. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . a took charge of thechil-dren of Is-ra-el, and sought to do Gods will, asMo-ses had done. And Josh-u-a sent word throughthe camp that in three days they would cross theJor-dan. And when they set foot in the stream thewaves stood back as they did in the Red Sea, andthey went through Jor-dan on dry ground. And as How Joshua and Jephthah Fought for the Loid. 117 they came up out of the stream the waves closed upand there was no path-way through them. The chil-dren of Is-ra-el made their camp at apl
. Sweet stories of God; in the language of childhood and the beautiful delineations of sacred art . a took charge of thechil-dren of Is-ra-el, and sought to do Gods will, asMo-ses had done. And Josh-u-a sent word throughthe camp that in three days they would cross theJor-dan. And when they set foot in the stream thewaves stood back as they did in the Red Sea, andthey went through Jor-dan on dry ground. And as How Joshua and Jephthah Fought for the Loid. 117 they came up out of the stream the waves closed upand there was no path-way through them. The chil-dren of Is-ra-el made their camp at aplace called Gil-gal;and as there was nolack of food in thisgood land, the Lordceased to rain downman-na for them toeat. The next dayJosh-u-a left thecamp and came nearto the walls of Jer-i-cho. There he meta man with a drawnsword in his Josh-u-a said,Art thou for us orfor our foes ? And the mansaid, As prince ofthe Lords host amI now come. And at these words Josh-u-a fell onhis face to the earth; for he knew it was the Lordthat spoke to him. The Lord told Josh-u-a to have no fear of the. PASS-ING THROUGH THE JOR-DAN. 118 History of the Old Testament. king of Jer-i-cho, for the chil-dren of Is-ra-el shouldtake the town. All their men of war were to marchround the town once each day for six days. Someof the priests were to bear the ark, which held thethings they made use of when they went in to talkwith God, and some were to blow on rams horns. And the next day—when the six days were at anend—they were to march round the town sev-entimes, and the priests were to blow their horns. Andwhen the men of Is-ra-el heard a long loud blast theywere all to give a great shout and the wall would fallflat to the ground, and they could march in and takethe town. Josh-u-a bade his men do all the Lord had said;and told them to make no noise with their voice asthey went their rounds till he bade them when the priests blew their horns for the lasttime, Josh-u-a cried, Shout!
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