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December 6, 2017 - June 22, 2019
The authorship of the book of Joshua is unknown.
One
major edition of the larger work is generally dated to the late seventh
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The book of Joshua describes a conquest of Canaan and its allotment to ...
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the book portrays the fulfillment of God’s covenantal promise to Israel’s ancestors that their descen...
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Moreover, these stories challenge the book’s readers to live in obedience to the Deuteronomic covenant so that they also w...
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No one shall be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you. ⁶
Proof that Joshua is the new Moses.
Devoted thing
Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
“Because this people have transgressed my covenant that I commanded their ancestors, and have not obeyed my voice, ²¹ I will no longer drive out before them any
The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, forgetting the Lord their God, and worshiping the Baals and the Asherahs. ⁸ Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel,
But when the Israelites cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the Israelites, who delivered them, Othniel son of Kenaz,
The spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel; h...
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So the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel so...
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The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord strengthened King Eglon of Moab against Israel, because they had done w...
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So the Israelites served King Eglon of Moab e...
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But when the Israelites cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud so...
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So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years.
And the land had rest forty years.
The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty warrior.” ¹³ Gideon answered him, “But sir, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our ancestors recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’
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Of all this force, there were seven hundred picked men who were left-handed; every one could sling a stone at a hair, and not miss. ¹⁷
