3 Chapter 1 I. Jehovah’s charge to Joshua (1:1-9): A. (Z) 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. [24] Some alternate sites for Ai have been proposed which would partially resolve the discrepancy in dates, but these sites have not been widely accepted. The Lord will bring trouble on you today.”. 21 For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city and that smoke was going up from it, they turned around(LH) and attacked the men of Ai. 18 But keep away from the devoted things,(HH) so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. He pointed to two sets of archaeological findings that "seem to suggest that the biblical account is in general correct regarding the nature of the late thirteenth and twelfth-eleventh centuries in the country" (i.e., "a period of tremendous violence"). 9) Joshua is said to have written parts of the book himself (8:32; 24:26) c. Some parts of the book were written latter than Joshua, but not much later: 1) The phrase “to this day” suggests a time later, but not much later, than the 8 10 But Joshua had commanded the army, “Do not give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do not say a word until the day I tell you to shout. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. With Angela Lansbury, John Astin, Tom Bosley, Chuck Connors. And Joshua took the stone knives with which he had circumcised the children of Israel, which were in the way in the wilderness, and he placed them in Tamnath Sarach.[13]. They were still uncircumcised because they had not been circumcised on the way. In the Book of Judges, the Books of Samuel, and the Books of Kings, the Israelites become faithless and God ultimately shows his anger by sending his people into exile. A reduced version of the Septuagint text is found in the illustrated Joshua Roll. Joshua 9:1 French Bible Joshua 9:1 German Bible Alphabetical: the about all along Amorite Amorites and as beyond came Canaanite Canaanites coast country entire far foothills Great heard hill Hittite Hittites Hivite Hivites in it Jebusite Jebusites Jordan kings Lebanon lowland Now of on Perizzite Perizzites Sea the these things those toward were west western when who 17 So the Israelites set out and on the third day came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth(ND) and Kiriath Jearim. He then erected a memorial stone "under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the Lord" in Shechem (Joshua 24:1-27). What are you doing down on your face? 20 And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones(FN) they had taken out of the Jordan. (JP) He has violated the covenant(JQ) of the Lord and has done an outrageous thing in Israel!’”(JR), 16 Early the next morning Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes, and Judah was chosen. 16 She said to them, “Go to the hills(CD) so the pursuers(CE) will not find you. o Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Read more Share Copy Show footnotes A service of / . Do not be afraid;(AA) do not be discouraged,(AB) for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”(AC), 10 So Joshua ordered the officers of the people:(AD) 11 “Go through the camp(AE) and tell the people, ‘Get your provisions(AF) ready. [6]:180, The narrative then switches to the south. 11 Israel has sinned;(JB) they have violated my covenant,(JC) which I commanded them to keep. 7 And Joshua said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord, why(IX) did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? The whole assembly grumbled(NG) against the leaders, 19 but all the leaders answered, “We have given them our oath by the Lord, the God of Israel, and we cannot touch them now. (JI) I will not be with you anymore(JJ) unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction. Joshua: The Journey of a Faith Walker - Study 1 LEADER’S GUIDE Move Forward in Faith God has power in your circumstances. [b](BP) 11 When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear(BQ) and everyone’s courage failed(BR) because of you,(BS) for the Lord your God(BT) is God in heaven above and on the earth(BU) below. Transfer of leadership to Joshua (1:1–18), II. Numbers 32:1–42), and then describes how Joshua divided the newly conquered land of Canaan into parcels, and assigned them to the tribes by lot. 13 “Go, consecrate the people. Book of Joshua, Joshua also spelled Josue, the sixth book of the Bible, which, along with Deuteronomy, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, and 1 and 2 Kings, belongs to a tradition of Jewish history and law, called Deuteronomic, that was first committed to writing about 550 bce, during the Babylonian Exile.. 11 The entire force that was with him marched up and approached the city and arrived in front of it. [5]:49, God commissions Joshua to take possession of the land and warns him to keep faith with the Mosaic covenant. [48], By the same token, the Biblical narrative of conquest has been used as an apparatus of critique against Zionism. 13 The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets went forward, marching before the ark of the Lord and blowing the trumpets. 12 Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city. The book was probably revised and completed after the fall of Jerusalem to the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 586 BCE, and possibly after the return from the Babylonian exile in 538 BCE. [26], Albright questioned the "tenacity" of etiologies, which were key to Noth's analysis of the campaigns in Joshua. 8 When Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets before the Lord went forward, blowing their trumpets, and the ark of the Lord’s covenant followed them. Numbers 21), and the 31 kings on the west of the Jordan who were defeated under Joshua's leadership (Joshua 12:7–24). The Transjordanian tribes are dismissed, affirming their loyalty to Yahweh. [39]:159 Yahweh, as the main character in the book, takes the initiative in conquering the land, and Yahweh's power wins the battles. 8 “We are your servants,(MS)” they said to Joshua. 15 Then Joshua made a treaty of peace(NA) with them to let them live,(NB) and the leaders of the assembly ratified it by oath. 5 At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate,(BC) they left. The next morning, Rahab professes her faith in God to the men and acknowledges her belief that Canaan was meant for the Israelites to inhabit. (MY) 11 And our elders and all those living in our country said to us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go and meet them and say to them, “We are your servants; make a treaty with us.”’ 12 This bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. [50] This kind of critique is not new; Jonathan Boyarin notes how Frederick W. Turner blamed Israel's monotheism for the very idea of genocide, which Boyarin found "simplistic" yet with precedents. [2], Almost all scholars agree that the Book of Joshua holds little historical value for early Israel and most likely reflects a much later period. Then all Israel stoned him,(KC) and after they had stoned the rest, they burned them. I AM LITERALLY BLESSED TO KNOW THAT THE EXPERIENCE IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA I AM LITERALLY BLESSED TO KNOW THAT THE EXPERIENCE IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA WAS ACTUALLY WRITTEN BY JOSHUA HIMSELF , THUS THE IMPACT OF YAHWEHs HAND … (CP), 22 When they left, they went into the hills and stayed there three days,(CQ) until the pursuers(CR) had searched all along the road and returned without finding them. 14 That day the Lord exalted(FI) Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they stood in awe of him all the days of his life, just as they had stood in awe of Moses. [51], Entry into the land and conquest (chapters 2–12), Joshua's farewell speeches (chapters 23–24), Noort, Ed. [4]:10–11, Only two of the Dead Sea Scrolls feature parts of Joshua: 4QJosha and 4QJoshb, found in Qumran Cave 4 and dating to the Hasmonean period. Joshua thus illustrates the central Deuteronomistic message, that obedience leads to success and disobedience to ruin. (IZ) What then will you do for your own great name?(JA)”. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River(C) into the land(D) I am about to give to them(E)—to the Israelites. 9 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the place has been called Gilgal[h](GF) to this day. CHAPTER 9 Confederacy Against Israel. 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