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166 After these words and many others worthy of God and filled with divine grace, having written them in a book, he handed it over to the priests to place it beside the covenant of testimony, having appointed Jesus the son of Nave to rule Israel in his place by divine decree, and having sung the second song, which the Lord commanded all the people to learn, handing it down as a great and divine thing for a future memorial. In the 11th month of the 40th year of the journey from Egypt, being the 120th of his life, after blessing everyone, he went up to Mount Nebo, that is Abarim, situated in Moabitis across the Jordan opposite Jericho. And after surveying the land promised to Israel, he died there by the command of God, and was buried in Gai near the house of Peor; and no one knows his burial place. This great seer of God and prophet, instructor and lawgiver of Israel, died at 120 years of age, and his eyes were not dimmed, with good reason; for with them he had seen the divine glory, nor were the features of his face wrinkled because of old age. A prophet like him, as the scripture says, did not arise, to whom the Lord appeared face to face, until John the Baptist. This same God-taught man was the first among men to write a chronicle from Adam to his 120th year, which is the cosmic year 3856 according to this precise chronology. After the death of Moses, the Lord said to Jesus the son of Nave: Arise, cross the Jordan, you and all this people, into the land which I am giving them. Every place on which the sole of your feet shall tread, I will give to you, as I said to Moses, the desert and the Antilebanon as far as the great river Euphrates and as far as the great sea from the setting of the sun will be your borders. And Jesus commanded the scribes to speak to all the people to prepare and get provisions, so that 167 after three days they might cross the Jordan. And he sent from Shittim two men to spy out the land of Jericho and Gai, two cities. And entering Jericho, they lodged with Rahab the harlot, and being sought by the king of Jericho, they were hidden in her house, having sworn to her concerning her safety. And returning to Jesus in Shittim, they reported the results of their spying. And Jesus rose early in the morning from Shittim and came to the Jordan with the people. There, having first purified Israel, he led them across the Jordan after three days, with the ark of the covenant of the Lord going before, along with the priests who carried it; and when only their feet were dipped in the edge of the water, the waters coming down from above stood as one mass, being divided far up upstream towards Kiriath-jearim; and the waters coming down went down into the sea of Arabah, the salt sea, until it failed. And the people stood opposite Jericho. And the priests who carried the ark stood on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, until all the people had crossed the Jordan on dry ground, and Jesus appointed twelve distinguished men from the sons of Israel by the word of the Lord, and taking twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, they carried them over to the camp for a memorial. And Jesus set up another twelve stones in the Jordan, where the feet of the priests carrying the ark had stood, and they are there to this day. And Jesus commanded the priests, and it happened that as they came out and set their feet on the land, the water came down rushing as it was before. And having come up, they encamped in Gilgal on the east, opposite Jericho. When the kings of the Amorites and the kings by the sea of Phoenicia heard these things, their hearts melted, being astounded in their minds. But Jesus by a divine command circumcised the people with stone knives, all those who had crossed the Jordan, because, it says, for forty-two years Israel had dwelt in the desert, and for this reason there were the

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οὐκ ἐφάγετε καὶ οἶνον καὶ σίκερα οὐκ ἐπίετε ἔτη μʹ. τὰ ἱμάτια ὑμῶν οὐκ ἐπαλαιώθη, οὐδὲ τὰ ἱμάντια κατετρίβη τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν.»

166 Μετὰ τούτους τοὺς λόγους καὶ ἄλλους πλείστους ἀξιοθέους καὶ χάριτος θείας πεπληρωμένους ἀναγράψας ἐν βίβλῳ παρέδωκε τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἀπο θέσθαι ἐκ πλαγίου τῆς διαθήκης τοῦ μαρτυρίου, καταστήσας Ἰησοῦν υἱὸν Ναυὴ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἄρχειν ἀντ' αὐτοῦ θείᾳ ψήφῳ καὶ τὴν δευτέραν ᾄσας ᾠδήν, ἣν πάντα τὸν λαὸν ἐκμαθεῖν προσέταξε κύριος, ὡς μέγα τι χρῆμα καὶ θεῖον τοῖς εἰς ἀνάμνησιν ἐσόμενον παραδούς. Τῷ ιαʹ μηνὶ τοῦ μʹ ἔτους τῆς ἐξ Αἰγύπτου πορείας, ρκʹ ὄντι τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ, εὐλογήσας πάντας ἀνῆλθεν εἰς ὄρος Ναβαῦ ἤτοι Ἀβαρεὶμ κείμενον ἐν τῇ Μωαβίτιδι πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου κατὰ πρόσωπον Ἱεριχοῦς. καὶ κατοπτεύσας τὴν ἐπηγγελμένην τῷ Ἰσραὴλ γῆν ἐτελεύτησεν ἐκεῖ κατὰ πρόσ ταγμα θεοῦ, καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν Γαὶ ἐγγὺς οἴκου Φογώρ· καὶ οὐκ οἶδεν οὐδεὶς τὴν ταφὴν αὐτοῦ. οὗτος ὁ μέγας θεόπτης καὶ προφήτης παιδαγωγός τε καὶ νομοθέτης τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐτῶν ρκʹ τελευτήσας οὐκ ἠμαυρώθη τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ, εἰκότως· τούτοις γὰρ τὴν θείαν δόξαν ἑώρακεν, οὐδὲ τὰ περὶ τὸ πρόσωπον διὰ γῆρας ἐρυτιδώθη. ὅμοιος αὐτῷ προφήτης, ὥς φησιν ἡ γραφή, οὐκ ἀνέστη, ᾧ ὤφθη κατὰ πρόσωπον κύριος, ἕως Ἰωάν νου τοῦ βαπτιστοῦ. Ὁ αὐτὸς θεοδίδακτος πρῶτος ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἱστορίαν ἔγραψε χρονικὴν ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ ἕως τοῦ ρκʹ ἔτους αὐτοῦ, ὅπερ ἐστὶ κοσμικὸν γωνςʹ κατὰ τήνδε τὴν ἀκριβῆ χρονολογίαν. Μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν Μωυσέως εἶπε κύριος τῷ Ἰησοῦ υἱῷ Ναυή· ἀναστὰς διάβηθι τὸν Ἰορδάνην σὺ καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς οὗτος εἰς τὴν γῆν, ἣν ἐγὼ δίδωμι αὐτοῖς. πᾶς τόπος οὗ ἐὰν ἐπιβῆτε τῷ ἴχνει τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν, ὑμῖν δώσω αὐτόν, ὃν τρόπον εἴρηκα τῷ Μωυσῇ, τὴν ἔρημον καὶ τὸν Ἀντιλίβανον ἕως τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ μεγάλου Εὐφράτου καὶ ἕως τῆς θαλάσσης τῆς μεγάλης ἀφ' ἡλίου δυσμῶν ἔσται τὰ ὅρια ὑμῶν. καὶ ἐνετείλατο Ἰησοῦς τοῖς γραμ ματεῦσι λαλῆσαι παντὶ τῷ λαῷ ἑτοιμασθῆναι καὶ ἐπισιτίσασθαι, ἵνα 167 μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας διαβῶσι τὸν Ἰορδάνην. καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἐκ Σαττεὶμ δύο ἄνδρας κατασκοπεῦσαι τὴν γῆν τῆς Ἱεριχὼ καὶ τῆς Γαὶ δύο πόλεις. οἳ καὶ εἰσελθόντες εἰς Ἱεριχὼ παρὰ Ῥαὰβ τῇ πόρνῃ κατέλυσαν, ζητούμενοί τε ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως Ἱεριχὼ ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτῆς ἀπεκρύβησαν, ὀμόσαντες αὐτῇ τὰ περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας. ἐπανελθόντες δὲ πρὸς Ἰησοῦν ἐν Σαττεὶμ ἀπήγγειλαν τὰ τῆς κατασκέψεως. καὶ ὀρθρίσας Ἰησοῦς τῷ πρωὶ ἐκ Σατ τεὶμ ἦλθεν εἰς τὸν Ἰορδάνην σὺν τῷ λαῷ. ἔνθα προαγνίσας τὸν Ἰσραὴλ διεβίβασε μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας τὸν Ἰορδάνην, προηγουμένης τῆς κιβωτοῦ διαθήκης κυρίου σὺν τοῖς αἴρουσιν αὐτὴν ἱερεῦσιν· ὧν ἐπειδὴ μόνον οἱ πό δες ἐβάφησαν εἰς μέρος τοῦ ὕδατος, ἔστη τὰ ὕδατα καταβαίνοντα ἄνωθεν εἰς πῆγμα ἓν πόρρω διαιρεθὲν ἄναντες εἰς μέρος Καριαθιαρείμ· τὰ δὲ καταβαίνοντα κατέβη εἰς θάλασσαν Ἄραβα, θάλασσαν ἁλῶν, ἕως ἐξέλιπε. καὶ ὁ λαὸς εἱστήκει ἀπέναντι Ἱεριχώ. καὶ ἔστησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ αἴροντες τὴν κιβωτὸν ἐπὶ ξηρᾶς ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, ἕως διέβη πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τὸν Ἰορδάνην ἐπὶ ξηρᾶς, καὶ συνέταξεν Ἰησοῦς δώδεκα ἄνδρας ἐνδόξους τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ διὰ ῥήματος κυρίου, καὶ ἀναλαβόντες λίθους ιβʹ ἐκ μέσου τοῦ Ἰορδάνου διεκόμισαν εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν εἰς μνημόσυνον. Ἔστησέ τε ἄλλους ιβʹ λίθους Ἰησοῦς ἐν τῷ Ἰορδάνῃ, οὗ ἔστησαν οἱ πόδες τῶν αἰρόντων τὴν κιβωτὸν ἱερέων, καὶ εἰσὶν ἐκεῖ ἕως σήμερον. καὶ προσ έταξε τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν Ἰησοῦς, καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἐξῆλθον καὶ ἔθηκαν τοὺς πόδας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, κατέβη τὸ ὕδωρ ὁρμῆσαν ὡς ἦν πρότερον. αὐτοὶ δὲ ἀναβάντες ἐστρατοπέδευσαν ἐν Γαλγάλοις κατὰ ἀνατολὰς ἀπέναντι Ἱε ριχώ. Ταῦτα ἀκούσαντες οἱ βασιλεῖς τῶν Ἀμορραίων καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς οἱ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Φοινίκης κατετάκησαν ἐκπλαγέντες ταῖς διανοίαις. Ἰησοῦς δὲ θείᾳ προστάξει περιέτεμε τὸν λαὸν μαχαίραις πετρίναις ὅσοι διέβησαν τὸν Ἰορδάνην, ὅτι, φησίν, ἐπὶ τεσσαράκοντα καὶ δύο ἔτη ἀνέ στραπται Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἦσαν οἱ