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The people are crossing over a river. God told them to cross over it. As soon as they came to the edge of the river, the water went away, so that they could walk over on dry ground. We can see the water standing up like a wall waiting till they have gone over. It was God who made the water do this. The priests are carrying something on their shoulders through the river. It is the golden box called the ark. The ark has a cover on it, so that we cannot see the golden angels that are fastened to its lid. The man on horseback is named Joshua. He goes first and leads the people, for he is their captain, as Moses used to be. But now Moses is dead. These two men are being let down from the top of a house. They have been hidden on the roof. The woman in the picture hid them there. She hid them because soldiers came to take the two men and kill them. But the soldiers could not find them. Then as soon as the soldiers were gone the woman let the men down by ropes outside of the city wall, where no one could see them. God is going to give this city to Joshua and to the people called Israelites. - from "Bible Pictures" book, by W. A. Foster, 1897.

- من كتاب "صور الكتاب المقدس"، و. أ. فوستر، 1897 م.