Moses has died, and Joshua must lead the people across the Jordan. Dcn. Seraphim continues his verse translation of the Saltair na Rann through the fall of Jericho, the settling of the tribes, and the years of the judges. Gideon and Samson deliver Israel; the Ark falls into Philistine hands; Samuel calls the people back to God. At last they ask for a king, and Saul is chosen. In fifteen poems, the Irish poet carries us from the people Moses left at the edge of the wilderness to the beginning of Israel's monarchy.