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Da Peopo Cut Skin Gilgal Side
1 Dat time, da Amor peopo live da west side a da Jordan Riva. Da Canaan peopo live on da coast. Da king guys fo da Amor peopo an da Canaan peopo hear how Da One In Charge wen make da Jordan Riva come dry, fo us Israel peopo go across um. Az why dey wen come bum out. Dey lose fight an no like beef da Israel peopo.
2 Dat time, Da One In Charge tell Joshua, “Make knifes from hard stone. Cut skin da Israel guys dat no do um befo time.” 3 So Joshua make knifes from hard stone an cut skin all da Israel guys. Dey do dat Gibeat-Haaralot side.
4 ✡Dis how come Joshua do dat. All da guys dat stay ol enuff fo fight wen dey come outa Egypt, dey wen mahke inside da boonies afta da peopo come outa Egypt. 5 All da guys dat come outa Egypt get da cut skin mark. But da guys dat wen born inside da boonies wen da peopo stay go inside dea, dey no mo da mark. 6 Da Israel peopo wen move aroun inside da boonies fo forty year, till all da guys in da nation dat stay ol enuff fo fight wen dey come outa Egypt. All dose guys mahke cuz dey neva lissen Da One In Charge. You know, Da One In Charge wen make one strong promise to dem guys, fo erybody know dat he goin do um. He tell um dat dey no goin see da land dat Da One In Charge wen promise dea ancesta guys dat he goin give us guys, da land dat get plenny milk an honey. 7 So Da One In Charge wen make da boys grow up afta dea faddahs mahke. Az da ones Joshua cut skin fo dem now. All da time dey move aroun inside da boonies, dey still yet no cut skin. 8 Afta all da guys in da nation cut skin, dey stay inside dea tents till dey all come good.
9 Den Da One In Charge tell Joshua, “Today, I take away da shame you guys wen get cuz you was slaves Egypt side.” Az why erybody still yet call dat place Gilgal.
10 ✡Day numba fourteen dat month, wen litto mo dark, an da Israel peopo still stay camp Gilgal side, dey make da spesho Passova religious kine ceremony. 11 Da nex day dey harves some a da food dat wen grow ova dea inside da land, an eat um. Dey make bread dat no mo yeast, an wheat an barley dat dey roas. 12 ✡Da manna pau come da nex day afta dey eat da food from da land. No mo manna fo da Israel peopo dat time. Den dey start fo eat food dat grow inside Canaan.
Jericho Town Come Bus Up
13 One time wen Joshua stay nea Jericho town, he look up an see one guy stay standing in front him. Da guy get one sword inside his hand. Joshua go by him an tell, “Eh! You stay wit us guys, o wit da guys dat stay agains us?”
14 Da guy tell, “I not fo you guys o fo da guys dat stay agains you. But I stay in charge a da army guys fo Da One In Charge. Dass why I stay come hea.” Den Joshua go down quick fo put his face on top da groun, fo show he get awesome respeck fo da guy. Joshua aks um, “Wat my Boss like tell me, his worka guy?”
15 Da guy in charge a da army guys fo Da One In Charge tell him, “Take off yoa slippas. Da place wea you stay stan, dass spesho fo Da One In Charge.” So Joshua do um.
✡ 5:4 5:4: Census 14:28-35 ✡ 5:10 5:10: Outa 12:1-13 ✡ 5:12 5:12: Outa 16:35