Joshua and Caleb were the only ones of their generation who were allowed to enter the Promised Land Numbers This explains why Joshua is called Jesus in Hebrews 4: The book of Joshua has a special place in God's plan to save man. God promised to make a great nation from Abraham's family. This would be the nation from which Christ would come. It was necessary for this nation to have a land in which to live. Therefore, God promised to give the land of Canaan to Abraham and his descendants Genesis The book of Joshua shows how God fulfilled the land promise to Abraham.
Mourning for Moses was now over and it was time to enter the Promised Land. When God gave the command to begin the conquest, He made a two-fold promise to Joshua: Then God gave Joshua a two-fold admonition: Rahab, a harlot who lived in Jericho, hid the spies. She had heard of the mighty works of God in the desert.
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She had become a believer. Because of her faith, she and her family were spared when Jericho was destroyed. She later married an Israelite. She became a part of the family line of our Lord Matthew 1: When Israel crossed the Jordan, it was the time of harvest and the river was at flood stage. God made it possible for them to cross. The priests carried the ark of the covenant and went in front of the people.
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While they stood in the water at the edge of the river, the flood waters rose in a heap a great distance upstream. All of Israel crossed over on dry ground.
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Joshua had twelve large stones taken from the middle of the river. They were set up as a monument so future generations would see them and remember what God had done.
The first great battle to take the land was the battle of Jericho Joshua 6. They had to follow His instructions in taking it.
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This is like our salvation today. God gives it to us Ephesians 2: But we have to receive it by following God's instructions. He left nothing undone that the Lord had commanded Moses should be done. Survey of the Conquest. All their kings he captured and put to death. However, some survived in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod. Joshua gave it to Israel as their heritage, apportioning it among the tribes.
And the land had rest from war. Lists of Conquered Kings. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.
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Chapter 8 Capture of Ai. Chapter 9 Confederacy Against Israel. Chapter 10 The Siege of Gibeon. Thus the book is at pains to establish the continuity between exodus and conquest. These boundaries are ideal rather than actual. In the Near East the flax harvest occurs near the time of the feast of the Passover 4: Through her, the author expresses a theological conviction: Rahab the prostitute is pointedly mentioned in the Matthean genealogy of Jesus Mt 1: It was through the window of such a house that St.
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Paul escaped from Damascus; cf. Thus the language provides another parallel between Joshua and Moses, conquest and exodus. At this time of the year the Jordan would be swollen as a result of the winter rains and the melting snow of Mount Hermon. The crossing of the Jordan occurred, therefore, about the same time of the year as did the crossing of the Red Sea; cf.
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The Lord gives the victory; this is the theological point of the story. See note on Ex See note on Jgs 1: This verse forms the conclusion to the first part of the book. Perhaps this list was copied here from some such public Israelite record. Nm 32; Dt 3: Gn 17; 34; Ex 4: Enrich your faith and grow in spiritual maturity with the incredible Bible study and devotional books listed below.
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There, God killed more of the enemy with hailstones than Joshua did with the sword. To prolong the battle, Joshua spoke the famous command: And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: End of the World Events Highlights of the last great events include: For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?