UJoshuwa 4:3 IBhayibhili Elingcwele 3 ubususithi kuwo: ‘Thathani amatshe angu-12 phakathi komfula uJodani lapho okume khona abaphristi,+ liwathwale liyewabeka endaweni elizalala kuyo.’”+ UJoshuwa 5:8, 9 IBhayibhili Elingcwele 8 Amadoda wonke athi esesokiwe, abako-Israyeli baqhubeka behlala lapho ababekhona aze aphola. 9 UJehova wasesithi kuJoshuwa: “Lamuhla ngilisusile kini* ihlazo laseGibhithe.” Ngakho indawo leyo ilokhu ibizwa ngokuthi yiGiligali*+ kuze kube lamuhla. UJoshuwa 10:6 IBhayibhili Elingcwele 6 Amadoda aseGibhiyoni asethumela ilizwi kuJoshuwa eGiligali+ athi: “Ungasilahli, siyizigqili zakho!+ Buya masinyane uzosilamulela ngoba wonke amakhosi ama-Amori aselizweni lezintaba asebuthene ukuze asihlasele.”
3 ubususithi kuwo: ‘Thathani amatshe angu-12 phakathi komfula uJodani lapho okume khona abaphristi,+ liwathwale liyewabeka endaweni elizalala kuyo.’”+
8 Amadoda wonke athi esesokiwe, abako-Israyeli baqhubeka behlala lapho ababekhona aze aphola. 9 UJehova wasesithi kuJoshuwa: “Lamuhla ngilisusile kini* ihlazo laseGibhithe.” Ngakho indawo leyo ilokhu ibizwa ngokuthi yiGiligali*+ kuze kube lamuhla.
6 Amadoda aseGibhiyoni asethumela ilizwi kuJoshuwa eGiligali+ athi: “Ungasilahli, siyizigqili zakho!+ Buya masinyane uzosilamulela ngoba wonke amakhosi ama-Amori aselizweni lezintaba asebuthene ukuze asihlasele.”