Sirach 46:1–9
1Joshua the son of Nun was valiant in war, and was the successor of Moses in prophecies. He was made great according to his name for the saving of God’s elect, to take vengeance on the enemies that rose up against them, that he might give Israel their inheritance.↗
2How he was glorified in the lifting up his hands, and in stretching out his sword against the cities!↗
3Who before him stood so firm? For the Lord himself brought his enemies to him.↗
4Didn’t the sun go back by his hand? Didn’t one day become as two?↗
5He called upon the Most High, the Mighty One, when his foes pressed in all around him, and the great Lord heard him.↗
6With hailstones of mighty power, he caused war to break violently upon the nation, and on the slope he destroyed those who resisted, so that the nations might know his armor, how he fought in the sight of the Lord; for he followed the Mighty One.↗
7Also in the time of Moses, he did a work of mercy— he and Caleb the son of Jephunneh— in that they withstood the adversary, hindered the people from sin, and stilled their wicked complaining.↗
8And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two alone were preserved to bring them into their inheritance, into a land flowing with milk and honey.↗
9The Lord gave strength to Caleb, and it remained with him to his old age, so that he entered the hill country, and his offspring obtained it for an inheritance,↗
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