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intercourse rind rnariiage with the henthcns. Josut: died a
tl~c age of onc hundred mid tell years.
7. The pro~nised land was s fig~tre of hcaven, As the
1sl.aelites clid not obtain possession oI Chm~xan till they har
erltcr heaven, thc triie 1a11~1 of promisc, urlless they coilte~
bravely against the el~emics of their sslvalion.
QUEST1 ONS.
1. After tho death of bIooe~, what did thc TAord command Josue to
do ? Whet did He promisc P When the peoplc reached the banks
of the Jordan, what did Jos~~o order the priests to do? 2. What
happened when the pricsts, carrying the :rrlr, touchet1 tho waters of
thc river ? What did the ~~enplc celebrate on tlle follol\-ing day 'l 3.
IVllat mns Jericllo'l \T:llat did the fjccillg their 11~a11t of confidence,
orhr Josue to c10 ? 4. What was t;o bc done on tllo soventh
day? This being done, whirt Ilnppened 4 5. lI7tlet dicl Josue do when.
after IIIBIIY hnrd-fot~gh t bntf.lc.8, IIC at length lnil~le hi~~tsslC~naste uf
thc !and of Cbnnnnn ? IV11rt tlicl Jo611o esl~?ricnce cll~rilig this
especial tiluc? n'hixt 1iappc1rc:d tvl~ile 11e 1vage:ell agnil~st the live
lrings? G. Alnol~g w1101n wn8 Chanasn divjded? What did the
tribe of Iavi rcccive? What were thus fuliillcd? 7. Of what was
the promised land a figure 8 Why?
CHAPTER XLVI.
Thr Jndgts.-Ge~lraw.-S~z?7isorz.
~b'e weak things of tbe ~vorld 118th God cl~oscn, that IIc Inay confound
the strong.-I. COY., 1,fl.
S eaten of the manna in tlle desert, elld who ili~d
0 long ns that *generation of the Isreclites livctl who hail
sccn
the wonders of tl~o Trorcl wro~ight for thcn~, both in the milclex~~csa
and i11 the tatking of Cl~nnnnu, they did riot dcpiirt
from the wny oI the Lord ; but their children Ila~ing iutermarried
with the pngan nntio~ls around them, contr;uy to the
express coinn1:lnd of God, Bcgan to ailore the idols which
their wives worshipecl. Then the Lord delivered tbcm illto
the hands of their enemies.