Joshua 1 : When Moses died God appointed Joshua the new leader. He told him to take the people to the land that he had promised them. Every place they had walked was theirs. God promised Joshua that he would be with him just as he was with Moses and that he must be strong and courageous. The people of Israel respect Joshua and accept him as their new …
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Entering the Promised Land (Joshua 3:1-5:12) by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson Audio (35:49) Free E-mail Bible Study Ephesians. ... The Ark Goes Before Them (3:3-4, 6-8) Joshua instructs the people to watch the ark, to see where it goes, and to follow it. ... They take it as the natural course of events, whereas it is a very special provision for a ...
Before they enter the land, the Jewish people send an envoy to the Canaanites with the message, “God, the Creator of the Universe has promised this land to our forefathers. We are now here to claim our inheritance, and we ask you to leave peacefully.” Needless to say most of the Canaanites don’t. (Only one tribe takes the offer and leaves.)
After affirming that Joshua had the power and authority of Moses (see v. 5 ), the Lord charged him to make the law the basis of all he did. He was not to vary from it (see v. 7 ), and it was not to depart out of his mouth, that is, all that he spoke was to conform to it, and he was to meditate upon it constantly (see v. 8 ). The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, who were to inherit lands already conquered on the east side of the Jordan, were charged to join the other tribes in conquering the rest of the land. These tribes showed their loyalty by accepting that charge and covenanting to put to death any who refused to do so.
More than Jericho, Ai, the second city conquered after Israel crossed the Jordan, became a model for the conquests of other cities. Once Ai was taken, Joshua moved Israel to Mount Ebal and fulfilled the instructions of Moses to build an altar there and pronounce the blessings and cursings of the Lord from Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim (see vv. 30–35; Deuteronomy 27 ).
Between this Book and the five Books of Moses, there is the same analogy as between the four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The Pentateuch contains a history of the Acts of the great Jewish legislator, and the Laws on which the Jewish Church should be established. The Book of Joshua gives an account of the establishment of that Church in the Land of Canaan, according to the oft-repeated promises and declarations of God. The Gospels give an account of the transactions of Jesus Christ, the great Christian legislator, and of those Laws on which his Church should be established, and by which it should be governed. The Acts of the Apostles gives an account of the actual establishment of that Church, according to the predictions and promises of its great founder. Thus, then, the Pentateuch bears as pointed a relation to the Gospels as the Book of Joshua does to the Acts of the Apostles.” (Clarke, Bible Commentary, 2:4.)
Biblical Israel is generally thought of as that region south and southwest of the Lebanon mountains, north and east of Egypt, east of the Mediterranean coastal plain, and west of the Arabian desert.
It was a token of great remorse, true humility, and deep repentance. It also symbolized the unworthy station of man compared to deity (see Genesis 37:34; compare Job 2:12; Lamentations 2:10 ). This sense of unworthiness seems to be the meaning of King Benjamin’s comment that the people considered themselves as less than the dust of the earth (see Mosiah 4:2 ).
(21-32) The inhabitants of Canaan were ferocious and warlike. They resisted bitterly any attempt by others to settle on land they regarded as their own. But the Lord had given Canaan to the Israelites. It was theirs to hold if only they had the courage and strength to wrest it from the Canaanites and keep it safe from their enemies.
It is not surprising, then, that during that period they had failed to continue the practice of circumcision, which was the symbol of their covenant. Therefore, after Joshua had led his people through the waters of the Jordan—a type of baptism (see Reading 21-7)—onto the sacred ground that had been denied their fathers, the Lord required them to reinstitute the physical token of the covenant.
Consecrate yourselves (3:5) Instead of making an immediate crossing, however, there is a three-day wait, and then a call for consecration. Joshua commands the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.". (3:5)
The Israelites had no food and no way to coax enough nutrition from the desert to feed a million and a half people. So God sent them manna. It appeared each morning except on the Sabbath as flakes of frost on the desert floor, and they would collect it in baskets to feed their families.
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 took place along the San Andreas Fault. Within less than a minute, the land on either side of the fault slipped a full 20 feet during the quake. When large earthquakes happen along river valleys, landslides occur, like the ones that blocked the Jordan in 1267 and 1927. [11] .
"As soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water's edge , the water from upstream stopped flowing.... The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground." (3:15, 16, 17)
Today the ark -- the symbol of the throne of God -- indicates where they were to go.
Father, forgive us for our fear when change is upon us. Help us to trust you, to follow you where you lead, even if it is to a place we have never been before. Lord, we consecrate ourselves afresh to you. Cleanse our hearts. Cleanse our habits. Cleanse us of our unbelief. Let us eat bread and drink wine with you in the Kingdom you are bringing. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.
The people go into the land and they fight a series of battles. The first is the battle of Jericho, the entrance to the heartland of Canaan.
Despite many difficulties on the way, the Israelites do finally lay claim to the Promised Land but their life there is far from calm, particularly after Joshua dies. The Bible relates that they had only themselves to blame:
After the land is conquered is divided into separate tribal portions via a divinely guided lottery. The Book of Joshua also describes the Biblical boundaries of the Land Of Israel. At this time the so-called Promised Land is bounded by the Egyptian empire to the south and the Mesopotamia to the north. But it is not ruled by either of them.
It is made clear that the Canaanites are extremely immoral and idolatrous people and the Jews cannot live with them as neighbors.
And it was after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, that the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying, “Moses my servant has died and now arise and cross the River Jordan. You and all this nation go to the land which I give the Children of Israel.
Joshua is one of the great leaders of Jewish history. The Talmud says: “ The face of Moses was like the face of the Sun, while the face of Joshua was like the face of the moon. ” 1 This is understood to mean that the greatness of Joshua was reflection of his teacher, Moses, which is a tremendous compliment. But it also tells us that just as the sun ...
Despite many difficulties on the way, the Israelites do finally lay claim to the Promised Land but their life there is far from calm, particularly after Joshua dies. The Bible relates that they had only themselves to blame:
Say: Joshua and the Israelites camped next to the Jordan River for three days. The officers told the people that the priests would come by carrying the Ark of the Covenant. This was the golden box that was placed inside the Holy of Holies (or Most Holy Place), in the heart of the Tabernacle ( Exodus 26:34 ).
Moses was not allowed to enter the Promised Land because on one occasion he had disobeyed God in front of all the Israelites ( Numbers 20:8-12 ). Moses asked God to appoint another man to lead the Israelites ( Numbers 27:15-17 ).
“Be strong and brave. You will lead these people, and they will take the land as their very own. It is the land I promised with an oath to give their people long ago.
The trip from Egypt to their new home should have taken the Israelites only DAYS, but instead, they wandered in the desert for 40 YEARS. All of that time, God PROVIDED everything the Israelites needed ( Deuteronomy 29:5-6 ).
The Israelites were now east of the Jordan River. God was going to give the Israelites the land that was west of the Jordan. Teacher: REFER to MAP. The land was not a land without people, though. The land was already home to the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jesusites.
Only Joshua and his good friend Caleb would enter ( Numbers 14:21-24, 30), because Joshua and Caleb followed God whole-heartedly ( Numbers 32:12 ). After forty years of wandering, the entire generation of Israelites who were delivered from slavery had died, except Joshua and Caleb. It was the children who had been born during ...
Remember that you have nothing to fear. God will always be with you! God instructed Joshua’s men to build a memorial to remember what He had done. This would help Joshua and the others to be brave, because we draw strength from remembering God’s power and the times God has worked on our behalf.