Modernize verbs in Joshua

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 \v 3 Every place upon which the sole of thy foot shall tread, to thee will I give it, as I promised Moses.
 \v 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon, even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and as far as the Great Sea toward the setting sun shall be your boundary.
 \v 5 No one shall be able to stand against thee all the days of thy life; as I was with Moses so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee nor forsake thee.
-\v 6 Be courageous and strong; for thou shalt bring this people into possession of the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
-\v 7 Only be very courageous and strong, to observe faithfully all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have success wherever thou goest.
-\v 8 This law-book shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate on it day and night, that thou mayest observe faithfully all that is written in it; for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and shalt have success.
-\v 9 Have I not commanded thee? Be courageous and strong! Fear not, neither be dismayed, for Jehovah thy God is with thee wherever thou goest.'
+\v 6 Be courageous and strong; for thou shall bring this people into possession of the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
+\v 7 Only be very courageous and strong, to observe faithfully all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou may have success wherever thou go.
+\v 8 This law-book shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shall meditate on it day and night, that thou may observe faithfully all that is written in it; for then thou shall make thy way prosperous, and shall have success.
+\v 9 Have I not commanded thee? Be courageous and strong! Fear not, neither be dismayed, for Jehovah thy God is with thee wherever thou go.'
 \v 10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people saying,
 \v 11 Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people saying, 'Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God is giving you as a possession.'
 \v 12 Also to the Reubcnites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh Joshua said,
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 \v 6 She had, however, brought them up to the roof and hid them with the stalks of flax which she had laid in order upon the roof.
 \v 7 Accordingly the men pursued them in the direction of the Jordan opposite the fords, and as soon as they that pursued after them had gone out, they shut the gate.
 \v 8 But before they had lain down, she came up to them on the roof,
-\v 9 and said to the men, I know that Jehovah hath given you the land, and that terror because of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are losing heart before you.
+\v 9 and said to the men, I know that Jehovah has given you the land, and that terror because of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are losing heart before you.
 \v 10 For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
 \v 11 And as soon as we had heard it, we lost heart completely, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man because of you; for Jehovah yonr God is indeed God in heaven above and on earth beneath.
 \v 12 Now therefore swear to me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you will also deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token.
 \v 13 But Rahab said to the men. Swear that you will save alive my father and my mother and my brothers, and my sisters, together with all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.
-\v 14 And the men said to her, We will be prepared to forfeit our lives for you, if you do not disclose this business of ours. It shall be, when Jehovah giveth us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.
+\v 14 And the men said to her, We will be prepared to forfeit our lives for you, if you do not disclose this business of ours. It shall be, when Jehovah gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.
 \v 15 Then she let them down by a rope through the window (for her house was so close beside the city wall that she dwelt upon the wall).
 \v 16 And she said to them. Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers happen to find you; and hide yourselves there three days until the pursuers have returned; and afterward you may go on your way.
 \v 17 Then the men said to her. We will be free from this oath to you which you have made us swear.
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 \v 21 And she said. Let it be as you say. So she sent them away, and they departed and she bound the scarlet cord in the window.
 \v 22 So they went and came to the mountain, and remained there three days, until the pursuers had returned. Now the pursuers sought for them in every direction, but did not find them.
 \v 23 Then the two men returned, descending from the mountain, and passed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all that had befallen them.
-\v 24 And they said to Joshua, Jehovah hath delivered all the land into our power; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land have lost heart before us.
+\v 24 And they said to Joshua, Jehovah has delivered all the land into our power; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land have lost heart before us.
 \c 3
 \v 1 Then Joshua rose up early in the morning and he and all the Israelites came t the Jodan and spent the night there before they moved over. Then they removed from Shittim.
 \v 2 Now after three days the officers went through the midst of the camp
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 \v 5 And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow Jehovah will do wonderful things among you.
 \v 6 And Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the covenant and pass over before the people.
 \v 7 Then Jehovah said to Joshus, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel that they may know that I will be with thee as I was with Moses,
-\v 8 and thou shalt command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When you come to the brink of the waters of Jordan, you shall stand still in the waters of Jordan.
+\v 8 and thou shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When you come to the brink of the waters of Jordan, you shall stand still in the waters of Jordan.
 \v 9 Joshua also said to the Israelites, Come hither and hear the words of Jehovah your God.
 \v 10 Then Joshua said, By this you shall know that a living God is among you, and that he will certainly drive out from before you the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites and the Jebusites.
 \v 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over before you into the Jordan.
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 \v 17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.
 \v 18 And when the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came up from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up on the dry ground, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and went over all its banks as before.
 \v 19 So the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east side of Jericho.
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