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Iste josue , moysi succedens in ducatum, loquente sibi domino, duobus exploratoribus missis in jericho de sethim, post septem dies jordanem siccis pedibus cum omni populo transiuit; .xii. lapides de alueo in siccum tulit, aliis .xii. de sicco in alueum reportatis; populum in galgala secunda circumcisione innouauit; ciuitatem jericho , septem diebus, clangentibus sacerdotibus bucinis in septimo septies, destruxit ; achar , qui de anathemate regulam auream et clamidem coccineam tulerat, propter quod dominus iratus in ahy .xxxui. uiros occiderat, lapidauit ; ciuitatem ahy per insidias incendit; gabaonitas in seruos lignarios et aquarios recepit; quinque reges, qui obsederant gabaon, producto spatio diei sole et luna stantibus, peremit; .xxiiii. reges, qui erant cum jabin , interfecit; altari constructo in ebal, benedictiones et maledictiones acclamari fecit; terram aliis secundum concessionem , aliis secundum traditionem distribuit; duas tribus et dimidiam , que in reditu suo, post .xiiii. annos, altare iuxta tumulos jordanis construxerant , liberans dimisit; fedus a populo de colendo deo per aque effusionem initum in hoc uolumine scripsit.
This Joshua succeeded Moses as leader, and the Lord spoke to him. He sent two spies from Shittim into Jericho. After seven days, all the people crossed the Jordan with dry feet. He took twelve stones from the dry river bed, and carried another twelve back to the dry river bed. In Gilgal, he introduced the people to the second circumcision. He destroyed the city of Jericho in seven days, with priests blowing trumpets seven times on the seventh day. Achan took the forbidden bar of gold and red cloak, because of which, the Lord was angry and had thirty-six men killed in Ai, and Achan was stoned. Joshua set fire to the city of Ai in an ambush. He made the Gibeonites servants as woodcutters and water-carriers. He destroyed five kings, who besieged Gibeon, in the time of one day in which the sun and moon stood still. He killed 24 kings, who were with Jabin. Having built an altar in Ebal, he had blessings and curses proclaimed. He distributed land, to some according to concession and to others according to tradition. Two and a half tribes, when they returned to their land, after fourteen years, built an altar near the banks of the Jordan, and Joshua sent them away freely. He wrote the people's oath about worshiping God through the pouring out of water in this volume.

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Image excerpts from the manuscripts (as grouped by main graph versions) are the result of tool-based image annotation (via Cadmus) or manual extraction. For each manuscript version only these visually annotated manuscripts are listed here. For the grouping of all manuscripts we provide a separate list (Manuscript groups). Transcriptions are semi-diplomatic following project specific rules.

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Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 29 (C2)

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Iste Josue mo
ysi succedens
in ducatum lo
quente sibi domino du
obus explorato
ribus missis in
iericho de se
thim. post .vii di
es iordanem sic
cis pedibus cum omni
populo transiuit.
xij. lapides de
alueo in siccum
tulit. alijs. xij
de sicco in aluevm
reportatis. po
pulum in galga
la secunda circumcisi
one innouauit
ciuitatem ierico
vii. diebus clan
gentibus sacerdo
tibus bucinis. in vijo septies
destruxit. achar
qui de anathem
ate regulam
auream et cla
midem coccineam
tulerat. propter quod
dominus iratus in a
hy .xxx.vi. ui
ros occiderat.
lapidauit. ci
uitatem ahy per
insidias incendit
gabaonitas in
seruos lignarios
et aquarios recepit
.v. reges qui obse
derant gabaon
producto spacio
diei sol et luna
stantibus peremit.
xxiiijor. reges qui
erant cum iabyn
interfecit. alta
ri. constructo in
ebal. benedictio
nes et maledic
tiones accla
mari fecit terram [*]

[*] alijs secundum concessio
nem. alijs secundum tradi
tionem distribuit
duas tribus et dimi
diam que in reditu
suo post xiiij an
nos altare iux
ta tumulos io
rdanis construx
erat liberans di
misit. fedus a po
pulo de colendo deo per aque effusi
onem initum in
hoc uolumine
scripsit.


Version 1

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 363 (W)

Manuscript group AT1

Iste iosue moysi succe
dens in ducatum loquente sibi domino
duobus explorantibus explora
toribus missis in iericho de sethim
post vii. dies iordanem siccis pe
dibus cum omni populo transiuit
xii. lapides de alueo in sic
cum tulit aliis xii. de sicco
in alueum reportatis populum in
galgala secunda circumcisione in
nouauit. ciuitatem iericho
vii. diebus clangentibus sacerdo
tibus bucinis. io viio. septies achor
qui de anathemate regulam au
ream et clamidem coccineam tu
lerat. propter quod dominus iratus in ahy.
xxx.vi. uiros occiderat lapida
bit. ciuitatem ahy per insidias
incendit. gabaonitas in
seruos lignarios. et aquarios
recepit .v. reges. qui obse
derant qui obsederant ga
baon producto spacio diei
solo et luna stantibus peremit.
xx.iiii. reges qui erant cum
iabin interfecit. altari construc
to in ebal. benedictiones et ma
ledictiones acclamari fe
cit. terram aliis. secundum concessionem secundum tradicionem
aliis distribuit. duas tribus
et dimidiam que in reditu suo post xiiii
annos altare iuxta tu
mulos iordanis construx
erant liberans dimi
sit. fedus a populo de colen
do deo per aque effusione in
itum in hoc uolumine
scripsit.

Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 145 (Ax)

Manuscript group FR2

Iste iosue moysi
succedens in ducatum loquente sibi do
mino. duobus exploratoribus misis in
iericho de sethim. post vii. dies iordanem
siccis pedibus cum omni populo transsiuit
xii. lapides de alueo in siccumtulit.
aliis xii. de sicco in alueum reporta
tis. populum in galgala secunda circumcisi
one innouauit. ciuitatem iericho vii.
diebus sacerdotibus clangentibus bucinjs
in viio. septies destruxit. Achar qui
de anathemate regulam auraeam et
clamidaem coccineam tulerat. propter
quod dominus iratus in hai xxxvi. uiros oc
ciderat lapidauit. ciuitatem hay per
insidias incendit. gabaonitas in ser
uos lignarios. et aquarios recepit. v.
reges qui obsederant gabaon. produc
to spacio diei sole et luna stantibus
peremit. xxiiij. reges qui erant cum iabin
interfecit. altari constructo in ebal
benedictiones et maledictiones accla
clamari fecit. terram aliis secundum conces
sionem aliis secundum traditionem distribu
it. duas tribus et dimidiam. que in redi
tu suo post. xiiii. annos altare iuxta
tumulos iordanis construxerant libe
rans dimisit. fedus a populo de colen
do deo per aque effusionem initum
in hoc uolumine scripsit. Post mor
tem iosue ante othoniel tradunt quidam
fuisse factum quod legitur de ydolo
miche. et de uxore leuite.

Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.15.5 (C)

Manuscript group GB6

Iste Iosue moy
si succedens in ducatum lo
quente sibi domino duobus explora
toribus missis in iericho de
sethim post .vii. dies iorda
nem siccis pedibus cum omni
populo transiuit .xii. lapides
de alueo in siccum tulit.
aliis .xii. de sicco in alueum
reportatis! populum in galga
la secunda circumcisione inno
uauit. ciuitatem iericho
vii. diebus sacerdotibus clan
gentibus buccinis. in .viio.
septies. destruxit achar qui
de anathemate regulam au
ream et clamidem coccineam
tulerat. propter quod dominus iratus in
hai .xxxvi. uiros occide
rat lapidauit. ciuitatem
hai per insidias incendit.
gabaonitas in seruos li
gnarios et aquarios recepit.
Quinque reges qui obsederant
gabaon producto spacio di
ei sole et luna stantibus per
emit .xxiiii. reges qui erant
cum iabin interfecit. altare
constructo in ebal benedictiones
et maledictiones acclama
ri fecit. terram aliis secundum
traditionem distribuit.
duas tribus et dimidiam que
in reditu suo post .xiiii.
annos altare iuxta tu
mulos iordanis constru
xerant liberans dimisit.
fedus a populo de colendo
deo per aque effusionem ini
tum in hoc uolumine
scripsit.


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Citation recommendation

On Joshua: Text and Manuscripts. In: Peter of Poitiers' Compendium historiae: a research platform and edition, ed. by Andrea Worm, et al., Graz: 2026. https://gams.uni-graz.at/query:chigc.thirdlayer?params=$1|t-josue.

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