Good morning,
Today we are passing into the Book of Joshua; and Joshua is in charge and the Lord is setting him up to be the leader. The Lord tells him to be strong and courageous and not to move from the law of the covenant at all.
In Joshua chapter two, Joshua sends two men out to spy the land; and Rahab the harlot allowed them to hide in her place. She heard about the children of Israel and said their people were scared of them. They heard about what God did in Egypt so she was well aware, and she made the two men promise they will deal kindly with her and her family when Israel comes in and take the land. And that is how she saved her household, by her faith that the God of Heaven was the God of the children of Israel.
In chapter three the Lord is ready to perform a big sight to make the people know and believe that He is with Joshua: 7And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
They are ready to cross the Jordan by the priest standing in the Jordan and the Jordan will dry up and when the priest held the ark of the covenant in the water, it dried and they went over dry shod.
In chapter 4; when the priest came out of the Jordan at the command of Joshua, the water went back and over flowed it's banks and the children of Israel feared Joshua as they did Moses and they took up the stones as a memorial, 12 of them, to tell their children about what the Lord has done in the Jordan.
In Joshua chapter 5; the people heard of what the Lord did for Israel; their heart melted and were sorely afraid of Israel. And Joshua commanded that all the males be circumcised in the flesh. Many of Israel did not circumcise themselves when they came out of Egypt because their parents didn't do it. So Joshua took off the reproach of Egypt off of Israel by circumcising the males. They also held the passover on the 14th day.
And the captain of the Lord's Host, the angel Michael, approached Joshua and he appeared to Joshua as a man; because until he announced himself Joshua approached him to see if he was coming in peace or in trouble. He came in peace to give instruction and Joshua fell upon his face. This lets us know angels can appear to us as men and we can't tell they are angels unless the let us know they are.
In chapter 6 Joshua is getting the instructions on how they will take the city. 6And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.
8And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
9And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
They were to march around the city one time each day for six days, seven priest with seven trumpets blowing the trumpets. The trumpets announces the coming of a King and the announcing of a war. Remember the ark of the covenant went after the priest with the trumpets and that ark of the covenant represents God Himself.
On the 7th day, they circled the city 7 times and on the last circle the people shouted and the wall fell down flat and they went in straight and took the city.
Yet they kept the house of Rahab and her family and burnt the city with fire; only taking the gold of the city, the city of Jericho. Joshua fame went out through the whole country.
The children of Israel were not suppose to take any spoil especially any idol or cursed thing; but one man did (Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing:). And the people of Ai smote some of the children of Israel; and Joshua inquired with the Lord why this was thus. And the Lord removed Himself from Israel until the accursed thing was removed.
And whoever had the accursed thing would be burnt with fire because of his trespass along with all his belongings. 20And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
24And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
25And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
The Lord's judgment was harsh; but because of Achan's greed and disobedience, people were killed for his senseless actions; and the Lord is very serious and harsh on people to follow instructions.
Now in chapter 8; Israel reattempts to take the city of Ai; and do it with a strategy to ambush the city of Ai. And they set them up greatly, for Joshua was a great general and they took the city and burned it; and hanged the king of Ai.
After they took Ai; Joshua read all the book of the law to the people that Moses wrote. This reading of the law was very important.
In Joshua chapter 9 all the neighboring countries decided to gather together to fight against Israel as one. And some of the people in the coast, the Hivites faked as if they came from a long journey and were not part of the nations Israel was to destroy. They did this in order to make a league with the people of Israel.
One thing they understood is God kept covenants and agreements that people made with Him and with each other. Joshua and the elders took no counsel with God and made a league and thus could not kill them; but they remained servants to Israel.
Now when the king of Jerusalem (Canaanite people) saw that the Hivites ( of Gibeon) had made a league withe Israel he wanted to kill Gibeon for making the league with Israel; but Israel had to protect Gibeonites as they would protect themselves. But the Lord gave the people of the lands into the hands of Israel and even rain hell stones on the people who the Israelites didn't get with the sword.
11And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
12Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
13And 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.
14And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
Joshua was so insistent on killing these people they he commanded the sun to stay still until he finished; and the Lord listened to him and let it be. This also was a great wonder in Israel. In Joshua chapter 11; we see the taking down of more cities and the burning of Hazor and took spoil of other cities killing all the people and the kings. 23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
Chapter 12. This chapter tells us all the lands and nations the children of Israel smote and took for a possession on each side of the Jordan that was divided among the children of Israel. There were a lot of nations, 31 nations total.
Joshua 13 reads that there was still much more land for the Israelites to possess that they haven't yet. And Joshua was getting old and it still needed to be done. And they did more still some of the people to be destroyed and land to be taken still remained with Israel even until this day. And the inheritance of each tribe is mentioned and given in this chapter.
In chapter 14, we see Caleb get his plot of land from the order of Moses and Joshua blessed him. Caleb received the land of Hebron even until this day. And the land rested from war.
This is our reading today. Tomorrow we will finish Joshua and read 3 chapters in Judges. I know there was a lot of killing; I should have put the rated "R" if you read with your kids. One thing people rarely know is that the customs of the people that the Lord sent the children of Israel to take down; are the customs that many keep even today. It is important to find out about those customs and refrain from them even if they are great family traditions.
Thank you and see you tomorrow.
Grace and peace.
They were to march around the city one time each day for six days, seven priest with seven trumpets blowing the trumpets. The trumpets announces the coming of a King and the announcing of a war. Remember the ark of the covenant went after the priest with the trumpets and that ark of the covenant represents God Himself.
On the 7th day, they circled the city 7 times and on the last circle the people shouted and the wall fell down flat and they went in straight and took the city.
Yet they kept the house of Rahab and her family and burnt the city with fire; only taking the gold of the city, the city of Jericho. Joshua fame went out through the whole country.
The children of Israel were not suppose to take any spoil especially any idol or cursed thing; but one man did (Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing:). And the people of Ai smote some of the children of Israel; and Joshua inquired with the Lord why this was thus. And the Lord removed Himself from Israel until the accursed thing was removed.
And whoever had the accursed thing would be burnt with fire because of his trespass along with all his belongings. 20And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
24And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
25And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
The Lord's judgment was harsh; but because of Achan's greed and disobedience, people were killed for his senseless actions; and the Lord is very serious and harsh on people to follow instructions.
Now in chapter 8; Israel reattempts to take the city of Ai; and do it with a strategy to ambush the city of Ai. And they set them up greatly, for Joshua was a great general and they took the city and burned it; and hanged the king of Ai.
After they took Ai; Joshua read all the book of the law to the people that Moses wrote. This reading of the law was very important.
In Joshua chapter 9 all the neighboring countries decided to gather together to fight against Israel as one. And some of the people in the coast, the Hivites faked as if they came from a long journey and were not part of the nations Israel was to destroy. They did this in order to make a league with the people of Israel.
One thing they understood is God kept covenants and agreements that people made with Him and with each other. Joshua and the elders took no counsel with God and made a league and thus could not kill them; but they remained servants to Israel.
Now when the king of Jerusalem (Canaanite people) saw that the Hivites ( of Gibeon) had made a league withe Israel he wanted to kill Gibeon for making the league with Israel; but Israel had to protect Gibeonites as they would protect themselves. But the Lord gave the people of the lands into the hands of Israel and even rain hell stones on the people who the Israelites didn't get with the sword.
11And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
12Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
13And 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.
14And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
Joshua was so insistent on killing these people they he commanded the sun to stay still until he finished; and the Lord listened to him and let it be. This also was a great wonder in Israel. In Joshua chapter 11; we see the taking down of more cities and the burning of Hazor and took spoil of other cities killing all the people and the kings. 23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
Chapter 12. This chapter tells us all the lands and nations the children of Israel smote and took for a possession on each side of the Jordan that was divided among the children of Israel. There were a lot of nations, 31 nations total.
Joshua 13 reads that there was still much more land for the Israelites to possess that they haven't yet. And Joshua was getting old and it still needed to be done. And they did more still some of the people to be destroyed and land to be taken still remained with Israel even until this day. And the inheritance of each tribe is mentioned and given in this chapter.
In chapter 14, we see Caleb get his plot of land from the order of Moses and Joshua blessed him. Caleb received the land of Hebron even until this day. And the land rested from war.
This is our reading today. Tomorrow we will finish Joshua and read 3 chapters in Judges. I know there was a lot of killing; I should have put the rated "R" if you read with your kids. One thing people rarely know is that the customs of the people that the Lord sent the children of Israel to take down; are the customs that many keep even today. It is important to find out about those customs and refrain from them even if they are great family traditions.
Thank you and see you tomorrow.
Grace and peace.
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