:7; Psalm 106:34 (see below אֲשֶׁר 8e); followed by infinitive 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 1:18; 2 Chronicles 29:27, 30; 31:11; 35:21; Esther 1:17; Esther 4:13, 15; Esther 6:1; Esther 9:14; followed by infinitive + ל of pers, 2 Chron 14:3; 2 Chronicles 29:21; 31:4; Esther 1:10; followed by accusative direct object 2 Chronicles 29:24 the king commanded the burnt-offering and the sin-offering, compare 1 Kings 5:20 [1 Kings 5:6]; Esther 2:15; followed by clause with אשׁר = that Nehemiah 13:19; id. + ל of person Nehemiah 13:22; followed by clause with כִּי Job 36:10; absolute 1 Samuel 16:16 (read however probably יאמרו for יאמר, compare Dr); also Psalm 105:31; Psalm 105:34; Psalm 107:25; 1 Chronicles 14:12; 2 Chronicles 24:8; Nehemiah 13:9, 19 (all followed by verb consecutive); command by letter עִם־הַסֵּפֶר א׳ Esther 9:25 (followed by imperfect); appoint, assign לוֺ לֶחֶם א׳ 1 Kings 11:18 = threaten followed by infinitive Deuteronomy 9:25; Psalm 106:23.
† Niph. Perfect נֶאֱמַר Daniel 8:26; Imperfect יֵאָמֵר Genesis 22:14 +; יֵאָ֫מֶר לוֺ Isaiah 4:3; יֵאָמַ֑ר Genesis 10:9 +; וַיֵּאָמַ֑ר Joshua 2:2; be said, told Genesis 10:9; Genesis 22:14; Psalm 87:5; Jeremiah 4:11; Jeremiah 16:14 (all absolute, indefinite subject, of current saying); so said in a book Numbers 21:14; be related, told, of vision Daniel 8:26; said, told to (followed by ל indirect object) Joshua 2:2; Hosea 2:1 (twice in verse); Zephaniah 3:16; either so, or told concerning Numbers 23:23; Ezekiel 13:12 (אֶל־); יֵאָמֵר לָכֶם = ye shall be called (it shall be said to you) Isaiah 61:6 (|| תִּקָּרְאוּ), compare Isaiah 4:3; Isaiah 19:18; Isaiah 32:5 (|| יִקָּרֵא ל) Isaiah 62:4 (twice in verse); hence be called, of Tophet לֹא־יֵאָמֵר עוֺד הַתֹּפֶת Jeremiah 7:32; subject שֵׁם Genesis 32:29; Job 34:31 כִּי אֶל־אֵל הֶאָמַר, Rabb (compare AV) treat הֵאָמַר as Niph. Infinitive for לְהֵאָמֵר, but against grammar; the form as it stands is Qal Perfect, אֶל־אֵל being prefixed to the interrogative for emphasis (compare Jeremiah 22:15; Jeremiah 23:26; Nehemiah 13:27), see Dr§ 9 Di and others; Hoffm., however, reads הֵאָמֵר infinitive absolute = imperative 'so must one speak (it be spoken) to God.'
† Hiph. Perfect avow, avouch Deuteronomy 26:17 הֶאֱמַרְתָּ הַיּוֺם לִהְיוֺת לְךָ לֵאלֹהִים אֶת־י׳; Deuteronomy 26:18 וי׳ הֶאֱמִירְךָ היום להיות לוֺ לְעַם (literally cause to declare, i.e. through agency of Moses; on this & other interpretations see Di).
† Hithp. Imperfect יִתְאַמְּרוּ Psalm 94:4 subject אָ֑וֶן כָּל־פֹּצֲלֵי act proudly, boast (|| יַבִּיעוּ יְדַבְּרוּ עָתָק probably also 2nd person masculine plural תִּתְיַמָּ֑רוּ Isaiah 61:6 (in good sense, followed by בְּ of thing gloried in) Syriac Version Vulgate Targum & compare Greek Version of the LXX; GesComm. so De Che Köi. 457 f. (from [ימר] exchange Thes Hi Kn Ew Di; but see ימר, מור).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H560.
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Genesis

1:3; 1:3; 1:22; 1:22; 2:16; 3:1; 3:1; 3:1; 3:1; 3:1; 3:13; 3:17; 4:6; 4:8; 4:15; 8:15; 8:21; 10:9; 10:9; 14:19; 15:7; 20:11; 20:13; 20:13; 21:12; 22:2; 22:2; 22:3; 22:7; 22:7; 22:14; 22:14; 24:7; 26:9; 28:6; 28:20; 31:1; 31:8; 32:4; 32:4; 32:6; 32:10; 32:29; 37:20; 38:13; 38:24; 43:27; 43:29; 44:16; 44:16; 45:17

Exodus

2:14; 4:1; 5:1; 5:13; 7:17; 8:1; 8:20; 9:5; 12:27; 13:8; 17:4; 19:25; 21:5; 32:13

Leviticus

21:1; 21:1

Numbers

10:29; 11:20; 14:31; 14:40; 15:38; 20:14; 21:14; 21:16; 22:28; 23:23; 24:11

Deuteronomy

1:28; 8:17; 9:25; 13:7; 21:7; 25:9; 26:17; 26:18; 27:15; 27:16; 28:68; 31:7; 33:9

Joshua

2:2; 2:2; 4:7; 6:10; 10:12; 11:9; 22:33

Judges

7:4; 8:15; 9:8; 9:54; 12:6; 15:2

Ruth

4:4; 4:4

1 Samuel

9:17; 9:23; 10:16; 16:3; 16:16; 20:2; 20:4; 20:26; 23:2; 24:11; 27:1; 30:6

2 Samuel

2:21; 3:7; 3:18; 5:6; 6:22; 12:22; 16:11; 19:14; 21:16

1 Kings

5:5; 5:6; 8:29; 9:9; 11:18; 12:5; 12:23; 12:23; 12:26; 13:3; 14:2; 20:3; 20:5

2 Kings

4:24; 5:11; 8:19; 14:9; 17:12; 19:9; 19:32; 20:14; 21:4

1 Chronicles

14:12; 17:4; 21:17; 21:18; 21:18; 27:23

2 Chronicles

13:8; 14:3; 21:7; 24:8; 28:10; 28:13; 29:21; 29:24; 29:27; 29:30; 31:4; 31:11; 32:1; 35:21; 35:21

Nehemiah

2:7; 2:17; 2:20; 6:19; 9:15; 9:23; 13:9; 13:19; 13:19; 13:22; 13:27

Esther

1:10; 1:17; 2:13; 2:15; 4:7; 4:13; 4:15; 6:1; 7:5; 9:14; 9:25

Job

3:2; 9:7; 28:14; 28:22; 34:18; 34:31; 36:10; 39:25

Psalms

3:3; 10:6; 10:11; 10:13; 14:1; 35:25; 40:11; 42:10; 71:10; 87:5; 94:4; 105:31; 105:34; 106:23; 106:34; 107:25; 126:2; 139:20; 139:20

Proverbs

1:21

Ecclesiastes

2:1; 2:15; 3:17; 3:18

Song of Songs

2:10

Isaiah

3:10; 4:3; 4:3; 5:9; 5:20; 8:12; 14:13; 19:18; 32:5; 37:9; 47:8; 47:10; 49:20; 49:21; 61:6; 61:6; 62:4

Jeremiah

4:11; 5:19; 7:32; 14:17; 16:14; 22:9; 22:15; 22:18; 23:26; 23:38; 27:19; 28:11; 32:3; 34:2; 37:9

Lamentations

2:15; 3:24; 4:20

Ezekiel

13:7; 13:12; 25:8; 28:9

Daniel

8:26; 8:26

Hosea

2:1; 7:2

Joel

2:17

Micah

2:7; 2:7

Zephaniah

3:16

Malachi

1:7

H559

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Strong's Number H559 matches the Hebrew אָמַר ('āmar),
which occurs 137 times in 113 verses in 'Jos' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:1 - After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:10 - Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:11 - "Pass through the camp, and command the people, 'Prepare your provisions; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to take possession of the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:12 - And to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manas'seh Joshua said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:13 - "Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, 'The LORD your God is providing you a place of rest, and will give you this land.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:16 - And they answered Joshua, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 - And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, especially Jericho." And they went, and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:2 - And it was told the king of Jericho, "Behold, certain men of Israel have come here tonight to search out the land."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:3 - Then the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, "Bring forth the men that have come to you, who entered your house; for they have come to search out all the land."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:4 - But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them; and she said, "True, men came to me, but I did not know where they came from;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:9 - and said to the men, "I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:14 - And the men said to her, "Our life for yours! If you do not tell this business of ours, then we will deal kindly and faithfully with you when the LORD gives us the land."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:16 - And she said to them, "Go into the hills, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned; then afterward you may go your way."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:17 - The men said to her, "We will be guiltless with respect to this oath of yours which you have made us swear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:21 - And she said, "According to your words, so be it." Then she sent them away, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet cord in the window.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:24 - And they said to Joshua, "Truly the LORD has given all the land into our hands; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of us."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:3 - and commanded the people, "When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place and follow it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:5 - And Joshua said to the people, "Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:6 - And Joshua said to the priests, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass on before the people." And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:7 - And the LORD said to Joshua, "This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:8 - And you shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, 'When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:9 - And Joshua said to the people of Israel, "Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:10 - And Joshua said, "Hereby you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Per'izzites, the Gir'gashites, the Amorites, and the Jeb'usites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:1 - When all the nation had finished passing over the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:3 - and command them, 'Take twelve stones from here out of the midst of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests' feet stood, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the place where you lodge tonight.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:5 - and Joshua said to them, "Pass on before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up each of you a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:6 - that this may be a sign among you, when your children ask in time to come, 'What do those stones mean to you?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:7 - Then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial for ever."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:15 - And the LORD said to Joshua,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:17 - Joshua therefore commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:21 - And he said to the people of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, 'What do these stones mean?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:22 - then you shall let your children know, 'Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:2 - At that time the LORD said to Joshua, "Make flint knives and circumcise the people of Israel again the second time."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:9 - And the LORD said to Joshua, "This day I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." And so the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:13 - When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood before him with his drawn sword in his hand; and Joshua went to him and said to him, "Are you for us, or for our adversaries?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:14 - And he said, "No; but as commander of the army of the LORD I have now come." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and said to him, "What does my lord bid his servant?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:15 - And the commander of the LORD's army said to Joshua, "Put off your shoes from your feet; for the place where you stand is holy." And Joshua did so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:2 - And the LORD said to Joshua, "See, I have given into your hand Jericho, with its king and mighty men of valor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:6 - So 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 LORD."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:7 - And he said to the people, "Go forward; march around the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:8 - And as Joshua had commanded the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the LORD went forward, blowing the trumpets, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD following them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:10 - But Joshua commanded the people, "You shall not shout or let your voice be heard, neither shall any word go out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then you shall shout."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:16 - And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout; for the LORD has given you the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:22 - And Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, "Go into the harlot's house, and bring out from it the woman, and all who belong to her, as you swore to her."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - Joshua laid an oath upon them at that time, saying, "Cursed before the LORD be the man that rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho. At the cost of his first-born shall he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son shall he set up its gates."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:2 - Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-a'ven, east of Bethel, and said to them, "Go up and spy out the land." And the men went up and spied out Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:3 - And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, "Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai; do not make the whole people toil up there, for they are but few."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:7 - And Joshua said, "Alas, O Lord GOD, why hast thou brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:8 - O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:10 - The LORD said to Joshua, "Arise, why have you thus fallen upon your face?

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