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  Speaker 1: The story of Joshua begins with a pivotal moment of
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  Speaker 1: transition in the life of the people of Israel. After
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  Speaker 1: forty years wandering in the wilderness and the loss of
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  Speaker 1: their great leader, Moses, the Israelites now stood at the
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  Speaker 1: threshold of the promised Land, ready to begin the conquest
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  Speaker 1: that God had planned for generations. The Book of Joshua
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  Speaker 1: marks the fulfillment of the promises made to Abraham, Isaac,
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  Speaker 1: and Jacob. This is the moment when faith turns into action,
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  Speaker 1: when God's words become tangible reality. We will see how
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  Speaker 1: God prepared Joshua to lead this great mission, how he
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  Speaker 1: rallied the people, and how the first steps of the
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  Speaker 1: conquest began through a reconnaissance mission that would reveal not
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  Speaker 1: only the strength of their enemies, but also the presence
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  Speaker 1: of unexpected allies. This is a story about how God
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  Speaker 1: equips those he chooses to fulfill his purposes even when
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  Speaker 1: the challenges seem insurmountable. Josh Tuhua's story opens with the
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  Speaker 1: report of moses death and God's call to Joshua. In
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  Speaker 1: Joshua one one too, we read after the death of Moses,
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  Speaker 1: the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua,
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  Speaker 1: son of Nune. Moses aid, Moses, my servant is dead. Now,
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  Speaker 1: then you and all these people yet ready to cross
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  Speaker 1: the Jordan River into the land I am about to
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  Speaker 1: give to them to the Israelites. With these words, God
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  Speaker 1: marked the beginning of a new era for Israel. Moses,
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  Speaker 1: the great liberator and mediator, who had led the people
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  Speaker 1: for forty years through the wilderness, was no longer with them.
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  Speaker 1: His body had been buried by God in the plains
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  Speaker 1: of Moab, and now it was time to move forward. Joshua,
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  Speaker 1: who had served Moses faithfully for years, watching and learning
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  Speaker 1: from his mentor, now stood alone before the greatest responsibility
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  Speaker 1: a man could bear, leading God's chosen people to take
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  Speaker 1: possession of the promised land. Perhaps fear and uncertainty crept
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  Speaker 1: into his mind, after all, how could he possibly fill
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  Speaker 1: the shoes of a man who spoke with God face
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  Speaker 1: to face. But God, who knows the human heart, did
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  Speaker 1: not leave Joshua without assurance. In Joshua one three four,
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  Speaker 1: he makes a solemn declaration reaffirming his promise concerning the land.
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  Speaker 1: I will give you every place where you set your foot,
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  Speaker 1: as I promised Moses your territory will extend from the
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  Speaker 1: desert to Lebanon, and from the great river the Euphrates,
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  Speaker 1: all the Hittite country to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
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  Speaker 1: This wasn't just any land. It was a vast and
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  Speaker 1: rich territory, stretching from the Sinai Desert in the south
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  Speaker 1: to the mountains of Lebanon in the north, from the
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  Speaker 1: Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Euphrates River in
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  Speaker 1: the east. But land alone meant nothing without the promise
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  Speaker 1: of divine presence. That's why in Joshua one five, God ads,
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  Speaker 1: no one will be able to stand against you all
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  Speaker 1: the days of your life as I was with Moses,
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  Speaker 1: so I will be with you. I will never leave
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  Speaker 1: you nor forsake you. This was the greatest assurance Joshua
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  Speaker 1: could receive. The continual presence and power of God would
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  Speaker 1: accompany him through every battle, every decision, and every moment
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  Speaker 1: of doubt. Then three times, as if to underscore the
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  Speaker 1: importance of the message, God gives Joshua a command. First,
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  Speaker 1: in Joshua one six, be strong and courageous, because you
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  Speaker 1: will lead these people to inherit the land. I swore
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  Speaker 1: to their ancestors to give them. Then in verse seven,
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  Speaker 1: be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all
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  Speaker 1: the law my servant Moses gave you. Do not turn
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  Speaker 1: from it to the right or to the left, that
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  Speaker 1: you may be successful wherever you go. And finally, in
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  Speaker 1: verse nine, have I not commanded you be strong and courageous.
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  Speaker 1: Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged, For the
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  Speaker 1: Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
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  Speaker 1: Courage and strength were not optional for Joshua. They were
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  Speaker 1: divine mandates. But that courage wasn't to come from his
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  Speaker 1: own strength or military experience. It was to be grounded
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  Speaker 1: entirely in his trust in God's presence and power. And
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  Speaker 1: how was he to nurture that trust daily? The answer
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  Speaker 1: lies in Joshua one eight. Keep this book of the
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  Speaker 1: Law always on your lips. Meditate on it day and night,
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  Speaker 1: so that you may be careful to do everything written
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  Speaker 1: in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Joshua's
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  Speaker 1: success would not depend solely on the sword, but on
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  Speaker 1: his continual meditation on God's word. The military conquest would
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  Speaker 1: be preceded and upheld by a spiritual conquer. The leader's
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  Speaker 1: daily submission to divine instruction. Encouraged and strengthened by these
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  Speaker 1: divine promises, Joshua did not waste time. In Joshua one
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  Speaker 1: ten eleven we see his first act as leader. So
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  Speaker 1: Joshua ordered the officers of the people go through the
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  Speaker 1: camp and tell the people get your provisions ready. Three
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  Speaker 1: days from now you will cross the Jordan here to
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  Speaker 1: go in and take possession of the land the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: your God is giving you for your own. The new
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  Speaker 1: leader proved to be decisive and practical. While God's promises
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  Speaker 1: formed the spiritual foundation of his leadership, Joshua knew the
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  Speaker 1: people also needed clear instructions and logistical preparation. Three days
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  Speaker 1: that was the time frame enough to gather provisions, organize equipment,
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  Speaker 1: and above all, mentally prepare for the monumental task ahead.
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  Speaker 1: Their aimless wandering was over. A clear God now lay
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  Speaker 1: before them to cross the Jordan and take hold of
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  Speaker 1: the land God had promised them. However, there was one
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  Speaker 1: specific matter to address. Two tribes, Reuben and Gad, and
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  Speaker 1: half of the tribe of Manassa, had already received their
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  Speaker 1: inheritance east of the Jordan, in the territory conquered under
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  Speaker 1: Moses leadership. It wouldn't be fair for them to settle
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  Speaker 1: while their fellow Israelites still had battles to fight. That's
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  Speaker 1: why in Joshua one twelve to fifteen, Joshua addresses them directly.
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  Speaker 1: But to the Rubenites, the Gaydites, and the half tribe
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  Speaker 1: of Manassa, Joshua said, remember the command that Moses, the
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  Speaker 1: servant of the Lord, gave you. After he said, the
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  Speaker 1: Lord your God will give you rest by giving you
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  Speaker 1: this land. Your wives, your children, and your livestock may
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  Speaker 1: stay in the land that Moses gave you east of
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  Speaker 1: the Jordan, but all your fighting men ready for battle,
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  Speaker 1: must cross over ahead of your fellow iSites. You are
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  Speaker 1: to help them until the Lord gives them rest as
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  Speaker 1: he has done for you, and until they too have
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  Speaker 1: taken possession of the land the Lord your God is
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  Speaker 1: giving them. After that you may go back and occupy
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  Speaker 1: your own land, which Moses, the servant of the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: gave you east of the Jordan, toward the sunrise. This
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  Speaker 1: was the special challenge for these tribes, even though they
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  Speaker 1: had already secured their own lands. They were to keep
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  Speaker 1: fighting until all their fellow Israelites had received their inheritance
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  Speaker 1: as well. It was a core principle the well being
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  Speaker 1: of the community was to come before individual comfort. No
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  Speaker 1: tribe could consider itself truly blessed while others were still struggling.
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  Speaker 1: The response of these tribes, recorded in Joshua one sixteen
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  Speaker 1: to eighteen, revealed the spirit of unity that prevailed among
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  Speaker 1: the people. Then they answered Joshua, saying, all that you
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  Speaker 1: command us, we will do, and wherever you send us,
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  Speaker 1: we will go. Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so
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  Speaker 1: we will obey you. Only. May the Lord your God
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  Speaker 1: be with you as he was with Moses. Anyone who
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  Speaker 1: rebels against your command and does not obey your words
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  Speaker 1: whatever you command him, shall be put to death. Only
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  Speaker 1: be strong and courageous. The loyalty they pledged to Joshua
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  Speaker 1: was the same they had once shown to Moses. They
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  Speaker 1: recognized in him a divinely appointed authority and committed to
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  Speaker 1: following him with the same devotion. Notably, the final words
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  Speaker 1: of their response echoed the very command God had given Joshua.
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  Speaker 1: Be strong and courageous. It was as if the people
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  Speaker 1: were returning to their leader the same message of encouragement
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  Speaker 1: that God had spoken to him in this way, a
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  Speaker 1: circle of trust was established. God trusted Joshua, and the
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  Speaker 1: people trusted him too, recognizing that God was wi their leader,
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  Speaker 1: just as he had been with Moses. With the people
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  Speaker 1: prepared for the crossing of the Jordan and the conquest
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  Speaker 1: of the land, Joshua made a strategic decision. In Joshua
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  Speaker 1: two one we read then Joshua, son of Nune secretly
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  Speaker 1: sent two men as spies from Shittam, saying, go look
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  Speaker 1: over the land, especially Jericho. So they went and entered
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  Speaker 1: the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
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  Speaker 1: Even though he had divine promises of victory, Joshua didn't
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  Speaker 1: neglect the human preparations that were still necessary. Faith in
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  Speaker 1: God didn't exclude prudence and strategy. The mission was kept secret.
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  Speaker 1: It wasn't announced to the entire camp. Only two men
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  Speaker 1: were selected, lightly due to the discretion the task required.
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  Speaker 1: They didn't need an army to scout the land. They
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  Speaker 1: needed agile, observant men capable of blending in among the
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  Speaker 1: Canaanites without drawing attention. The specific target was Jericho, the
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  Speaker 1: first major fortress city the Israelites would face after crossing
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  Speaker 1: the Jordan. Located in a fertile region, It was known
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  Speaker 1: as the City of Palms and represented a strategic entry
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  Speaker 1: point for the conquest of the land. Its mighty walls
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  Speaker 1: were famous designed to discourage any would be invaders. If
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  Speaker 1: the Israelites could take Jericho, they would have opened the
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  Speaker 1: door to the interior of Canaan. The importance of this
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  Speaker 1: reconnaissance mission cannot be overstated. Before committing the entire people
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  Speaker 1: to battle, it was crucial to gather information about the terrain,
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  Speaker 1: the city's defenses, the morale of its inhabitants, and any
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  Speaker 1: potential weaknesses that could be exploited. Military intelligence has always
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  Speaker 1: been a decisive factor in warfare, and Joshua, as an
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  Speaker 1: experienced leader, understood this well. Interestingly, the spies didn't stay
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  Speaker 1: just anywhere. They went to the house of Rahab, a
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  Speaker 1: prostitute who lived along the city wall. At first glance,
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  Speaker 1: this choice might seem strange, but it was actually a
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  Speaker 1: strategically smart move. A prostitute's house would be a place
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  Speaker 1: where strangers coming and going wouldn't raise much suspicion. Moreover,
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  Speaker 1: because of her profession, Raehab likely had access to information
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  Speaker 1: and rumors from various parts of the city and neighboring regions.
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  Speaker 1: What the spies couldn't have anticipated was that this seemingly
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  Speaker 1: pragmatic choice would prove to be providential. At Raehab's house,
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  Speaker 1: they didn't just find temporary shelter. They found an unexpected
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  Speaker 1: ally who would become instrumental to the success of their
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  Speaker 1: mission and later on to the conquest of Jericho itself.
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  Speaker 1: The spies stay at two Rahab's house didn't go unnoticed
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  Speaker 1: for long. In Joshua two two to three we read
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  Speaker 1: the King of Jericho. I was told, look, some of
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  Speaker 1: the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land.
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  Speaker 1: So the King of Jericho sent this message to Raehab.
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  Speaker 1: Bring out the men who came to you and entered
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  Speaker 1: your house, because they have come to spy out the
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  Speaker 1: whole land. The city's surveillance systems were remarkably effective. Strangers
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  Speaker 1: were quickly identified as potential Israelite spies, and the information
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  Speaker 1: reached the king without delay. The danger was real and imminent.
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  Speaker 1: The spies were cornered in enemy territory, and the outcome
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  Speaker 1: of their mission and their lives now depended on the
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  Speaker 1: actions of a Canaanite woman, A prostitute. They barely knew.
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  Speaker 1: Any one in her position would have had every reason
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  Speaker 1: to turn them in and win favor with the authorities. Surprisingly,
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  Speaker 1: Raehab did the exact opposite. In Joshua two fourty seven
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  Speaker 1: we see her cunning intervention. But the woman had taken
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  Speaker 1: the two men and hidden them. She said, yes, the
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  Speaker 1: men came to me, but I did not know where
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  Speaker 1: they had come from. At dusk, when it was time
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  Speaker 1: to close the city gate, they left. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: which way they went. Go after them quickly, you may
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  Speaker 1: catch up with them. But she had taken them up
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  Speaker 1: to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of
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  Speaker 1: flax she had laid out on the roof. So the
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  Speaker 1: men set out in pursuit of the spies on the
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  Speaker 1: road that leads to the fords of the Jordan, and
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  Speaker 1: as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate
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  Speaker 1: was shut. Perhaps action was both bold and risky. First,
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  Speaker 1: she hid the spies on the roof of her house
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  Speaker 1: under stalks of flax that were laid out to dry,
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  Speaker 1: an improvised but effective hiding place. Then she deliberately lied
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  Speaker 1: to the king's messengers, claiming the men had already left
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  Speaker 1: and pointing them in a false direction toward the Jordan.
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  Speaker 1: Her lie was convincing enough that the pursuers left in
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  Speaker 1: haste to chase after the supposed fugitives. The text specifically
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  Speaker 1: mentions that they headed to the fords and shallow crossing
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  Speaker 1: points in the river once the city gate was closed
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  Speaker 1: behind them. It gave the hidden spies a crucial window
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  Speaker 1: of time. Rehab's actions raised some complex ethical questions. On
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  Speaker 1: one hand, she lied and betrayed her own people, something
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  Speaker 1: that under normal circumstances would be considered wrong. On the
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  Speaker 1: other hand, she acted out of a deep conviction about
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  Speaker 1: the God of Israel and his purpose in history, as
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  Speaker 1: we will see next. In this context, her lie can
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  Speaker 1: be seen as part of an act of faith, a
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  Speaker 1: choice to align herself with what she believed to be
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  Speaker 1: the right side of history, even if it meant going
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  Speaker 1: against her own nation. The hiding place on the roof
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  Speaker 1: top among the stalks of flax was a seemingly small
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  Speaker 1: but significant detail in ancient Middle Eastern homes. The roof
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  Speaker 1: as a common space used for various purposes, drying clothes,
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  Speaker 1: storing harvests, even sleeping on hot nights. The flax stalks
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  Speaker 1: laid out to dry before being processed, provided a perfect
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  Speaker 1: hiding spot, dense enough to conceal the men, yet ordinary
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  Speaker 1: enough not to raise suspicion. While the pursuers chased a
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  Speaker 1: false lead, Raehab went up to the roof to speak
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  Speaker 1: with the spies. What followed was one of the most
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  Speaker 1: astonishing declarations of faith in the Bible. In Joshua two
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  Speaker 1: eight two eleven, the Canaanite prostitute reveals a remarkable understanding
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  Speaker 1: of the God of Israel. Before the spies lay down
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  Speaker 1: for the night, she went up on the roof and
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  Speaker 1: said to them, I know that the Lord has given
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  Speaker 1: you this land, and that a great fear of you
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  Speaker 1: has fallen on us, so that all who live in
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  Speaker 1: this country are melting in fear because of you. We
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  Speaker 1: have heard how the Lord dried up the water of
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  Speaker 1: the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt,
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  Speaker 1: and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two
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  Speaker 1: kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you
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  Speaker 1: completely destroyed. When we heard of it, our hearts melted
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  Speaker 1: in fear, and every one's courage failed because of you.
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  Speaker 1: For the Lord, your God is God in heaven above
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  Speaker 1: and on the earth below. This speech reveals that Raehab,
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  Speaker 1: though a Canaanite, recognized the power of Israel's God. She
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  Speaker 1: not only knew of the miraculous acts God had performed,
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  Speaker 1: the parting of the Red Sea and the defeat of
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  Speaker 1: powerful Amorite kings, but she also understood their significance. Her confession,
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, your God is God in heaven above and
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  Speaker 1: on the earth below was a monotheistic declaration of faith
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  Speaker 1: in a culturally polytheistic context. Raehab had come to believe
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  Speaker 1: that the God of Israel was not merely one among many,
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  Speaker 1: but the one true God, sovereign over all creation. Raehab
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  Speaker 1: also provided the spies with a crucial piece of intelligence.
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  Speaker 1: The psychological state of Jericho's inhabitants. A great fear of
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  Speaker 1: you has fallen on us, and everyone's courage failed were
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  Speaker 1: strategic insights. The reputation of the Israelites and their God
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  Speaker 1: had preceded them, and fear had already gripped their enemies
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  Speaker 1: before a single battle had in taken place. The Canaanites
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  Speaker 1: weren't just aware of God's deeds, they were terrified by them,
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  Speaker 1: to the point of losing the will to fight. This
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  Speaker 1: was exactly the kind of information Joshua needed to hear.
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  Speaker 1: God had not only promised victory, he was already paving
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  Speaker 1: the way, weakening the enemy's resistance through fear. The battles
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  Speaker 1: were being won in the psychological realm even before the
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  Speaker 1: physical conflict began. Having made her confession of faith, Brahab
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  Speaker 1: made a request in Joshua two twelve to thirteen. Please
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  Speaker 1: swear to me by the Lord that you will show
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  Speaker 1: kindness to my family because I have shown kindness to you.
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  Speaker 1: Give me a sure sign that you will spare the
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  Speaker 1: lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters,
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  Speaker 1: and all who belonged to them, and that you will
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  Speaker 1: save us from death. This request reveals both her faith
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  Speaker 1: and her familial love. She was certain Jericho would fall
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  Speaker 1: to the Israelites. Her concern wasn't if, but when, and
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  Speaker 1: her focus wasn't just on herself, but on her entire family.
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  Speaker 1: Even though she had broken ranks with her city, she
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  Speaker 1: remained loyal to her loved ones. Her plea for mercy
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  Speaker 1: was based on a principle of reciprocity, just as she
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  Speaker 1: had shown mercy to the spies by protecting them. She
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  Speaker 1: asked for the same in return for herself and her family.
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  Speaker 1: The spies didn't hesitate to respond. In Joshua two fourteen,
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  Speaker 1: they said, our lives for your lives. If you don't
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  Speaker 1: tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly
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  Speaker 1: and faithfully when the Lord gives us the land. This
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  Speaker 1: was a solemn oath. They staked their own lives on
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  Speaker 1: the promise of safety for Raehab and her family, provided
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  Speaker 1: she kept the mission secret. With the pact made, it
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  Speaker 1: was time for the spies to escape. Joshua two fifteen
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  Speaker 1: to sixteen gives us the details, so she let them
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  Speaker 1: down by a rope through the window. For the house
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  Speaker 1: she lived in was part of the city wall, she
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  Speaker 1: said to them, go to the hills so the pursuers
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  Speaker 1: will not find you. Hide yourselves there three days until
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  Speaker 1: they return, and then go on your way. Raehab's house
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  Speaker 1: was providentially located. It was built into the city wall
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  Speaker 1: and its window opened to the outside, allowing for an
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  Speaker 1: escape route that bypassed the guarded city gates. The rope
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  Speaker 1: lowering escape through the window was a practical s for
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  Speaker 1: the spies, and that same window would later serve as
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  Speaker 1: the place for the sign that would save Rahab and
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  Speaker 1: her family. Raehab not only provided the means of escape,
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  Speaker 1: but also strategic advice. She knew the terrain and understood
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  Speaker 1: that the pursuers would be searching toward the east, in
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  Speaker 1: the direction of the Jordan River, so she advised the
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  Speaker 1: spies to go west to the hills and hide there
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  Speaker 1: for three days, long enough for the search party to
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  Speaker 1: give up and return to the city. Before leaving, the
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  Speaker 1: spies gave Raehab specific instructions for how she and her
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  Speaker 1: family would be spared. When the Israelites attacked Joshua two
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  Speaker 1: seventeen to twenty, records it now the men had said
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  Speaker 1: to her, this oath you made us swear will not
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  Speaker 1: be binding on us unless when we enter the land,
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  Speaker 1: you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through
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  Speaker 1: which you let us down, and unless you have brought
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  Speaker 1: your father and mother, your brothers, and all your family
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  Speaker 1: into your house. If any of them go outside your
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  Speaker 1: house into the street, their blood will be on their
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  Speaker 1: own heads. We will not be responsible as for those
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  Speaker 1: who are in the house with you. Their blood will
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  Speaker 1: be on our head if a hand is laid on them.
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  Speaker 1: But if you tell what we are doing, we will
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  Speaker 1: be released from the oath you made us swear. The
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  Speaker 1: chosen sign was significant, a cord of scarlet thread, red
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  Speaker 1: in color, tied to the same window through which the
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  Speaker 1: spies had descended. This cord would be visible to the
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  Speaker 1: Israelite troops during the attack and would serve as a
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  Speaker 1: marker identifying the house to be spared. The red color
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  Speaker 1: was fitting, vivid, and easily noticeable even from a distance.
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  Speaker 1: Some Biblical scholars see this red cord as a foreshadowing
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  Speaker 1: of the blood of Christ, which would later save not
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  Speaker 1: just a single family, but all of humanity. Just as
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  Speaker 1: the blood of the passover Lamb on the door posts
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  Speaker 1: had protected the Israelites during the final plague in Egypt,
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  Speaker 1: the red cord in Raehab's window would protect her household
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  Speaker 1: during the destruction of Jericho. These thematic connections between salvation
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  Speaker 1: and blood run throughout the biblical narrative. The terms of
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  Speaker 1: the agreement were clear. All of Raehab's family members had
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  Speaker 1: to be inside the house marked by the red cord.
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  Speaker 1: Anyone who left the house during the attack would not
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  Speaker 1: be covered by the covenant. It was a shared responsibility.
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  Speaker 1: The spies would guarantee the safety of every one inside
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  Speaker 1: the house, but Raehab had to ensure that her whole
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  Speaker 1: family was gathered there at the time of the assault.
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  Speaker 1: Raehab readily accepted these conditions. In Joshua to twenty one,
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  Speaker 1: we read agreed, she replied, let it be as you say.
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  Speaker 1: So she sent them away, and they departed, and she
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  Speaker 1: tied the scarlet cord in the window. Her prompt action
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  Speaker 1: in tying the cord to the window immediately demonstrates her
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  Speaker 1: faith in the SPI's word and her conviction that the
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  Speaker 1: conquest of Jericho by the Israelites was imminent and certain.
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  Speaker 1: Following Raehab's advice, the spies headed for the mountains. Joshua
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  Speaker 1: two twenty two tells us. So they left and went
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  Speaker 1: into the hills and stayed there three days until the
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  Speaker 1: pursuers had searched all along the road and returned without
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  Speaker 1: finding them. The plan worked perfectly. While the pursuers searched
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  Speaker 1: toward the Jordan, the spies were hidden in the opposite
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  Speaker 1: direction in the western hills. After three days, when they
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  Speaker 1: judged it safe, they came down from the hills, crossed
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  Speaker 1: the river, and returned to the Israelite camp. Their return
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  Speaker 1: is described in Joshua two twenty three twenty four. Then
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  Speaker 1: the two men started back. They went down out of
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  Speaker 1: the hills, forded the river, and came to Joshua's son
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  Speaker 1: of None, and told him everything that had happened to them.
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  Speaker 1: They said to Joshua, the Lord has surely given the
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  Speaker 1: whole land into our hands. All the people are melting
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  Speaker 1: in fear because of us. The report they brought to
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: Joshua was extremely positive and encouraging. It confirmed exactly what
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  Speaker 1: God had promised. The victory was guaranteed not just by
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  Speaker 1: military strength, but because God had already gone ahead and
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  Speaker 1: struck fear into the hearts of their enemies. The spy
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  Speaker 1: mission was a complete success. The spies not only scouted
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  Speaker 1: the territory and returned safely, but also brought back valuable
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  Speaker 1: strategic insight into the psychological state of Jericho's inhabitants. Moreover,
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: they had forged an alliance with Rahab, which would prove
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  Speaker 1: critical during the city's conquer What began as a simple
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  Speaker 1: reconnaissance operation turned into a powerful testimony of God's sovereignty
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  Speaker 1: already at work in the hearts of both the Israelites
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  Speaker 1: and the Canaanites, paving the way for the fulfillment of
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  Speaker 1: his promises. Chapter three of Joshua begins with the final
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  Speaker 1: preparations before the great crossing. In the first verse, we
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  Speaker 1: see early in the morning, Joshua and all the Israelites
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  Speaker 1: set out from Shittim and went to the Jordan, where
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  Speaker 1: they camped before crossing over. It was a short move,
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  Speaker 1: but a significant one. They were leaving Shittim, their last
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  Speaker 1: encampment in the wilderness, and approaching the river bank. There
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  Speaker 1: they stayed for three days, a final pause before the
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  Speaker 1: momentous event. During those three days, anticipation grew. The people
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  Speaker 1: could see the river, hear it, perhaps even smell the damp,
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  Speaker 1: lush land on the other side. The promised land use
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  Speaker 1: literally in sight, separated only by that flowing current. But
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  Speaker 1: what a current. During harvest season, the Jordan was no
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  Speaker 1: calm stream. It was full, overflowing, an apparently impassable barrier
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  Speaker 1: for such a large crowd. After three days, it was
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  Speaker 1: time to act. Joshua three two to four tells us.
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  Speaker 1: After three days, the officers went throughout the camp, giving
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  Speaker 1: orders to the people. When you see the ark of
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  Speaker 1: the Covenant of the Lord, your God, and the levitical
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  Speaker 1: priests carrying it. You are to move out from your
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  Speaker 1: positions and follow it. Then you will know which way
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  Speaker 1: to go, since you have never been this way before.
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  Speaker 1: But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between
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  Speaker 1: you and the ark. Do not go near it. The
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  Speaker 1: instructions were clear. They were to follow the Ark of
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  Speaker 1: the Covenant, keeping a respectful distance of about a thousand meters.
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  Speaker 1: This distance wasn't just out of it was also practical,
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  Speaker 1: ensuring everyone could see the ark, which would serve as
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  Speaker 1: a guide along this uncharted path. The note that you
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  Speaker 1: have never been this way before underscored that they were
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  Speaker 1: about to do something unprecedented, something no previous generation had experienced.
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  Speaker 1: But before crossing, spiritual preparation was necessary. In Joshua three five,
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  Speaker 1: we read Joshua told the people, consecrate yourselves for tomorrow
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  Speaker 1: the Lord will do amazing things among you. Consecration was
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  Speaker 1: a ritual purification process that could involve washing clothes, abstaining
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  Speaker 1: from sexual relations, and focusing the mind and heart on
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  Speaker 1: God's presence. It was an acknowledgment that they were about
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  Speaker 1: to witness something sacred, something that required reverence and proper preparation. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: in Joshua three to six, we see a specific instruction
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  Speaker 1: to the priests. Joshua said to the priests, take up
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  Speaker 1: the Ark of the Covenant and pass on ahead of
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  Speaker 1: the people. So they took it up and went ahead
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  Speaker 1: of them. It was not the warriors, but the priests
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  Speaker 1: who would face the raging river first. Carrying the Ark
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  Speaker 1: of the Covenant, the holiest symbol of God's presence among them,
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  Speaker 1: they would lead the way across this impossible crossing. The
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  Speaker 1: ark was not merely a religious symbol. It was regarded
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  Speaker 1: as the very throne of God on earth. Made of
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  Speaker 1: acacia wood overlaid with pure gold, it contained the tablets
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  Speaker 1: of the Law given to Moses on Mount Sinai, a
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  Speaker 1: portion of the manner that had sustained the people in
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  Speaker 1: the wilderness, and Aaron's rod that had budded its lid,
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  Speaker 1: known as the Mercy Seat. Was adorned with two golden
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  Speaker 1: cherubim with outstretched wings. It was there between the cherubim
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  Speaker 1: that the divine presence would manifest. By placing the Ark
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  Speaker 1: at the forefront, Joshua was visually declaring that it was
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  Speaker 1: God who would lead the way who would confront the
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  Speaker 1: waters of the Jordan first. The people had no reason
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  Speaker 1: to fear because they were not advancing alone. God himself
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  Speaker 1: was going ahead of them. With the initial preparations complete,
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  Speaker 1: it was time for God to confirm Joshua's calling before
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  Speaker 1: all the people. In Joshua three seven eight. The Lord
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  Speaker 1: speaks directly to his new leader, and the Lord said
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  Speaker 1: to Joshua, this day I will begin to exalt you
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  Speaker 1: in the sight of all Israel, so that they may
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  Speaker 1: know that as I was with Moses, so I will
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  Speaker 1: be with you. You shall command the priests who carry
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  Speaker 1: the ark of the Covenant, saying, when you come to
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  Speaker 1: the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: stand still in the Jordan. This was a decisive moment
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  Speaker 1: for Joshua. Until now, he had been known primarily as
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  Speaker 1: moses assistant, a man who stood in the shadow of
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  Speaker 1: a great leader. Now God was about to confirm him publicly,
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  Speaker 1: to exalt him in the eyes of the people. The
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  Speaker 1: miracle that was about to unfold would not only showcase
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  Speaker 1: God's power, but would also validate Joshua's leadership. Faithful to
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  Speaker 1: God's instructions, Joshua addressed the people with confidence delivering the
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  Speaker 1: message he had received. In Joshua three point nine to ten,
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: he declares, Then, Joshua said to the Israelites, come here
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  Speaker 1: and listen to the words of the Lord, your God.
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  Speaker 1: He continued, This is how you will know that the
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  Speaker 1: Living God is among you, and that he will certainly
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  Speaker 1: drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Parinzites, Gurgashites, Imerites,
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  Speaker 1: and Jebusites. He emphasizes that their God is not a
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  Speaker 1: distant or inactive deity, but a living God present among them,
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  Speaker 1: and this living God was about to demonstrate his power
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  Speaker 1: in a way that would leave no doubt about his
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  Speaker 1: intent to give them the promised land. The specific mention
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  Speaker 1: of the seven nations Canaanites, Hittites, high Vites, Perizites, Gergoshites, Amorites,
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  Speaker 1: and Jebusites served as a reminder of God's promises and
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  Speaker 1: a preview of the victories to come. Next, Joshua gave
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  Speaker 1: specific instructions involving representatives from each tribe. In Joshua three twelve,
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  Speaker 1: he commands, now, then choose twelve men from the tribes
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  Speaker 1: of Israel, one from each tribe. These men would have
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  Speaker 1: a special role to play, as would be revealed later
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  Speaker 1: in the narrative. Finally, Joshua lays out in detail how
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  Speaker 1: the miracle would occur. In Joshua three thirteen, he predicts,
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  Speaker 1: and as soon as the priests who carry the ark
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord, the Lord of all the Earth set
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  Speaker 1: foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be
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  Speaker 1: cut off and stand up in a heap. This precise
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  Speaker 1: prediction was an extraordinary act of faith. Joshua was publicly
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  Speaker 1: staking his credibility as a leader on a very specific,
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  Speaker 1: supernatural event. If the waters did not part exactly as
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  Speaker 1: he had described, his leadership would be seriously undermined right
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  Speaker 1: at the beginning. But he spoke with the confidence of
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  Speaker 1: someone who truly believed God would fulfill his word. The
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  Speaker 1: mention of the waters standing up in a heap paints
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  Speaker 1: a vivid picture of what was about to happen. The
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  Speaker 1: waters flowing from the river's source would be halted, as
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  Speaker 1: though hitting an invisible dam, while the waters below that
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  Speaker 1: point would continue toward the dead sea, leaving a stretch
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  Speaker 1: of dry river bed in the middle. With these words,
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  Speaker 1: the stage was set. Anticipation had reached its peak. The people,
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: the priests and Joshua himself waited to see whether God
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: would truly show his power as promised. The moment of
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  Speaker 1: truth had come. In Joshua three fourteen fifteen, we see
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  Speaker 1: the beginning of the crossing. So when the people broke
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  Speaker 1: camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the Ark
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  Speaker 1: of the Covenant went ahead of them. Now, the Jordan
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  Speaker 1: is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon
• 33:21
  Speaker 1: as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan
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  Speaker 1: and their feet touched the water's edge. The text makes
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  Speaker 1: a point of highlighting that the river was at its
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  Speaker 1: highest level at flood stage, making the miracle even more striking.
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  Speaker 1: During harvest season, which fell around March and April, snow
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  Speaker 1: melt from Mount Hermon caused the Jordan to swell significantly,
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  Speaker 1: making it far wider and deeper than at other times
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: of the year. Priests carrying the heavy arc of the
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  Speaker 1: Covenant stepped forward in faith when their feet touched the
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: rushing waters. Something extraordinary happened. As Joshua had predicted. In
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  Speaker 1: Joshua three sixteen we read the water from upstream stopped flowing.
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  Speaker 1: It piled up in a heap a great distance away
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  Speaker 1: at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan,
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  Speaker 1: while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Araba,
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  Speaker 1: that is, the Dead Sea, was completely cut off, so
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  Speaker 1: the people crossed over opposite Jericho. The text is geographically precise.
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  Speaker 1: The waters were held back as far away as the
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  Speaker 1: town of Adam, located about twenty five kilometers fifteen miles
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  Speaker 1: north of the crossing point. This meant a long stretch
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  Speaker 1: of the river bed was exposed, allowing for a broad
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: passage for the people. Adam was near Zarethan, likely at
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  Speaker 1: the confluence of the Jabbok and the Jordan Rivers, where
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  Speaker 1: the valley narrows and such a stoppage would have maximum effect.
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  Speaker 1: The waters downstream continued flowing naturally to the Dead Sea,
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  Speaker 1: gradually leaving the river bed dry. Opposite Jericho, where the
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  Speaker 1: Israelites were preparing to cross. The path was now completely open.
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  Speaker 1: With the miraculous way cleared, the priests positioned themselves strategically.
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  Speaker 1: In Joshua three seventeen, we read the priests who carried
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  Speaker 1: the ark of the Covenant of the Lord stood firm
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  Speaker 1: on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: the crossing on dry ground. The image is powerful. The priests,
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: carrying the Ark of the Covenant, stood still at the
• 35:40
  Speaker 1: deepest point of the river bed while all the people, men, women, children,
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  Speaker 1: the elderly, along with flocks and belongings, passed around them.
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  Speaker 1: They remained there, steadfast, like sentinels guarding the path opened
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  Speaker 1: by God. The text specifies that the riverbed was dry ground,
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  Speaker 1: not muddy or swampy, but completely dry, allowing for an
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  Speaker 1: easy and safe crossing. This made the miracle even more
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  Speaker 1: striking and practical. It wasn't merely a partial parting of
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: the waters or a reduction in the current. It was
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: a complete transformation of the terrain, turning the bed of
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: a rushing river into a dry road. The crossing of
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: all Israel could not have been a quick one. We're
• 36:30
  Speaker 1: talking about hundreds of thousands of people, possibly more than
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  Speaker 1: a million, along with livestock and belongings. Even with a wide,
• 36:39
  Speaker 1: dry river bed, such a crossing lightly took hours. Throughout
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: all that time, the priests remained in position holding the ark,
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  Speaker 1: symbolizing the constant presence of God who kept the waters
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: at bay. This miracle clearly echoed the crossing of the
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: Red Sea, which the previous generation had witnessed under Moses' leadership.
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  Speaker 1: Now a new generation experienced that same divine power under
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  Speaker 1: the leadership of Joshua. The message was clear. The same
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  Speaker 1: God who delivered their ancestors from slavery in Egypt was
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  Speaker 1: now leading them to conquer the promised land. Once the
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  Speaker 1: crossing was complete, God commanded that a memorial be created
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  Speaker 1: to preserve the memory of this extraordinary event. In Joshua
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  Speaker 1: four one three we read when the whole nation had
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  Speaker 1: finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, choose
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  Speaker 1: twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,
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  Speaker 1: and tell them to take up twelve stones from the
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  Speaker 1: middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests stood,
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  Speaker 1: and carry them over with you and put them down
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  Speaker 1: at the place where you stay tonight. Now we understand
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  Speaker 1: the purpose behind the earlier selection of twelve men, one
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  Speaker 1: from each tribe. They were to collect twelve stones from
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  Speaker 1: the middle of the dry Jordan river bed, specifically from
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  Speaker 1: the spot where the priests had stood with the Ark,
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  Speaker 1: and carry them to the first campsite on Canaanite soil.
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  Speaker 1: These were not just any stones. They were silent witnesses
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  Speaker 1: of the miracle, taken from a place normally unreachable, submerged
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  Speaker 1: by the river's rushing waters. Joshua promptly followed God's instructions.
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  Speaker 1: In Joshua four four to seven, we read so Joshua
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  Speaker 1: called together the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites,
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  Speaker 1: one from each tribe, and said to them, go over
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  Speaker 1: before the ark of the Lord, your God, into the
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  Speaker 1: middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take
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  Speaker 1: up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number
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  Speaker 1: of the tribes of the Israelites, to serve as a
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  Speaker 1: sign among you in the future. When your children ask
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  Speaker 1: you what do these stones mean, tell them that the
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  Speaker 1: flow of the Jordan was cut off before the Ark
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  Speaker 1: of the Covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan,
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones
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  Speaker 1: are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever.
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  Speaker 1: The purpose of the memorial was both educational and commemorative.
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  Speaker 1: The stones would serve as a starting point for conversations
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  Speaker 1: between generations. When children in the future curious about this
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  Speaker 1: pile of stones asked what it meant, parents would have
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity to recount the miracle and pass on the faith.
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  Speaker 1: It was a divine strategy to preserve the memory of
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: his mighty deeds across the generations. In Joshua for eight,
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: we see that the command was carried out precisely. So
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: the Israelites did as Joshua commanded. They took twelve stones
• 39:42
  Speaker 1: from the middle of the Jordan, according to the number
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord had
• 39:48
  Speaker 1: told Joshua, and they carried them over with them to
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: their camp, where they put them down. In addition to
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: the memorial that would be set up at the camp site,
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: Joshua also established an other one right in the middle
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  Speaker 1: of the river. Joshua for nine tells us Joshua set
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  Speaker 1: up the twelve stones that had been in the middle
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  Speaker 1: of the Jordan at the spot where the priests who
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  Speaker 1: carried the Ark of the Covenant had stood, and they
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: are there to this day. This second memorial would usually
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  Speaker 1: be submerged under the river's waters, visible perhaps only during
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: times of extreme drought, serving as an additional testimony of
• 40:27
  Speaker 1: the miracle for future generations. Meanwhile, the priests stood firm
• 40:33
  Speaker 1: in the middle of the river. Joshua four ten eleven
• 40:36
  Speaker 1: tells us. Now the priests who carried the ark remained
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: Lord had commanded Joshua was done by the people, just
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried over, and
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: as soon as all of them had crossed, the ark
• 40:54
  Speaker 1: of the Lord and the priests came to the other side,
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: while the people watched. Only when the last Israelite had
• 41:01
  Speaker 1: reached the western bank. Only after the twelve stones had
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  Speaker 1: been gathered and all preparations completed did the priests finally
• 41:09
  Speaker 1: receive permission to leave their position in the river. They
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: came out in order, still carrying the ark, under the
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: watchful eyes of the people. Their exit marked the end
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: of the miracle and the return of the waters to
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: their natural course. The crossing had been commanded and completed,
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  Speaker 1: with the tribes of Reuben Gad and the half tribe
• 41:30
  Speaker 1: of Manassa fulfilling their promise to assist there and fellow Israelites.
• 41:35
  Speaker 1: Joshua for twelve thirteen says the men of Reuben Gad
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  Speaker 1: and the half tribe of Manassa crossed over, ready for
• 41:42
  Speaker 1: battle in front of the Israelites, as Moses had directed them,
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: About forty thousand, armed for battle, crossed over before the
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  Speaker 1: Loud to the plains of Jericho for war. These tribes,
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: who'd already received their inheritance east of the Jordan during
• 41:57
  Speaker 1: Moses time, honored their word by helping the other tribes
• 42:01
  Speaker 1: conquer their share of the promised land. Around forty thousand
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: warriors from these tribes crossed the river, ready to fight
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  Speaker 1: alongside their brothers. The result of this entire experience was
• 42:13
  Speaker 1: exactly what God had promised Joshua. In Joshua four fourteen,
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: we read that day the Lord exalted Joshua in the
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: sight of all Israel, and they stood in awe of
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: him all the days of his life, just as they
• 42:28
  Speaker 1: had stood in awe of Moses. The miracles served to
• 42:32
  Speaker 1: confirm Joshua as the legitimate successor to Moses, granting him
• 42:37
  Speaker 1: the authority needed to lead the people through the upcoming conquests.
• 42:42
  Speaker 1: Once the priests stepped out of the river bed, the
• 42:45
  Speaker 1: miracle ended just as dramatically as it had begun. In
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  Speaker 1: Joshua four fifteen to eighteen, we read, Then the Lord
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  Speaker 1: spoke to Joshua, saying command the priests who carry the
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  Speaker 1: ark of the testimony to come up out of the Jordan.
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  Speaker 1: So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, come up out of
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  Speaker 1: the Jordan. And when the priests who carried the ark
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  Speaker 1: of the Covenant of the Lord came up from the
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  Speaker 1: middle of the Jordan, and the soles of their feet
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  Speaker 1: stepped on to dry ground, the waters of the Jordan
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  Speaker 1: returned to their place and ran at flood stage as before.
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  Speaker 1: The waters which had been miraculously held back, were released.
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  Speaker 1: The moment the last priest set foot on the western bank,
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  Speaker 1: the Jordan resumed its flow as before, overflowing its banks
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  Speaker 1: as if nothing had ever happened. The miracle lasted exactly
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  Speaker 1: as long as it was needed, not a moment more,
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  Speaker 1: not a moment less. The camp was set up at Gilgal,
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  Speaker 1: and there the stones were arranged as a memorial. In
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  Speaker 1: Joshua four nineteen twenty four, we read on the tenth
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  Speaker 1: day of the first month, the people went up from
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  Speaker 1: the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border
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  Speaker 1: of Jericho, and Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve
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  Speaker 1: stones they had taken out of the Jordan. He said
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  Speaker 1: to the Israelites in the future, when your children ask
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  Speaker 1: their parents what do these stones mean, tell them Israel
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  Speaker 1: crossed the Jordan on dry ground. For the Lord your
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  Speaker 1: God dried up the Jordan before you until you had
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  Speaker 1: crossed over, just as the Lord your God did to
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  Speaker 1: the Red Sea, which he dried up before us until
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  Speaker 1: we had crossed over. He did this so that all
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  Speaker 1: the peoples of the earth might know that the hand
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord is powerful, and so that you might
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  Speaker 1: always fear the Lord your God. The memorial at Gilgal
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  Speaker 1: served two purposes. Internally, it would remind the Israelites of
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  Speaker 1: God's power and faithfulness. Externally, it would stand as a
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  Speaker 1: testimony to the surrounding nations of the strength of Israel's God.
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  Speaker 1: The exact date of the crossing, the tenth day of
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  Speaker 1: the first month, was recorded, marking this historic moment in
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  Speaker 1: Israel's calendar. As Israel settled into its first encampment in Canaan,
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  Speaker 1: news of the Jordan River miracles spread rapidly, striking fear
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  Speaker 1: into the hearts of the land's inhabitants. In Joshua fiv. One,
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  Speaker 1: we read now when all the Amorite kings west of
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  Speaker 1: the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast
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  Speaker 1: heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan before
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  Speaker 1: the Israelites. Until they had crossed over. Their hearts melted
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  Speaker 1: in fear, and they no longer had the courage to
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  Speaker 1: face the Israelites. The reaction of the Canaanites is vividly described.
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  Speaker 1: Their hearts melted and they lost all courage. This was
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  Speaker 1: more than the natural fear of a powerful enemy. It
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  Speaker 1: was the dread of facing a people whose God could
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  Speaker 1: perform such wonders. If the God of Israel could dry
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  Speaker 1: up a raging river, what chance did they have against
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  Speaker 1: such power. This widespread fear granted Israel a strategic window,
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  Speaker 1: a time to organize ann and more importantly, to renew
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  Speaker 1: themselves spiritually before the battles ahead. God used this moment
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  Speaker 1: to command the performance of an important covenant ritual that
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  Speaker 1: had been neglected during the wilderness years. In Joshua five
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  Speaker 1: two three, we read at that time the Lord said
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  Speaker 1: to Joshua, make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites again.
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  Speaker 1: So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites at
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  Speaker 1: Gibeeth Haraloth, circumcision was the physical sign of the covenant
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  Speaker 1: between God and Abraham's descendants. It was a mark on
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  Speaker 1: the flesh that identified a man as a member of
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  Speaker 1: God's chosen people. During the forty years of wilderness wandering,
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  Speaker 1: this ritual had been neglected. None of the men born
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  Speaker 1: after the exodus from Egypt had been circumcised. The reason
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  Speaker 1: for this neglect is explained in Joshua five four to seven.
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  Speaker 1: This is why Joshua circumcised them. All those who came
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  Speaker 1: out of Egypt, all the men of military age, died
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  Speaker 1: in the wilderness on the way after leaving Egypt. All
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  Speaker 1: the people that came out had been circumcised, but all
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  Speaker 1: the people born in the wilderness during the journey from
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  Speaker 1: Egypt had not. The Israelites had moved about in the
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  Speaker 1: wilderness forty years until all the men who were of
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  Speaker 1: military age when they left Egypt had died, since they
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  Speaker 1: had not obeyed the Lord. For the Lord had sworn
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  Speaker 1: to them that they would not see the land. He
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  Speaker 1: had solemnly promised their ancestors to give us a land
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  Speaker 1: flowing with milk and honey. So he raised up their
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  Speaker 1: sons in their place. And these were the ones Joshua circumcised,
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  Speaker 1: they were still uncircumcised because they had not been circumcised
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  Speaker 1: on the way. This new generation born in the desert
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  Speaker 1: needed to enter into the Covenant before entering into battle.
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  Speaker 1: It was as if God were saying, before we conquer
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  Speaker 1: the land, we must establish who we are. The people
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  Speaker 1: of the Covenant circumcision was a physical and painful reminder
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  Speaker 1: of their identity and commitment to God. This mass operation
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  Speaker 1: must have been a significant logistical and medical endeavor. In
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  Speaker 1: Joshua five eight, we read, and after the whole nation
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  Speaker 1: had been circumcised, they remained in the camp until they
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  Speaker 1: were healed. The healing process required time during which the
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  Speaker 1: men were temporarily unfit for combat. Yet another reason why
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  Speaker 1: the fear paralyzing the Canaanites was so providential. The place
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  Speaker 1: where this ritual took place was given a special name.
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  Speaker 1: In Joshua five nine, we read, then the Lord said
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  Speaker 1: to Joshua to day, I have rolled away the reproach
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  Speaker 1: of Egypt from you. So the place has been called
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  Speaker 1: Gilgall to this day. The name Gilgal sounds like the
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  Speaker 1: Hebrew word for rolled away or removed. The reproach of
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  Speaker 1: Egypt may refer to the state of uncircumcision which was
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  Speaker 1: associated with the Egyptians, or perhaps to the general condition
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  Speaker 1: of shame and slavery that had defined their time in Egypt.
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  Speaker 1: With the circumcision complete, the Israelites were ready to celebrate
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  Speaker 1: their first passover in the Promised Land. In Joshua five ten,
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  Speaker 1: we read, on the e evening of the fourteenth day
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  Speaker 1: of the month, while camped at Gilgal on the plains
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  Speaker 1: of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the passover. The date, the
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  Speaker 1: fourteenth day of the first month, was exactly as prescribed
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  Speaker 1: in the Law of Moses. This celebration marked not only
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  Speaker 1: the historic deliverance from Egypt, but also the partial fulfillment
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  Speaker 1: of the divine promises, now that they had finally entered
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  Speaker 1: the land promised to their ancestors. Right after passover, an
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  Speaker 1: the significant shift took place in the lives of the people.
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  Speaker 1: In Joshua five eleven to twelve, we read the day
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  Speaker 1: after the passover. That very day they ate some of
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  Speaker 1: the produce of the land, unleavened bread and roasted grain.
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  Speaker 1: The manner stopped the day after they ate this food
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  Speaker 1: from the land. There was no longer any manner for
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  Speaker 1: the Israelites, but that year they ate the produce of Canaan.
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  Speaker 1: For forty years, manna had been the miraculous food that
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  Speaker 1: sustained israel in the wilderness. Now, as they began to
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  Speaker 1: eat the produce of the land, the manner ceased. It
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  Speaker 1: marked the end of an era and the beginning of
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  Speaker 1: a new one. They no longer needed supernatural provision from
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  Speaker 1: the desert because they could now enjoy the natural fruits
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  Speaker 1: of the land, flowing with milk and honey. This transition
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  Speaker 1: from manna to the harvests of Canaan symbolized the shift
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  Speaker 1: from a nomadic people wandering the desert to a people
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  Speaker 1: finally rooted in their own land. With the Covenant renewed
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  Speaker 1: and the people spiritually prepared, Joshua turned his attention to
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  Speaker 1: the immediate military challenge, the fortified city of Jericho. As
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  Speaker 1: he scouted the area around the city, he had a
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  Speaker 1: supernatural encounter that would completely shift his perspective on the
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  Speaker 1: battle ahead. In Joshua five point thirteen, we read now,
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  Speaker 1: when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw
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  Speaker 1: a man standing in front of him with a drawn
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  Speaker 1: sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked,
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  Speaker 1: are you for us or for our enemies? The appearance
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  Speaker 1: was sudden and mysterious, a warrior with sword drawn ready
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  Speaker 1: for battle. Joshua's question was direct and practical. Ah, you
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  Speaker 1: for us or for our enemies. As a military leader,
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  Speaker 1: he needed to quickly determine whether this stranger was a
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  Speaker 1: friend or a threat. The stranger's response in Joshua five
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  Speaker 1: fortyen revealed his true identity. Neither, he replied, But as
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  Speaker 1: commander of the army of the Lord, I have now ugum.
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  Speaker 1: Then Joshua fell face down to the ground in reverence
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  Speaker 1: and asked him what message does my Lord have for
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  Speaker 1: his servant. He did not identify as Israelite or Canaanite.
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  Speaker 1: He stood above earthly allegiances. He was the commander of
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  Speaker 1: the army of the Lord, a heavenly figure who hadn't
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  Speaker 1: come to take sides, but to take charge. His answer
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  Speaker 1: neither suggested that Joshua's question was misframed. This wasn't about
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  Speaker 1: choosing a human side. It was about aligning with God's
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  Speaker 1: divine purpose. Joshua's reaction was immediate and appropriate. He fell
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  Speaker 1: face down in reverence, a gesture reserved for divine worship
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  Speaker 1: and placed himself in the posture of a servant, awaiting instructions.
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  Speaker 1: What message does my Lord have for his sinervant? Joshua
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  Speaker 1: recognized that he stood in the presence of someone worthy
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  Speaker 1: of worship, likely a manifestation of God himself or a
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  Speaker 1: high ranking celestial being. The sacred nature of the encounter
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  Speaker 1: was confirmed in Joshua five p. Fifteen. The commander of
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  Speaker 1: the lords army replied, take off your sandals, for the
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  Speaker 1: place where you are standing is holy, and Joshua did so.
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  Speaker 1: This command echoed the experience of Moses at the Burning
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  Speaker 1: Bush on Mount Sinai Exodus three five, when God similarly
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  Speaker 1: told him to remove his sandals because he was standing
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  Speaker 1: on holy ground. By repeating this instruction, the commander of
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  Speaker 1: the lords Army was establishing continuity between Moses's divine commission
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  Speaker 1: and Joshua's present mission. Removing one's sandals was an act
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  Speaker 1: of reverence and humility. Sandals, having walked through dust and dirt,
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  Speaker 1: symbolized worldly contamination. Taking them off acknowledged the holiness of
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  Speaker 1: the moment and the place. It was a symbolic shedding
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  Speaker 1: of impurity in preparation for receiving divine instruction. The text
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  Speaker 1: ends abruptly without recording the rest of the conversation between
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  Speaker 1: Joshua and the commander, but the very next chapter begins
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  Speaker 1: with specific instructions on how to take Jericho, directions so
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  Speaker 1: unconventional that they clearly stemmed from this supernatural encounter. The
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  Speaker 1: strategy would defy all conventional military logic, making it absolutely
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  Speaker 1: clear that victory would come from the Lord, not from
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  Speaker 1: human strength or planning. This mysterious encounter served as a
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  Speaker 1: powerful reminder for Joshua on the eve of battle, he
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  Speaker 1: was not in command. He was under command under the
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  Speaker 1: authority of the heavenly command. The seemingly impenetrable war of Jericho,
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  Speaker 1: which must have looked daunting up close, would pose no
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  Speaker 1: threat to the army of the Lord. So with the
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  Speaker 1: miraculous crossing of the Jordan behind them, the covenant rituals renewed,
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  Speaker 1: and this divine encounter burned into Joshua's memory, Israel was
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  Speaker 1: now spiritually equipped to begin the conquest of the promised Land.
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  Speaker 1: The stage was set for their first spectacular victory, the
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  Speaker 1: fall of Jericho's walls. After meeting the commander of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord's army, Joshua refocused on Jericho, the first city to
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  Speaker 1: be conquered in the Promised Land. Joshua six 's one
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  Speaker 1: describes the situation. Now, Jericho was tightly shut up because
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  Speaker 1: of the Israelites. No one went out and no one
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  Speaker 1: came in. Fear had gripped the people of Jericho. News
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  Speaker 1: of the miraculous crossing of the Jordan and the power
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  Speaker 1: of Israel's God had certainly reached them, and their response
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  Speaker 1: was to shut themselves behind mass walls. As Joshua considered
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  Speaker 1: how to attack such a heavily fortified city, the Lord
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  Speaker 1: spoke to him directly, revealing a battle strategy that defied
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  Speaker 1: all military logic. In Joshua six two to five, we
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  Speaker 1: read these surprising instructions. Then the Lord said to Joshua, see,
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  Speaker 1: I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its
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  Speaker 1: king and its fighting men. March around the city once
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  Speaker 1: with all the armed men. Do this for six days.
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  Speaker 1: Have seven priests carry seven trumpets of Ram's horns in
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  Speaker 1: front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around
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  Speaker 1: the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets.
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  Speaker 1: When you hear them sound a long blast on the
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  Speaker 1: Ram's horns. Have all the people give a loud shout,
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  Speaker 1: then the wall of the city will collapse, and the
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  Speaker 1: people will go up, every man straight. In what a
• 56:52
  Speaker 1: strange strategy. There would be no siege engines, no ladders
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  Speaker 1: to scale the walls, no secret tunnels. Session around the
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  Speaker 1: city day after day, culminating in trumpets and shouting militarily.
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  Speaker 1: It made no sense. But this was as much a
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  Speaker 1: spiritual battle as it was a physical one, and God
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  Speaker 1: wanted it to be unmistakably clear that the victory would
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  Speaker 1: come from Him, not from human strength or tactics. Joshua
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  Speaker 1: accepted the divine plan without question. In Joshua six sixty seven,
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  Speaker 1: he relayed God's commands to the priests and the people.
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  Speaker 1: So Joshua, son of Nune, called the priests and said
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  Speaker 1: to them, take up the ark of the Covenant of
• 57:36
  Speaker 1: the Lord, and have seven priests carried trumpets of Ram's
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  Speaker 1: horns in front of it. And he ordered the army
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  Speaker 1: advance march around the city with an armed guard going
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  Speaker 1: ahead of the Ark of the Lord. The procession was
• 57:50
  Speaker 1: to be led by armed men, followed by the seven
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  Speaker 1: priests blowing the Ram's horn trumpets. Then the Ark of
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  Speaker 1: the Covenant carried by other priests, and finally the rest
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  Speaker 1: of the people. The ark representing God's presence, was at
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  Speaker 1: the heart of this military operation. Joshua also gave specific
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  Speaker 1: instructions about maintaining silence during the marches. In Joshua six ten,
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  Speaker 1: he commands, but Joshua had commanded the army, do not
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  Speaker 1: give a war cry, do not raise your voices, do
• 58:21
  Speaker 1: not say a word until the day I tell you
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  Speaker 1: to shout, then shout. This silence wasn't just a tactic
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  Speaker 1: to surprise the enemy. It was a display of discipline
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  Speaker 1: and focus. It was a silence heavy with expectation and tension,
• 58:36
  Speaker 1: like the calm before a storm. Thus began one of
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  Speaker 1: the most unusual sieges in military history. In Joshua six
• 58:45
  Speaker 1: eight nine, we read about the first day, when Joshua
• 58:49
  Speaker 1: had spoken to the people. The seven priests carrying the
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  Speaker 1: seven trumpets before the Lord went forward, blowing their trumpets,
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  Speaker 1: and the ark of the Lord's Covenant followed them. The
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  Speaker 1: armed guard marched ahead of the priests who blew the trumpets,
• 59:05
  Speaker 1: and the rear guard followed the ark, all the while
• 59:08
  Speaker 1: the trumpets were sounding. The scene must have been astonishing
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  Speaker 1: and perhaps unsettling for the inhabitants of Jericho. From atop
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  Speaker 1: their walls, they watched the strange procession approach, armed men
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  Speaker 1: marching in silence, priests blowing rams horn trumpets, a golden
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  Speaker 1: ark being carried with reverence, and thousands of people walking
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  Speaker 1: silently behind it. Then, after one lap around the city,
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  Speaker 1: the whole procession simply returned to the Israelite camp. What
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  Speaker 1: kind of warfare was this? Joshua six' eleven records the
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  Speaker 1: end of the first, Day so he had The ark
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  Speaker 1: of The lord carried around the, city circling it. Once
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  Speaker 1: then the army returned to camp and spent the night there,
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  Speaker 1: after completing the. Circuit The israelites didn't, attack there was
• 1:00:00
  Speaker 1: no attempt to scale the, walls no shouting or, taunting
• 1:00:04
  Speaker 1: just that odd procession and then. Nothing but that was
• 1:00:07
  Speaker 1: just the first. Day In joshua six twelve to, fourteen
• 1:00:11
  Speaker 1: we see the same pattern repeated for six consecutive. Days
• 1:00:15
  Speaker 1: joshua got up early the next morning and the priests
• 1:00:18
  Speaker 1: took up The ark of The. Lord the seven, priests
• 1:00:21
  Speaker 1: carrying the seven, trumpets went, forward marching before The ark
• 1:00:25
  Speaker 1: of The lord and blowing the. Trumpets the armed men
• 1:00:29
  Speaker 1: went ahead of, them and the rear guard followed the
• 1:00:31
  Speaker 1: ark of The lord while the trumpets kept. Sounding so
• 1:00:35
  Speaker 1: on the second day they marched around the city once
• 1:00:38
  Speaker 1: and returned to the. Camp they did this for six.
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 1: Days imagine the growing tension Inside. Jericho each morning the
• 1:00:46
  Speaker 1: watchmen would see the same procession coming day after, day
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 1: the same silent, march the same, trumpets one full circuit
• 1:00:55
  Speaker 1: around the, city and then the withdrawal with no. Attack
• 1:00:59
  Speaker 1: what were The israelites? Planning when would the real assault?
• 1:01:03
  Speaker 1: Begin the psychological strain must have been, immense with fear
• 1:01:07
  Speaker 1: and anxiety building by the. Day for The, israelites those
• 1:01:12
  Speaker 1: six days of silent marching were an exercise in faith and.
• 1:01:16
  Speaker 1: Patience god could have Brought jericho's walls down, instantly but
• 1:01:21
  Speaker 1: he chose a process that required persistence and unwavering. Obedience
• 1:01:26
  Speaker 1: for six, days they, marched, watched, waited and, trusted knowing
• 1:01:30
  Speaker 1: That god would act at the right. Time the ram's horn,
• 1:01:33
  Speaker 1: trumpets known In hebrew as, shofar had special. Significance they
• 1:01:39
  Speaker 1: were used in religious ceremonies and also as signals in.
• 1:01:43
  Speaker 1: Battle their piercing sound could be heard from far away
• 1:01:47
  Speaker 1: and stirred deep emotional responses in the hands of the
• 1:01:51
  Speaker 1: priests Circling. Jericho they symbolized both a call to worship
• 1:01:55
  Speaker 1: and a warning of coming. Judgment the seventh day brought
• 1:01:59
  Speaker 1: the climax of this unusual, siege but for. Now at
• 1:02:03
  Speaker 1: the close of the sixth, day Both jericho And israel
• 1:02:07
  Speaker 1: were left, waiting one gripped by, fear the other by
• 1:02:10
  Speaker 1: faith for the outcome of this divine. Strategy the seventh
• 1:02:14
  Speaker 1: day dawned differently from the. Others In joshua six point,
• 1:02:18
  Speaker 1: fifteen we read on the seventh day they got up
• 1:02:21
  Speaker 1: at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in
• 1:02:24
  Speaker 1: the same, manner except that on that day they circled
• 1:02:27
  Speaker 1: the city seven. Times the intensity had increased. Dramatically instead
• 1:02:33
  Speaker 1: of the usual single, lap they were to circle the
• 1:02:36
  Speaker 1: city seven, times all in one. Day imagine the physical
• 1:02:40
  Speaker 1: effort and endurance. REQUIRED a single lap around a city
• 1:02:44
  Speaker 1: like Ancient jericho was already a significant. Walk seven laps
• 1:02:49
  Speaker 1: was an even greater, challenge all this while carrying, weapons
• 1:02:54
  Speaker 1: the heavy arc of The, covenant and with trumpets sounding without.
• 1:02:58
  Speaker 1: Pause it was a test of stamina as much as.
• 1:03:01
  Speaker 1: Faith for the people Of jericho watching from their. Walls
• 1:03:06
  Speaker 1: this shift in routine must have been deeply. Unsettling why
• 1:03:10
  Speaker 1: were The israelites circling so many times to? Day what
• 1:03:15
  Speaker 1: did this escalation? Mean with each completed, circuit the tension
• 1:03:20
  Speaker 1: climbed a. Higher, finally at the end of the seventh,
• 1:03:24
  Speaker 1: lap on the seventh, day the decisive moment. Arrived joshua
• 1:03:28
  Speaker 1: six sixteen tells us the seventh time, around when the
• 1:03:32
  Speaker 1: priests sounded the trumpet, Blast joshua commanded the army, shout
• 1:03:36
  Speaker 1: for The lord has given you the city after six
• 1:03:40
  Speaker 1: days of enforced. Silence the order to shout must have
• 1:03:43
  Speaker 1: come like a. Thunderclap and this was no ordinary. Cry
• 1:03:47
  Speaker 1: it was a mighty war, cry a shout of faith
• 1:03:50
  Speaker 1: and assured. Victory thousands of voices that had remained silent
• 1:03:55
  Speaker 1: for nearly a week now erupted in one deafening. Roar
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  Speaker 1: before the shouting, Began joshua had given specific instructions about
• 1:04:04
  Speaker 1: what was to be done with the city after its.
• 1:04:07
  Speaker 1: Capture In joshua six seventeen, nineteen he declares the city
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  Speaker 1: and all that is in it are to be devoted
• 1:04:14
  Speaker 1: to The lord Only, rahab the, prostitute and all who
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  Speaker 1: are with her in her house shall be spared because
• 1:04:21
  Speaker 1: she hid the spies we. Sent but keep away from
• 1:04:24
  Speaker 1: the devoted, things so that you will not bring about
• 1:04:27
  Speaker 1: your own destruction by taking any of. Them otherwise you
• 1:04:32
  Speaker 1: will make the camp Of israel liable to destruction and
• 1:04:36
  Speaker 1: bring trouble on. It all the silver and, gold and
• 1:04:39
  Speaker 1: the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to The
• 1:04:43
  Speaker 1: lord and must go into his. Treasury the city was
• 1:04:47
  Speaker 1: to be placed under a ban or, devotion terms that
• 1:04:51
  Speaker 1: signified total consecration to. Destruction nothing could be kept for personal.
• 1:04:57
  Speaker 1: Use everything was either to be destroyed or dedicated to
• 1:05:02
  Speaker 1: The lord's. Treasury the only exception Was rahab and her,
• 1:05:05
  Speaker 1: household protected by the promise made by the. Spies the
• 1:05:09
  Speaker 1: climactic moment, came as described In joshua six. Twenty when
• 1:05:14
  Speaker 1: the trumpets, sounded the army, shouted and at the sound
• 1:05:18
  Speaker 1: of the, trumpet when the men gave a loud, shout
• 1:05:21
  Speaker 1: the wall. Collapsed so everyone charged straight in and they
• 1:05:25
  Speaker 1: took the. City it was a moment of pure divine.
• 1:05:29
  Speaker 1: Power at the sound of the trumpets and the people's,
• 1:05:32
  Speaker 1: shout the mighty walls Of, jericho which had withstood countless
• 1:05:37
  Speaker 1: assaults over, centuries simply. Crumbled it wasn't a partial collapse
• 1:05:42
  Speaker 1: or a. Breach in a few, places the text indicates
• 1:05:45
  Speaker 1: that the walls fell, completely enabling The israelites to march straight,
• 1:05:50
  Speaker 1: in each man heading directly for the section before. Him
• 1:05:54
  Speaker 1: archaeologists have debated the exact nature of this. Collapse some
• 1:05:59
  Speaker 1: suggest it may have been a divinely timed. Earthquake others
• 1:06:03
  Speaker 1: propose that the collective shout and trumpet blast may have
• 1:06:07
  Speaker 1: caused resonant vibrations that compromised the wall's. Structure regardless of
• 1:06:12
  Speaker 1: the physical, mechanism the biblical account makes it clear that
• 1:06:16
  Speaker 1: this was a supernatural, act a miracle demonstrating the power
• 1:06:21
  Speaker 1: Of Israel's. God with the city's defenses, destroyed The israelites
• 1:06:27
  Speaker 1: faithfully carried out the divine. Orders joshua six twenty one
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  Speaker 1: describes the. Outcome they devoted the city to The lord
• 1:06:36
  Speaker 1: and destroyed with the sword every living thing in, it
• 1:06:39
  Speaker 1: men and, women young and, old, cattle sheep and. Donkeys
• 1:06:43
  Speaker 1: this complete, destruction known as herem In, hebrew was a
• 1:06:47
  Speaker 1: form of sacred warfare common in the Ancient Near. East
• 1:06:51
  Speaker 1: In israel's, context it carried theological. Significance these nations were
• 1:06:57
  Speaker 1: being judged for centuries of idolatry and detestable, practices And
• 1:07:02
  Speaker 1: israel was acting as the instrument of divine. Justice the
• 1:07:06
  Speaker 1: land was being purified in preparation for the establishment of
• 1:07:10
  Speaker 1: The covenant. People the fall Of jericho wasn't just a military.
• 1:07:15
  Speaker 1: Victory it was a dramatic sign that The god Of
• 1:07:18
  Speaker 1: israel was fulfilling his promises and fighting on behalf of his.
• 1:07:22
  Speaker 1: People the first major city Of canaan had fallen not
• 1:07:26
  Speaker 1: by military, might but by the power of faith and
• 1:07:29
  Speaker 1: obedience to divine, instruction no matter how illogical it may
• 1:07:34
  Speaker 1: have seemed from a human. Perspective amid the total destruction Of,
• 1:07:39
  Speaker 1: jericho there was one notable, exception the house Of, rahab
• 1:07:43
  Speaker 1: the woman who had hidden The israelite spies In joshua
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  Speaker 1: six twenty two to twenty. Three we see How joshua
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  Speaker 1: honored the commitment made to. Her joshua said to the
• 1:07:54
  Speaker 1: two men who had spied out the, land go into
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  Speaker 1: the prostitute's house and bring her, out and all who
• 1:07:59
  Speaker 1: belonged to, her in accordance with your oath to. Her
• 1:08:03
  Speaker 1: so the young men who had done the spying went
• 1:08:06
  Speaker 1: in and brought Out, rahab her father and, mother her
• 1:08:09
  Speaker 1: brothers and, sisters and all who belonged to. Her they
• 1:08:13
  Speaker 1: brought out her entire family and put them in a
• 1:08:16
  Speaker 1: place outside the camp Of. Israel the two Spies rahab
• 1:08:20
  Speaker 1: had protected now returned to rescue. Her it was a
• 1:08:23
  Speaker 1: moment of honor and, gratitude the fulfillment of a solemn.
• 1:08:27
  Speaker 1: Promise they didn't just Save, rahab they rescued her entire extended, family, parents,
• 1:08:35
  Speaker 1: siblings and likely other relatives who had sought shelter in her,
• 1:08:38
  Speaker 1: home marked by the scarlet. Cord at, first they were
• 1:08:41
  Speaker 1: placed outside the camp Of, israel likely in a temporary.
• 1:08:46
  Speaker 1: Settlement this was necessary because As, canaanites they were considered
• 1:08:51
  Speaker 1: ritually impure and had to undergo a purification process before
• 1:08:56
  Speaker 1: being fully integrated into The israelite. Community while the rest
• 1:09:01
  Speaker 1: Of jericho was consumed by, Fire raehab's fate is again
• 1:09:06
  Speaker 1: noted In joshua six twenty. Four then they burned the
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  Speaker 1: whole city and everything in, It but they put the
• 1:09:12
  Speaker 1: silver and, gold and the articles of bronze and iron
• 1:09:16
  Speaker 1: into the treasury of The lord's. House the destruction was,
• 1:09:19
  Speaker 1: total but the precious metals and valuable items were, preserved
• 1:09:25
  Speaker 1: not for the conqueror's personal, gain but for The lord's.
• 1:09:28
  Speaker 1: Treasury this was the first fruits of the, conquest dedicated
• 1:09:33
  Speaker 1: entirely To god as a recognition that it was he
• 1:09:36
  Speaker 1: who had granted the. Victory raehab's final fate is revealed
• 1:09:41
  Speaker 1: In joshua six twenty. Five But joshua Spared raehab the,
• 1:09:45
  Speaker 1: prostitute with her family and all who belonged to, her
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  Speaker 1: because she hid the Men joshua had sent as spies To,
• 1:09:52
  Speaker 1: jericho and she lives among The israelites to this. Day
• 1:09:57
  Speaker 1: after the period of, Purification raehah and her family were
• 1:10:01
  Speaker 1: fully incorporated into The israelite. Community they weren't merely tolerated
• 1:10:06
  Speaker 1: as resident. Foreigners they became an integral part of The covenant.
• 1:10:10
  Speaker 1: People the phrase she lives among The israelites to this
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  Speaker 1: day indicates that at the time The book Of joshua was,
• 1:10:20
  Speaker 1: Written raehab's descendants were still known and recognized within the.
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  Speaker 1: Community she left a lasting, legacy accepted not only as
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  Speaker 1: a resident but as a True. Israelite by adoption The New,
• 1:10:32
  Speaker 1: testament sheds even more light on this woman's extraordinary. Destiny
• 1:10:37
  Speaker 1: In matthew one to, five we learned That raehab Married,
• 1:10:41
  Speaker 1: salmon An israelite from the tribe Of, judah and became
• 1:10:45
  Speaker 1: the mother Of, boaz who would later Marry. Ruth this
• 1:10:49
  Speaker 1: Made rahab a direct ancestor Of King david and eventually
• 1:10:53
  Speaker 1: Of Jesus. Christ the Former canaanite, prostitute who had shown
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  Speaker 1: faith in The god Of israel even before fully knowing,
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  Speaker 1: him was given the honor of being included in The messiah's.
• 1:11:05
  Speaker 1: Genealogy In hebrews eleven thirty, One raehab is listed among
• 1:11:10
  Speaker 1: the heroes of faith by faith the Prostitute, raehab because
• 1:11:16
  Speaker 1: she welcomed the, spies was not killed with those who were,
• 1:11:20
  Speaker 1: disobedient and In james two twenty five she is cited
• 1:11:24
  Speaker 1: as an example of faith expressed through action in the same.
• 1:11:29
  Speaker 1: Way was not Even raehab the, prostitute considered righteous for
• 1:11:33
  Speaker 1: what she did when she gave lodging to the spies
• 1:11:36
  Speaker 1: and sent them off in a different. Direction, Thus rahab's
• 1:11:40
  Speaker 1: story presents a powerful contrast within the narrative Of jericho's.
• 1:11:45
  Speaker 1: Conquest while the city and its inhabitants were destroyed for
• 1:11:49
  Speaker 1: their resistance To. God rahehab and her family were saved
• 1:11:53
  Speaker 1: through faith and incorporated into The Chosen. People she stands
• 1:11:58
  Speaker 1: as a vivid example of how faith can transcend, national,
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  Speaker 1: cultural and even moral, boundaries allowing anyone who acknowledges and
• 1:12:07
  Speaker 1: honors The True god to become part of his. People
• 1:12:11
  Speaker 1: the spectacular victory At jericho was meant to be just
• 1:12:14
  Speaker 1: the beginning of a continuous series of, conquests With god
• 1:12:19
  Speaker 1: clearly fighting for them who could stand Against. Israel, However
• 1:12:23
  Speaker 1: joshua chapter seven opens on a somber note that would
• 1:12:27
  Speaker 1: change the course of. Events In joshua seven to, one we,
• 1:12:32
  Speaker 1: read but The israelites were unfaithful in regard to the devoted. Things,
• 1:12:38
  Speaker 1: ashan son Of, kami the son Of, zimri the son Of,
• 1:12:41
  Speaker 1: zira of the tribe Of, judah took some of. Them
• 1:12:44
  Speaker 1: so the lord's anger burned Against. Israel when Man achan
• 1:12:48
  Speaker 1: had disobeyed the explicit command not to take anything for
• 1:12:52
  Speaker 1: himself from the spoils Of, jericho his secret disobedience would
• 1:12:56
  Speaker 1: lead to disastrous public consequences affecting the entire. Nation this
• 1:13:01
  Speaker 1: introductory verse acts as a fore, warning revealing to the
• 1:13:06
  Speaker 1: reader what The israelites themselves did not yet know the
• 1:13:10
  Speaker 1: cause of the catastrophe about to. Unfold unaware of the hidden,
• 1:13:15
  Speaker 1: Sin joshua proceeded with his conquest. Plans In joshua seven two,
• 1:13:21
  Speaker 1: three he turned to the next. Target, Now joshua sent
• 1:13:24
  Speaker 1: men From jericho To, eye which is near Beth, avon
• 1:13:28
  Speaker 1: to the east Of, bethel and told them go up
• 1:13:30
  Speaker 1: and spy out the. Region so the men went up
• 1:13:33
  Speaker 1: and spied Out. Iye when they returned To, joshua they,
• 1:13:37
  Speaker 1: said not all the army will have to go up Against.
• 1:13:40
  Speaker 1: Eye send two or three thousand men to take, it
• 1:13:43
  Speaker 1: and do not weary the whole, army for only a
• 1:13:46
  Speaker 1: few people live. There it was a much smaller city Than,
• 1:13:49
  Speaker 1: jericho apparently with less impressive. Defenses the, spies perhaps over
• 1:13:55
  Speaker 1: confident after the miraculous victory At, jericho recommended a limited dee.
• 1:14:00
  Speaker 1: Strike don't send the whole, army they, said because the
• 1:14:04
  Speaker 1: enemy is. Few this advice reflected a mix of arrogance
• 1:14:09
  Speaker 1: and self. Reliance they were now trusting their own military
• 1:14:12
  Speaker 1: judgment instead of seeking divine. Guidance joshua accepted this advice
• 1:14:18
  Speaker 1: without consulting The, lord another sign of growing reliance on
• 1:14:23
  Speaker 1: human ability over divine. Direction In joshua seven four five
• 1:14:28
  Speaker 1: we see the devastating consequences of that. Decision so about
• 1:14:32
  Speaker 1: three thousand went, up but they were routed by the
• 1:14:35
  Speaker 1: men OF, i who killed about thirty six of. Them
• 1:14:38
  Speaker 1: they chased The israelites from the city gate as far
• 1:14:41
  Speaker 1: As sheberim and struck them down on the. Slopes at
• 1:14:44
  Speaker 1: this the hearts of the people melted in fear and
• 1:14:48
  Speaker 1: became like. Water the result was a humiliating. Defeat the
• 1:14:52
  Speaker 1: Same israelites who had Seen jericho's mighty walls fall now
• 1:14:56
  Speaker 1: fled in panic from a far smaller. City ty six
• 1:15:00
  Speaker 1: men were, killed a relatively small number in military, terms
• 1:15:05
  Speaker 1: but devastating for a people who had expected invincibility Under god's.
• 1:15:10
  Speaker 1: Protection the people's reaction is described. Vividly their hearts melted
• 1:15:16
  Speaker 1: and became like. Water fear and discouragement spread. Rapidly if
• 1:15:21
  Speaker 1: they couldn't Defeat, aye how could they possibly conquer the
• 1:15:24
  Speaker 1: rest of the, Land and even more, troubling where was
• 1:15:28
  Speaker 1: The god who had promised to fight for. Them joshua's
• 1:15:32
  Speaker 1: reaction was one of deep grief and confusion In joshua
• 1:15:36
  Speaker 1: seven sixty, nine we witness his. Anguish Then joshua tore
• 1:15:40
  Speaker 1: his clothes and fell face down to the ground before
• 1:15:43
  Speaker 1: The ark of The, lord remaining there till. Evening the
• 1:15:47
  Speaker 1: elders Of israel did the same and sprinkled dust on their.
• 1:15:50
  Speaker 1: Heads And joshua, Said, Alas Sovereign, lord why did you
• 1:15:55
  Speaker 1: ever bring this people across The jordan to deliver us
• 1:15:58
  Speaker 1: into the hands of The amorites to destroy? Us if
• 1:16:01
  Speaker 1: only we had been content to stay on the other
• 1:16:04
  Speaker 1: side of The. Jordan pardon your, Servant, Lord what CAN i?
• 1:16:08
  Speaker 1: Say now That israel has been routed by its. Enemies
• 1:16:11
  Speaker 1: The canaanites and the other people of the country will
• 1:16:14
  Speaker 1: hear about, this and they will surround us and wipe
• 1:16:18
  Speaker 1: out our name from the? Earth what then will you
• 1:16:20
  Speaker 1: do for your own great? Name this was a spiritual
• 1:16:24
  Speaker 1: crisis For. Joshua tearing one's clothes and covering oneself in
• 1:16:28
  Speaker 1: dust were traditional expressions of profound mourning and. Distress bowing
• 1:16:34
  Speaker 1: face down before The ark of The lord reflected a
• 1:16:37
  Speaker 1: desperate plea for divine. Answers his anguished questions revealed his
• 1:16:42
  Speaker 1: fear That god had Abandoned, israel or, worse had brought
• 1:16:46
  Speaker 1: them this far only to destroy. Them joshua's final, concern
• 1:16:52
  Speaker 1: what then will you do for your own great, name
• 1:16:55
  Speaker 1: demonstrates a deeper theological in. Sight If israel were, destroyed
• 1:17:00
  Speaker 1: the surrounding nations would conclude That Israel's god was weak or,
• 1:17:04
  Speaker 1: unreliable unable to protect his own. People god's reputation his
• 1:17:08
  Speaker 1: name was at. Stake god's response came, swiftly revealing the
• 1:17:13
  Speaker 1: root cause of the. Disaster In joshua seven ten to,
• 1:17:17
  Speaker 1: twelve The lord, Said The lord said To, joshua stand,
• 1:17:21
  Speaker 1: up what are you? Doing down on your. Face israel has.
• 1:17:24
  Speaker 1: Sinned they have violated my, covenant WHICH i commanded them to.
• 1:17:29
  Speaker 1: Keep they have taken some of the devoted. Things they have,
• 1:17:32
  Speaker 1: stolen they have, lied they have put them with their own.
• 1:17:36
  Speaker 1: Possessions that is why The israelites cannot stand against their.
• 1:17:42
  Speaker 1: Enemies they turn their backs and, run because they have
• 1:17:45
  Speaker 1: been made liable to. DESTRUCTION i will not be with
• 1:17:49
  Speaker 1: you any more unless you destroy whatever among you is
• 1:17:52
  Speaker 1: devoted to. Destruction the problem wasn't That god had Abandoned.
• 1:17:57
  Speaker 1: Israel it was That israel rail Through ahan's actions had
• 1:18:03
  Speaker 1: broken the. Covenant the term devoted Things hebrew herem referred
• 1:18:08
  Speaker 1: to objects set apart exclusively For, god either to be
• 1:18:12
  Speaker 1: completely destroyed or consecrated for the. Sanctuary taking Something harem
• 1:18:18
  Speaker 1: was essentially stealing From. God god then commanded a process
• 1:18:23
  Speaker 1: to identify the guilty. Party In joshua seven thirteen, fifteen he,
• 1:18:28
  Speaker 1: instructed go consecrate the. People tell, them consecrate yourselves in
• 1:18:34
  Speaker 1: preparation for. Tomorrow for this is what The, lord The
• 1:18:37
  Speaker 1: god Of, israel. Says there are devoted things among, You.
• 1:18:41
  Speaker 1: Israel you cannot stand against your enemies until you remove.
• 1:18:45
  Speaker 1: Them in the, morning present yourselves tribe by. Tribe the
• 1:18:50
  Speaker 1: tribe The lord chooses shall come, forward clan by, Clan
• 1:18:55
  Speaker 1: the clan The lord chooses shall come, forward family by,
• 1:18:58
  Speaker 1: family and the family The lord chooses shall come forward
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  Speaker 1: man by. Man whoever is caught with the devoted things
• 1:19:05
  Speaker 1: shall be destroyed by, fire along with all that belongs to.
• 1:19:09
  Speaker 1: Him he has violated the covenant of The lord and
• 1:19:13
  Speaker 1: has done an outrageous thing In. Israel the process described
• 1:19:18
  Speaker 1: was methodical and, public ensuring that justice was carried out.
• 1:19:22
  Speaker 1: Openly it began with the, tribes then moved to the
• 1:19:26
  Speaker 1: families within the chosen, tribe then the households within the selected,
• 1:19:30
  Speaker 1: family and finally to the individuals within the chosen. Household this,
• 1:19:35
  Speaker 1: method likely involving the casting of lots or the use
• 1:19:39
  Speaker 1: of The urim and thummim divine instruments held by the high,
• 1:19:43
  Speaker 1: priest made it clear that it Was god identifying the guilty,
• 1:19:47
  Speaker 1: party not a human making an arbitrary. Accusation the punishment
• 1:19:53
  Speaker 1: declared was. Severe the guilty person and everything they owned
• 1:19:58
  Speaker 1: would be. Burned this reflect to the gravity of the,
• 1:20:01
  Speaker 1: offense described as a folly In, israel A hebrew expression
• 1:20:06
  Speaker 1: denoting a deeply offensive act against the moral and religious
• 1:20:09
  Speaker 1: order of the. Community the next, Morning joshua implemented the
• 1:20:14
  Speaker 1: identification process exactly as The lord had. Commanded In joshua
• 1:20:19
  Speaker 1: seven sixteen to, eighteen we read how events. Unfolded early
• 1:20:24
  Speaker 1: the next, Morning joshua Had israel come forward tribe by,
• 1:20:27
  Speaker 1: tribe and the tribe Of judah was. Chosen the clans
• 1:20:31
  Speaker 1: Of judah came, forward and The Zara heights were. Chosen
• 1:20:35
  Speaker 1: he had the clan of The Zarah heights come forward by,
• 1:20:37
  Speaker 1: families And zabdi was. Chosen joshua had his family come,
• 1:20:42
  Speaker 1: forward man by man And achan son Of, kami the
• 1:20:45
  Speaker 1: son Of, zabdi the son Of zia of the tribe
• 1:20:49
  Speaker 1: Of judah was. Chosen step by step the circle. Tightened
• 1:20:53
  Speaker 1: first the tribe Of judah was, identified ironically the royal
• 1:20:57
  Speaker 1: tribe from which the Future King david would, Come then
• 1:21:01
  Speaker 1: The zarahit clan Within, judah Then zabdi's, family and finally
• 1:21:05
  Speaker 1: A khan son Of, kami son Of. Zabdi the detailed
• 1:21:09
  Speaker 1: genealogy underscores the exact identity of the. Culprit there was
• 1:21:14
  Speaker 1: no room for doubt or. Ambiguity with the guilty party.
• 1:21:18
  Speaker 1: Identified joshua confronted him, directly but with a surprisingly pastoral.
• 1:21:23
  Speaker 1: Tone In joshua seven, nineteen he, says Then joshua said To,
• 1:21:28
  Speaker 1: ekan my, son give glory to The, lord The god Of,
• 1:21:32
  Speaker 1: israel and honor. Him tell me what you have, done
• 1:21:35
  Speaker 1: do not hide it from. Me Notice joshua's, tone my,
• 1:21:39
  Speaker 1: son an expression of empathy and personal, connection rather than angry.
• 1:21:45
  Speaker 1: Condemnation he appeals To ahan to give glory To god
• 1:21:50
  Speaker 1: through honest. Confession this was a call to, integrity an
• 1:21:54
  Speaker 1: invitation For ahan to reclaim at least a measure of
• 1:21:58
  Speaker 1: honor through. Truth even in the face of inevitable, PUNISHMENT
• 1:22:02
  Speaker 1: i can responded with a full. Confession In joshua, seven
• 1:22:06
  Speaker 1: twenty twenty, one he, admits it is TRUE i have
• 1:22:10
  Speaker 1: sinned against The, lord The god Of. Israel this is
• 1:22:13
  Speaker 1: WHAT i have. Done WHEN i saw in the plunder
• 1:22:15
  Speaker 1: a Beautiful babylonian, robe two hundred shekels of silver and
• 1:22:20
  Speaker 1: a bar of gold weighing fifty, SHEKELS i coveted them
• 1:22:23
  Speaker 1: and took. Them they are hidden in the ground inside my,
• 1:22:27
  Speaker 1: tent with the silver. UNDERNEATH A chan's confession follows a
• 1:22:32
  Speaker 1: classic pattern of temptation and. SIN i, SAW i, COVETED i.
• 1:22:37
  Speaker 1: Took he didn't attempt to minimize or justify his. Actions
• 1:22:41
  Speaker 1: he openly acknowledged that he had sinned against The. Lord
• 1:22:46
  Speaker 1: the items he took were. SIGNIFICANT a Fine babylonian, robe
• 1:22:50
  Speaker 1: likely a luxurious imported, garment two hundred shekels of silver
• 1:22:55
  Speaker 1: a considerable, sum and a bar of gold weighing fifty
• 1:22:59
  Speaker 1: sheeps around five hundred and seventy. Grams these were, valuable
• 1:23:04
  Speaker 1: high status. Objects clear temptations to greed and the desire
• 1:23:09
  Speaker 1: for wealth to confirm the, Confession joshua sent messengers to.
• 1:23:13
  Speaker 1: Verify In joshua seven twenty two twenty, three we, read
• 1:23:18
  Speaker 1: So joshua sent, messengers and they ran to the, tent
• 1:23:22
  Speaker 1: and there it was hidden in his, tent with the silver.
• 1:23:26
  Speaker 1: Underneath they took the things from the, tent brought them
• 1:23:29
  Speaker 1: To joshua and all The, israelites and spread them out
• 1:23:32
  Speaker 1: before The. Lord the stolen goods were found exactly where
• 1:23:37
  Speaker 1: a khan had, said buried in the floor of his,
• 1:23:40
  Speaker 1: tent with the silver. Underneath the phrase spread them out
• 1:23:45
  Speaker 1: before The lord likely means the items were placed before
• 1:23:49
  Speaker 1: The ark of The, covenant serving as both concrete evidence
• 1:23:53
  Speaker 1: of the crime and recognition that these items rightfully belonged To.
• 1:23:58
  Speaker 1: God with the chan's guilt, confirmed justice was carried out.
• 1:24:04
  Speaker 1: Swiftly In joshua seven twenty four twenty, six we, read Then,
• 1:24:08
  Speaker 1: joshua together with All, israel took a khan son Of,
• 1:24:12
  Speaker 1: zira the, silver the, robe the gold, bar his sons and,
• 1:24:15
  Speaker 1: daughters his, cattle donkeys and, sheep his, tent and all
• 1:24:19
  Speaker 1: that he had to the valley Of. Akor joshua, said
• 1:24:23
  Speaker 1: why have you brought this trouble on? Us The lord
• 1:24:26
  Speaker 1: will bring trouble on you to. Day then All israel stoned,
• 1:24:30
  Speaker 1: him and after they had stoned the, rest they burned.
• 1:24:33
  Speaker 1: Them Over, achan they heaped up a large pile of,
• 1:24:36
  Speaker 1: rocks which remains to this. Day then The lord turned
• 1:24:39
  Speaker 1: from his fierce. Anger therefore that place has been called
• 1:24:43
  Speaker 1: The valley Of akor ever. Since the punishment was severe and.
• 1:24:47
  Speaker 1: Total not Only, achan but his entire family and possessions were.
• 1:24:52
  Speaker 1: Destroyed this collective judgment may seem unjust to modern, sensibilities
• 1:24:57
  Speaker 1: but it reflected the ancient understanding of familial solidarity In
• 1:25:03
  Speaker 1: in that cultural, context the family was seen as a unified,
• 1:25:06
  Speaker 1: whole sharing in both blessings and. Consequences, moreover it's likely
• 1:25:12
  Speaker 1: That ahan's family was aware of the, theft after, all
• 1:25:16
  Speaker 1: the stolen items were hidden in their shared. Tent the
• 1:25:20
  Speaker 1: ice method of execution was twofold stoning followed by. Burning
• 1:25:26
  Speaker 1: as previously, prescribed stoning was a communal form of, execution
• 1:25:31
  Speaker 1: involving the collective participation of the. People, afterward a large
• 1:25:35
  Speaker 1: heap of stones was raised over the site as a permanent,
• 1:25:39
  Speaker 1: memorial not to honor a, khan but to serve as
• 1:25:42
  Speaker 1: a lasting reminder of the consequences of. Disobedience the name
• 1:25:47
  Speaker 1: given to the, Site valley Of, vershore is. SIGNIFICANT a
• 1:25:51
  Speaker 1: chore In hebrew means trouble or, disaster Echoing joshua's, words
• 1:25:57
  Speaker 1: why have you brought this trouble on? Us The lord
• 1:26:00
  Speaker 1: will bring trouble on you. TODAY A chan's case would
• 1:26:04
  Speaker 1: serve as a lasting reminder that individual actions carry collective,
• 1:26:08
  Speaker 1: consequences and that covenant With god demanded complete. Obedience the
• 1:26:14
  Speaker 1: final line of the, account then The lord turned from
• 1:26:18
  Speaker 1: his fierce, anger indicates that the punishment had achieved its.
• 1:26:21
  Speaker 1: Purpose justice had been, served the community's sanctity, restored and
• 1:26:27
  Speaker 1: the relationship Between god And israel. Repaired the path was
• 1:26:31
  Speaker 1: now clear to resume the conquest of the. Land with
• 1:26:35
  Speaker 1: A chan's sin removed from the camp and the relationship
• 1:26:39
  Speaker 1: With god, restored it was time to return to. Battle this, time,
• 1:26:44
  Speaker 1: however the approach would be very. Different In joshua eight
• 1:26:48
  Speaker 1: one to, Two god Encourages joshua and reveals a new.
• 1:26:52
  Speaker 1: Strategy then The lord said To, joshua do not be,
• 1:26:56
  Speaker 1: afraid do not be. Discouraged take the whole army with
• 1:27:00
  Speaker 1: you and go up and ATTACK. Ii FOR i have
• 1:27:05
  Speaker 1: delivered into your hands The king OF, ii his, people his,
• 1:27:09
  Speaker 1: city and his. Land you shall do TO i and
• 1:27:12
  Speaker 1: its king as you did To jericho and its, king
• 1:27:15
  Speaker 1: except that you may carry off their plunder and live
• 1:27:18
  Speaker 1: stock for. Yourselves set an ambush behind the. City this
• 1:27:23
  Speaker 1: new approach differed from the conquest Of jericho in two key. Ways,
• 1:27:27
  Speaker 1: first there would be no miraculous collapse of. Walls, instead
• 1:27:31
  Speaker 1: they would use conventional military, tactics specifically. Ambush, second this
• 1:27:37
  Speaker 1: time The israelites were allowed to take the spoils and
• 1:27:40
  Speaker 1: livestock for, themselves a sharp contrast to the previous command
• 1:27:44
  Speaker 1: to destroy everything In. Jericho joshua meticulously planned the operation
• 1:27:51
  Speaker 1: In joshua eight three to. Eight he Puts god's strategy into.
• 1:27:56
  Speaker 1: Motion So joshua and the whole army moved out to ATTACK.
• 1:27:59
  Speaker 1: I he chose thirty thousand of his best fighting men
• 1:28:04
  Speaker 1: and sent them out at night with these. Orders listen,
• 1:28:07
  Speaker 1: carefully you are to set an ambush behind the. City
• 1:28:10
  Speaker 1: don't go very far from. It all of you be
• 1:28:13
  Speaker 1: on the. ALERT i and all those with me will
• 1:28:16
  Speaker 1: advance on the, city and when the men come out against,
• 1:28:19
  Speaker 1: us as they did, before we will flee from. Them
• 1:28:22
  Speaker 1: they will pursue us until we have lured them away
• 1:28:26
  Speaker 1: from the, city for they will say they are running
• 1:28:29
  Speaker 1: away from, us as they did. Before so when we
• 1:28:32
  Speaker 1: flee from, them you are to rise up From ambush
• 1:28:35
  Speaker 1: and take the. City The lord Your god will give
• 1:28:38
  Speaker 1: it into your. Hand when you have taken the, city
• 1:28:41
  Speaker 1: set it on. Fire do what The lord has. Commanded
• 1:28:45
  Speaker 1: see to. It you have my. Orders the plan was.
• 1:28:49
  Speaker 1: BRILLIANT a main group led By joshua would stage a
• 1:28:53
  Speaker 1: frontal assault and then pretend to, retreat exactly as they
• 1:28:58
  Speaker 1: had done in their earlier failed. Attempt this would draw
• 1:29:01
  Speaker 1: the defenders out of the, city leaving it. Exposed, meanwhile
• 1:29:05
  Speaker 1: a hidden force of thirty thousand men would be waiting
• 1:29:08
  Speaker 1: In ambush BEHIND, i ready to strike once the city
• 1:29:12
  Speaker 1: was left. Defenseless joshua positioned the troops carefully In joshua
• 1:29:16
  Speaker 1: eight nine we. Read Then joshua sent them, off and
• 1:29:20
  Speaker 1: they went to the place Of ambush and lay in
• 1:29:22
  Speaker 1: wait Between bethel AND i to the west Of. Ai
• 1:29:26
  Speaker 1: But joshua spent that night with the. People the exact
• 1:29:29
  Speaker 1: location of the ambush Between bethel AND i west of
• 1:29:34
  Speaker 1: the city is emphasized to show the precision of the
• 1:29:37
  Speaker 1: planning And joshua's attention to geographical. Detail the next, morning
• 1:29:43
  Speaker 1: the plan was put into. Action In joshua eight ten,
• 1:29:47
  Speaker 1: thirteen we see the final. Preparations early the next, Morning
• 1:29:52
  Speaker 1: joshua mustered his, army and he and the elders Of
• 1:29:56
  Speaker 1: israel marched before them To. Eye the entire army that
• 1:30:00
  Speaker 1: was with him marched up and approached the. City they
• 1:30:03
  Speaker 1: camped north Of, eye with a valley between them and the.
• 1:30:07
  Speaker 1: City joshua had taken about five thousand men and set
• 1:30:11
  Speaker 1: them in ambush Between bethel And iye to the west
• 1:30:14
  Speaker 1: of the. City so the soldiers took up their, positions
• 1:30:18
  Speaker 1: with the main camp to the north of the city
• 1:30:21
  Speaker 1: and the ambush to the west of. It that, Night
• 1:30:24
  Speaker 1: joshua went into the. Valley this passage reveals additional tactical
• 1:30:28
  Speaker 1: layers not mentioned in the earlier. Description, apparently in addition
• 1:30:33
  Speaker 1: to the thirty thousand men in the main ambush, Force
• 1:30:37
  Speaker 1: joshua also placed five thousand men in a secondary. Ambush
• 1:30:42
  Speaker 1: this could have been a reserve unit or a security
• 1:30:45
  Speaker 1: force meant to block potential reinforcements From, bethel a nearby
• 1:30:49
  Speaker 1: city that might have allied With. Ayi the battle unfolded
• 1:30:54
  Speaker 1: exactly as. Planned In joshua eight fourteen, seventeen we read
• 1:30:58
  Speaker 1: the defender's. Reaction when The king OF i saw, this
• 1:31:02
  Speaker 1: he and all the men of the city hurried out
• 1:31:04
  Speaker 1: early in the morning to Meet israel in battle at
• 1:31:07
  Speaker 1: a certain place overlooking The. Araba but he did not
• 1:31:11
  Speaker 1: know that an ambush had been set against him behind the.
• 1:31:14
  Speaker 1: City joshua and All israel let themselves be driven back before,
• 1:31:18
  Speaker 1: them and they fled toward the. Wilderness all the men
• 1:31:22
  Speaker 1: of iye were called to pursue, them and they Pursued
• 1:31:25
  Speaker 1: joshua and were lured away from the. City not a
• 1:31:28
  Speaker 1: man remained In iye Or bethel who did not go After.
• 1:31:32
  Speaker 1: Israel they left the city open and went in pursuit Of.
• 1:31:35
  Speaker 1: Israel joshua's tactic worked. Flawlessly seeing The israelite army appear
• 1:31:42
  Speaker 1: to repeat the same pattern of attack and retreat as,
• 1:31:44
  Speaker 1: before The king OF i and his men confidently rushed
• 1:31:48
  Speaker 1: out to pursue. Them the text emphasizes that not a
• 1:31:52
  Speaker 1: man remained In iye Or, bethel highlighting the total success
• 1:31:56
  Speaker 1: of the. Ruse the city was left completely, unguarded with
• 1:32:00
  Speaker 1: the defenders, Away joshua gave the signal to. Strike In
• 1:32:04
  Speaker 1: joshua eight eighteen, nineteen we read then The lord said To,
• 1:32:08
  Speaker 1: joshua hold out TOWARD i the javelin that is in your,
• 1:32:11
  Speaker 1: Hand for into your HAND i will deliver the. City
• 1:32:16
  Speaker 1: So joshua held out toward the city the javelin that
• 1:32:18
  Speaker 1: was in his. Hand as soon as he did, this
• 1:32:22
  Speaker 1: the men in the ambush rose quickly from their position
• 1:32:25
  Speaker 1: and rushed. Forward they entered the city and captured it
• 1:32:29
  Speaker 1: and quickly set it on. Fire joshua's act of stretching
• 1:32:33
  Speaker 1: out his spear toward the city served as a visible
• 1:32:36
  Speaker 1: signal do the ambush, force lightly monitored by watchmen waiting
• 1:32:41
  Speaker 1: for that exact, moment they rushed out from, hiding entered
• 1:32:44
  Speaker 1: the now empty, city and set it, ablaze creating a
• 1:32:48
  Speaker 1: rising column of smoke that could be seen from far.
• 1:32:51
  Speaker 1: Away when the men OF i looked, back they realized
• 1:32:55
  Speaker 1: they had fallen into a. Trap In joshua eight twenty,
• 1:33:00
  Speaker 1: two we rid the conclusion of the. Battle when the
• 1:33:04
  Speaker 1: men OF i looked back and saw the smoke of
• 1:33:06
  Speaker 1: the city rising into the, sky they had no chance
• 1:33:10
  Speaker 1: to escape in any. Direction The, israelites who had been
• 1:33:14
  Speaker 1: fleeing toward the, wilderness had turned back against their. Pursuers
• 1:33:18
  Speaker 1: for When joshua and All israel saw that the ambush
• 1:33:21
  Speaker 1: had taken the city and that smoke was going up from,
• 1:33:24
  Speaker 1: it they turned around and attacked the men Of. Aye
• 1:33:28
  Speaker 1: those in the ambush also came out of the city against,
• 1:33:31
  Speaker 1: them so that they were caught in the, middle With
• 1:33:34
  Speaker 1: israelites on both. Sides israel cut them, down leaving them
• 1:33:38
  Speaker 1: neither survivors nor. Fugitives caught Between joshua's main, force now
• 1:33:43
  Speaker 1: turning back toward, them and the ambush unit coming out
• 1:33:47
  Speaker 1: of the burning, city the warriors Of eye were completely.
• 1:33:50
  Speaker 1: Surrounded there was nowhere to, flee and the result was
• 1:33:55
  Speaker 1: a decisive and total victory For. Israel The king OF
• 1:33:59
  Speaker 1: i was captured alive set aside for special treatment In.
• 1:34:04
  Speaker 1: Joshua eight twenty, three twenty nine we read the conclusion
• 1:34:08
  Speaker 1: of the. Battle but they took The king OF i
• 1:34:11
  Speaker 1: alive and brought him To. Joshua When israel had finished
• 1:34:14
  Speaker 1: killing all the inhabitants Of ai in the open country
• 1:34:18
  Speaker 1: where they had pursued, them and when they were all
• 1:34:21
  Speaker 1: fallen by the edge of the sword until they were.
• 1:34:23
  Speaker 1: Destroyed All israel returned To aye and struck it down
• 1:34:28
  Speaker 1: with the edge of the, Sword and all who fell that,
• 1:34:32
  Speaker 1: day both men and, women were twelve, thousand all the
• 1:34:35
  Speaker 1: people OF. I For joshua did not draw back his
• 1:34:39
  Speaker 1: hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he
• 1:34:42
  Speaker 1: had devoted all the inhabitants OF i to. Destruction only
• 1:34:46
  Speaker 1: the live stock and the spoil of that. City israel
• 1:34:50
  Speaker 1: took as their, plunder according to the word of The
• 1:34:52
  Speaker 1: lord that he Commanded. Joshua So joshua Burned eye and
• 1:34:57
  Speaker 1: made it a permanent heap of, ruins as it is
• 1:35:00
  Speaker 1: to this, day and he hanged the king of on
• 1:35:03
  Speaker 1: a tree until evening at, Sunset joshua gave the, command
• 1:35:08
  Speaker 1: and they took his body down from the, tree threw
• 1:35:11
  Speaker 1: it at the entrance of the city, gate and raised
• 1:35:14
  Speaker 1: over it a great heap of, stones which remains to this.
• 1:35:17
  Speaker 1: Day the destruction Of eye was. Total every one of
• 1:35:21
  Speaker 1: its twelve thousand inhabitants precisely counted in the, text was.
• 1:35:26
  Speaker 1: Killed the city was burned and turned into a perpetual.
• 1:35:31
  Speaker 1: Ruin the king received particularly humiliating. Treatment he was hanged
• 1:35:36
  Speaker 1: on a tree or wooden stake as a public demonstration
• 1:35:40
  Speaker 1: of his defeat at, sunset following The mosaic, law which
• 1:35:45
  Speaker 1: prohibited leaving a body hanging Overnight deuteronomy twenty one twenty
• 1:35:49
  Speaker 1: two to twenty, three his corpse was taken down and
• 1:35:53
  Speaker 1: buried under a large heap of stones at the city.
• 1:35:56
  Speaker 1: Gate Unlike, jericho the this, time The israelites were allowed
• 1:36:02
  Speaker 1: to take the live stock and the spoils for, themselves
• 1:36:06
  Speaker 1: according to the word of The. Lord this showed that
• 1:36:09
  Speaker 1: the earlier prohibition was not a universal principle for every,
• 1:36:12
  Speaker 1: conquest but rather a specific command for the first fruits
• 1:36:17
  Speaker 1: of the, conquest which Was. Jericho the victory Over eye
• 1:36:21
  Speaker 1: Restored israel's confidence and reaffirmed That god was still with.
• 1:36:26
  Speaker 1: Them the previous defeat had been due to, disobedience not divine.
• 1:36:30
  Speaker 1: Abandonment with a chan's sin removed from the camp and
• 1:36:34
  Speaker 1: their relationship With god, Restored israel was now ready to
• 1:36:39
  Speaker 1: continue the conquest of The promised. Land the account Of
• 1:36:44
  Speaker 1: Eyes vall illustrates an important spiritual. Principle divine forgiveness is
• 1:36:50
  Speaker 1: real and, complete but it doesn't remove the need for, wisdom,
• 1:36:54
  Speaker 1: planning and human. Effort god didn't repeat the miracle Of. Jericho,
• 1:36:59
  Speaker 1: instead he Blessed joshua's conventional military. Strategy both victories came From,
• 1:37:04
  Speaker 1: god but through different, means a reminder That god works
• 1:37:08
  Speaker 1: in diverse ways to fulfill his. Purposes after the eye
• 1:37:12
  Speaker 1: victories At jericho AND, I joshua led the people in
• 1:37:15
  Speaker 1: a significant moment of spiritual. Renewal In joshua eight thirty
• 1:37:19
  Speaker 1: to thirty, one he built an altar to The, lord
• 1:37:22
  Speaker 1: The god Of, israel On, Mountebal just As, moses the
• 1:37:26
  Speaker 1: servant of The, lord had commanded The israelites an altar
• 1:37:30
  Speaker 1: of uncut stones on which no iron tool had been.
• 1:37:34
  Speaker 1: Used this, altar made of stones untouched by human, tools
• 1:37:40
  Speaker 1: preserved the purity of, worship As god had previously commanded Through.
• 1:37:44
  Speaker 1: Moses on this, Altar joshua offered two types of, sacrifices
• 1:37:49
  Speaker 1: burnt offerings to The lord and sacrificed peace. Offerings burnt
• 1:37:54
  Speaker 1: offerings were completely consumed by, fire symbolizing total, dedication while
• 1:38:00
  Speaker 1: the peace offerings were partially eaten in a communal, meal
• 1:38:03
  Speaker 1: representing fellowship With god and among the. People the next
• 1:38:09
  Speaker 1: step in the ceremony involved The word Of god In
• 1:38:13
  Speaker 1: joshua eight thirty. Two, there in the presence of The,
• 1:38:16
  Speaker 1: Israelites joshua wrote on the stones a copy of The
• 1:38:20
  Speaker 1: law Of. Moses these were not the same stones as the,
• 1:38:23
  Speaker 1: altar but specially prepared stones coated with lime to provide
• 1:38:28
  Speaker 1: a smooth surface for. Writing this permanent inscription of The
• 1:38:32
  Speaker 1: law marked the land as governed by divine. Principles the
• 1:38:36
  Speaker 1: ceremony continued with a powerful display involving the entire. Nation
• 1:38:42
  Speaker 1: joshua eight thirty three describes their. Arrangement all israel with their, elders,
• 1:38:47
  Speaker 1: officials and, judges were standing on both sides of the,
• 1:38:51
  Speaker 1: ark half of them in front Of Mount gerizim and
• 1:38:54
  Speaker 1: half of them in front Of Mount. Ebel the people
• 1:38:58
  Speaker 1: were split between the two, mouns forming a natural, amphitheater
• 1:39:03
  Speaker 1: with The ark of The covenant in the valley between,
• 1:39:05
  Speaker 1: them just As moses had. Commanded the climax of the
• 1:39:11
  Speaker 1: ceremony came When joshua read The law aloud to all the.
• 1:39:14
  Speaker 1: People In joshua eight thirty four thirty. Five he read
• 1:39:18
  Speaker 1: all the words of The, law the blessings and the,
• 1:39:21
  Speaker 1: curses just as it is written in The book of The.
• 1:39:24
  Speaker 1: Law there was not a word of all That moses
• 1:39:27
  Speaker 1: had commanded That joshua did not. Read to the whole
• 1:39:31
  Speaker 1: assembly Of, israel including the women and, children and the
• 1:39:34
  Speaker 1: foreigners who lived among. Them no one was excluded from
• 1:39:38
  Speaker 1: this covenant, renewal emphasizing that every one needed to understand
• 1:39:44
  Speaker 1: the terms under which they would live in The Promised.
• 1:39:47
  Speaker 1: Land this ceremony demonstrated that the purpose of the conquest
• 1:39:53
  Speaker 1: was not merely territorial, expansion but the establishment of a
• 1:39:57
  Speaker 1: society built On god's. Law even in the midst of
• 1:40:01
  Speaker 1: ongoing military, campaigns The israelites paused to reaffirm their spiritual,
• 1:40:06
  Speaker 1: commitment highlighting that obedience To god was the foundation of their.
• 1:40:11
  Speaker 1: Mission As israel renewed its covenant With, god news of
• 1:40:19
  Speaker 1: their victories began to, spread prompting different reactions among the
• 1:40:23
  Speaker 1: inhabitants Of. Canaan In joshua nine one to, two most
• 1:40:27
  Speaker 1: of the local kings decided to form a military coalition
• 1:40:30
  Speaker 1: to oppose the. Invaders they gathered together to wage war
• 1:40:34
  Speaker 1: Against joshua And. Israel, however one group chose a different.
• 1:40:39
  Speaker 1: Approach the inhabitants Of, gibeon a confederation of four. Cities Gibeon,
• 1:40:45
  Speaker 1: Kefirah beiroth And Kiriath jarim resorted to cunning rather than.
• 1:40:50
  Speaker 1: Confrontation In joshua nine three to. Six they resorted to
• 1:40:54
  Speaker 1: a ruse and came as ambassadors from a distant, land
• 1:40:58
  Speaker 1: bringing worn out, sacks old, wine skins cracked and. Mended
• 1:41:03
  Speaker 1: they wore old patched, sandals and all the bread they
• 1:41:07
  Speaker 1: took for the journey was dry and. Moldy this elaborate
• 1:41:11
  Speaker 1: disguise had a clear goal to trick The israelites into
• 1:41:14
  Speaker 1: making a peace, treaty something forbidden with the peoples Of
• 1:41:18
  Speaker 1: canaan but permitted with distant. Nations The israelites were initially.
• 1:41:22
  Speaker 1: Skeptical In joshua nine, seven they, asked but perhaps you
• 1:41:27
  Speaker 1: live near, us so how can we make a treaty with?
• 1:41:30
  Speaker 1: You but The gibeonites persisted with a convincing, story referencing
• 1:41:35
  Speaker 1: historical events In joshua nine nine to thirteen that suggested
• 1:41:40
  Speaker 1: a limited knowledge Of israel's. Activities they spoke of the
• 1:41:44
  Speaker 1: exodus and the victories Over sihon And, og but notably
• 1:41:49
  Speaker 1: made no mention of the recent conquests Of jericho AND.
• 1:41:52
  Speaker 1: I joshua and the leaders made a crucial, mistake as
• 1:41:57
  Speaker 1: identified In joshua nine. Fourteen they sampled their provisions but
• 1:42:02
  Speaker 1: did not inquire of The, lord relying solely on physical
• 1:42:06
  Speaker 1: evidence and human. Judgment they made a peace treaty sealed
• 1:42:10
  Speaker 1: with a solemn. Oath joshua made a treaty of peace
• 1:42:14
  Speaker 1: with them to let them, live and the leaders of
• 1:42:16
  Speaker 1: The assembly ratified it by. Oath three days, later the
• 1:42:22
  Speaker 1: truth came to light In joshua nine sixteen. Seventeen they
• 1:42:26
  Speaker 1: heard that they were neighbors living near them and discovered
• 1:42:30
  Speaker 1: That gibeon was only a few miles. Away the people
• 1:42:33
  Speaker 1: reacted with. Outrage the whole assembly grumbled against the, leaders
• 1:42:37
  Speaker 1: but the oath had to be. Honored the leaders explained
• 1:42:41
  Speaker 1: their reasoning In joshua nine. Nineteen we have given them
• 1:42:46
  Speaker 1: our oath by The, lord The god Of, israel and
• 1:42:49
  Speaker 1: we cannot touch them. Now as a, compromise The gibeonites
• 1:42:53
  Speaker 1: were sentenced to perpetual servitude In joshua nine twenty one
• 1:42:58
  Speaker 1: to twenty. Three they became wood cutters and water carriers
• 1:43:02
  Speaker 1: for the whole, assembly specifically for The house Of My.
• 1:43:05
  Speaker 1: God though, arduous this labor kept them close to the
• 1:43:10
  Speaker 1: center Of israelite. Worship The gibeonites accepted their fate, openly
• 1:43:15
  Speaker 1: revealing their motivation In joshua nine twenty. Four we feared
• 1:43:19
  Speaker 1: for our lives because of, you and that is why
• 1:43:22
  Speaker 1: we did. This this episode illustrates the consequences of making
• 1:43:27
  Speaker 1: decisions without seeking divine guidance even when the evidence seems,
• 1:43:32
  Speaker 1: clear as well as How god can incorporate human error
• 1:43:36
  Speaker 1: into his greater. Plan the alliance Between israel And gibeon
• 1:43:43
  Speaker 1: sparked an immediate and hostile response from neighboring. Kings In
• 1:43:47
  Speaker 1: joshua ten one, five A donizedek king Of jerusalem led
• 1:43:52
  Speaker 1: a coalition with four other kings From, Hebron, Jarmuth, lakish
• 1:43:56
  Speaker 1: And eglon to Attack. Gibeon their motive was clear fear
• 1:44:02
  Speaker 1: that other cities might Follow gibeon's, example since it was
• 1:44:05
  Speaker 1: described as an important city like one of the royal.
• 1:44:09
  Speaker 1: Cities it was larger THAN i and all its men
• 1:44:13
  Speaker 1: were good. Fighters finding themselves surrounded by this powerful, coalition
• 1:44:18
  Speaker 1: The gibeonites sent an urgent plea To joshua In joshua ten,
• 1:44:22
  Speaker 1: six do not abandon your, Servants come up to us
• 1:44:25
  Speaker 1: quickly and save. Us this was the first true test
• 1:44:29
  Speaker 1: of the newly formed, alliance And joshua responded, swiftly mobilizing
• 1:44:34
  Speaker 1: his entire, army including all the best fighting. Men before setting,
• 1:44:39
  Speaker 1: Out joshua received divine assurance of victory In joshua ten.
• 1:44:45
  Speaker 1: Eight do not be afraid of. THEM i have given
• 1:44:48
  Speaker 1: them into your. Hand not one of them will be
• 1:44:51
  Speaker 1: able to withstand. You encouraged by this, promise he led
• 1:44:56
  Speaker 1: an impressive overnight march described In joshua ten. Nine after
• 1:45:01
  Speaker 1: an all night march From, Gilgal joshua took them by.
• 1:45:05
  Speaker 1: Surprise this, journey approximately thirty kilometers with an ascent of
• 1:45:10
  Speaker 1: about one thousand, meters showcased extraordinary resolve and commitment to the.
• 1:45:16
  Speaker 1: Alliance the resulting battle ended in a resounding victory For,
• 1:45:20
  Speaker 1: israel marked by two remarkable divine. Interventions burst In joshua ten,
• 1:45:25
  Speaker 1: eleven The lord hurled large hailstones down on them from the.
• 1:45:30
  Speaker 1: Sky more of them died from the hail than were
• 1:45:33
  Speaker 1: killed by the swords of The. Israelites then came one
• 1:45:36
  Speaker 1: of the most extraordinary miracles in The bible In joshua
• 1:45:41
  Speaker 1: ten twelve to. Thirteen realizing the day would end before
• 1:45:45
  Speaker 1: the victory was, Complete joshua said to The, lord suns
• 1:45:49
  Speaker 1: stand still Over, gibeon and you moon over the valley Of.
• 1:45:53
  Speaker 1: Ajalon so the sun stood still and the moon stopped
• 1:45:57
  Speaker 1: till the nation avenged itself on its. Enemies the text
• 1:46:01
  Speaker 1: underscores the exceptional nature of this. Event the sun stopped
• 1:46:06
  Speaker 1: in the middle of the sky and delayed going down
• 1:46:09
  Speaker 1: about a full. Day there has never been a day
• 1:46:12
  Speaker 1: like it before or. Since whether understood as a literal
• 1:46:16
  Speaker 1: cosmological event or a poetic depiction of an extraordinarily productive
• 1:46:21
  Speaker 1: day in, battle this clearly Highlights god's direct intervention On israel's.
• 1:46:27
  Speaker 1: Behalf As joshua ten fourteen, concludes surely The lord was
• 1:46:32
  Speaker 1: fighting For. Israel during the chaotic retreat of The amorite,
• 1:46:36
  Speaker 1: armies their five kings fled and sought. Refuge In joshua
• 1:46:41
  Speaker 1: ten sixteen, seventeen they fled and hid in the cave At,
• 1:46:45
  Speaker 1: makadah but their hiding place was discovered and reported To.
• 1:46:49
  Speaker 1: Joshua joshua's response demonstrated strategic. Thinking instead of halting the
• 1:46:54
  Speaker 1: pursuit of the, enemy he ordered In joshua ten eighteen
• 1:46:58
  Speaker 1: to nineteen roll large rocks up to the mouth of
• 1:47:01
  Speaker 1: the cave and post some men there to guard, it
• 1:47:05
  Speaker 1: but don't. Stop pursue your. Enemies the kings were temporarily
• 1:47:10
  Speaker 1: contained while the main battle. Continued this tactic led to
• 1:47:15
  Speaker 1: a complete, victory described In joshua ten twenty as a great.
• 1:47:19
  Speaker 1: Slaughter until they were wiped, out the psychological impact across
• 1:47:23
  Speaker 1: the region was. Immense no one dared to say a
• 1:47:27
  Speaker 1: word against The, israelites A hebrew, idiom meaning no one
• 1:47:31
  Speaker 1: dared to oppose. Them with the enemy army, Defeated joshua
• 1:47:36
  Speaker 1: turned his attention to the captured. Kings In joshua ten
• 1:47:40
  Speaker 1: twenty two to twenty, five he, commanded open the mouth
• 1:47:44
  Speaker 1: of the cave and bring those five kings out to.
• 1:47:47
  Speaker 1: Me when they were brought, Out joshua summoned the military
• 1:47:51
  Speaker 1: commanders and, said come here and put your feet on
• 1:47:54
  Speaker 1: the necks of these. Kings this humiliation ritual common in
• 1:47:59
  Speaker 1: the Ancient Near, east symbolized total. Domination joshua used the
• 1:48:04
  Speaker 1: moment to encourage his, troops, declaring do not be, afraid
• 1:48:08
  Speaker 1: do not be. Discouraged be strong and. Courageous this is
• 1:48:12
  Speaker 1: what The lord will do to all the. Enemies you
• 1:48:16
  Speaker 1: are going to fight the ceremony was both a symbol
• 1:48:19
  Speaker 1: of victory and a visual lesson That god would deliver
• 1:48:23
  Speaker 1: all Of israel's enemies into their. Hands after the, ritual
• 1:48:27
  Speaker 1: the kings were. Executed joshua ten twenty six to twenty
• 1:48:31
  Speaker 1: seven Recounts joshua struck and killed them and hung them
• 1:48:35
  Speaker 1: on five, trees and they were left hanging until. Evening at,
• 1:48:39
  Speaker 1: sunset they threw them into the cave where they had been.
• 1:48:42
  Speaker 1: Hiding at the mouth of the cave they placed large,
• 1:48:47
  Speaker 1: rocks which remained to this day their temporary hiding. Place
• 1:48:51
  Speaker 1: thus became their permanent. Tomb this victory marked only the
• 1:48:55
  Speaker 1: beginning of a broader southern. Campaign In joshua ten twenty
• 1:48:59
  Speaker 1: eight to four forty, two we read a list of successive.
• 1:49:02
  Speaker 1: Conquests that same, Day joshua Took, Makida, Libna, Lukish, Egglon, Hebron.
• 1:49:11
  Speaker 1: Debir these conquests spanned the entire region from the coastal
• 1:49:16
  Speaker 1: plain to the hill country Of, judah and from north
• 1:49:19
  Speaker 1: Of jerusalem to the southern area Of Kadesh. Barnea joshua
• 1:49:24
  Speaker 1: ten forty forty two summarizes the. Campaign So joshua subdued
• 1:49:29
  Speaker 1: the whole. Region the hill, country The, negev the western,
• 1:49:33
  Speaker 1: foothills and the mountain. Slopes together with all their, kings
• 1:49:37
  Speaker 1: he left no. Survivors all these kings and their Lands
• 1:49:41
  Speaker 1: joshua conquered in one campaign because The, lord The god Of,
• 1:49:45
  Speaker 1: israel fought For. Israel The southern campaign was a complete,
• 1:49:50
  Speaker 1: success Establishing israelite control over a significant portion Of. Canaan
• 1:49:55
  Speaker 1: as Southern canaan fell Under israelite, control kings of The
• 1:50:00
  Speaker 1: north formed an even more powerful coalition In joshua eleven
• 1:50:04
  Speaker 1: one to. Five, jabin king Of, hazer took the, lead
• 1:50:09
  Speaker 1: sending messengers to various other northern. Kings the result was
• 1:50:13
  Speaker 1: a massive military. Alliance they came out with all their,
• 1:50:17
  Speaker 1: armies a multitude as numerous as the sand on the,
• 1:50:21
  Speaker 1: seashore and with very many horses and. Chariots all these
• 1:50:25
  Speaker 1: kings joined forces and encamped together at the waters Of
• 1:50:29
  Speaker 1: merom to fight Against. Israel this coalition represented a formidable military,
• 1:50:35
  Speaker 1: challenge far greater than Anything israel had faced. Before the
• 1:50:40
  Speaker 1: text strongly emphasizes their numbers as numerous as the, sand
• 1:50:45
  Speaker 1: and their advanced military, technology very many horses and, chariots
• 1:50:50
  Speaker 1: Which israel did not Possess in the face of this intimidating,
• 1:50:54
  Speaker 1: Army god once again Encouraged. Joshua In joshua eleven, sees
• 1:51:00
  Speaker 1: The lord said To, joshua do not be afraid of,
• 1:51:03
  Speaker 1: them for by this time TOMORROW i will hand all
• 1:51:06
  Speaker 1: of them over To israel. Slain you are to hamstring
• 1:51:09
  Speaker 1: their horses and burn their. Chariots the promise came with
• 1:51:13
  Speaker 1: specific instructions for dealing with the enemy's technological, advantage render
• 1:51:18
  Speaker 1: the horses, useless and destroy the war chariots by. Fire
• 1:51:22
  Speaker 1: joshua responded with a bold military. Tactic In joshua eleven to,
• 1:51:27
  Speaker 1: Seven joshua and his whole army came upon them suddenly
• 1:51:31
  Speaker 1: at the waters Of merim and attacked. Them rather than
• 1:51:35
  Speaker 1: waiting passively for an assault from the superior, Force joshua
• 1:51:39
  Speaker 1: launched a surprise, attack demonstrating both initiative and. Courage the
• 1:51:44
  Speaker 1: strategy Worked joshua eleven eight to nine, recounts and The
• 1:51:49
  Speaker 1: lord gave them into the hand Of. Israel they defeated
• 1:51:52
  Speaker 1: them and pursued them until no survivors were. Left joshua
• 1:51:57
  Speaker 1: did to them as The lord had, directed ams strung
• 1:52:00
  Speaker 1: their horses and burned their. Chariots after defeating the, Coalition
• 1:52:06
  Speaker 1: joshua turned his attention To, hazer the city of the
• 1:52:09
  Speaker 1: king who had organized the. Alliance In joshua eleven ten to,
• 1:52:13
  Speaker 1: Eleven joshua Took hazar and struck down its king with the.
• 1:52:18
  Speaker 1: Sword For hazer had formerly been the head of all those.
• 1:52:21
  Speaker 1: Kingdoms they put to the sword all who were in,
• 1:52:24
  Speaker 1: it destroying them. Completely there was not a single soul left,
• 1:52:29
  Speaker 1: alive and he Burned haeser with. Fire the total destruction Of,
• 1:52:34
  Speaker 1: hazel one of the largest and most influential cities In,
• 1:52:38
  Speaker 1: canaan delivered a decisive blow To canaanite power in the.
• 1:52:42
  Speaker 1: North the other cities of the coalition received different. Treatment
• 1:52:47
  Speaker 1: In joshua eleven twelve, fifteen we read That joshua captured
• 1:52:52
  Speaker 1: all the cities of these kings and struck them down
• 1:52:55
  Speaker 1: with the, sword destroying them. Completely But israel did not
• 1:52:59
  Speaker 1: burn any of the cities built on their mounds Except hazer.
• 1:53:03
  Speaker 1: Alone this distinction burning Only hazer while preserving the structures
• 1:53:09
  Speaker 1: of the other cities was a practical, one allowing The
• 1:53:12
  Speaker 1: israelites to occupy and use the conquered. Cities the text
• 1:53:17
  Speaker 1: repeatedly emphasizes That joshua meticulously followed the divine instructions passed
• 1:53:22
  Speaker 1: down Through, moses as The lord commanded his Servant. Moses
• 1:53:28
  Speaker 1: So moses Commanded, joshua And joshua did. It he left
• 1:53:33
  Speaker 1: nothing undone of all that The lord Commanded. Moses the
• 1:53:37
  Speaker 1: final verses Of joshua eleven provide a broad summary of
• 1:53:41
  Speaker 1: the entire conquest campaign Under joshua's. Leadership In joshua eleven
• 1:53:47
  Speaker 1: sixteen to, seventeen we see the geographical extent of the.
• 1:53:51
  Speaker 1: Conquests So joshua took all that, land the hill, country
• 1:53:56
  Speaker 1: all The, negev all the land Of, goshen the western,
• 1:54:00
  Speaker 1: foothills The, araba the hill country Of israel and its
• 1:54:03
  Speaker 1: foothills From Mount halak that rises Towards seyr to ba'
• 1:54:08
  Speaker 1: Al gad in the valley Of lebanon Below Mount. Herman
• 1:54:11
  Speaker 1: this description covers nearly all Of, canaan from south to,
• 1:54:15
  Speaker 1: north from the coastal plains to the. Highlands the text
• 1:54:19
  Speaker 1: also notes the prolonged nature of the. Campaign In joshua eleven,
• 1:54:24
  Speaker 1: Eighteen joshua waged war against all these kings for a long.
• 1:54:29
  Speaker 1: Time the conquest was not quick or, easy but required
• 1:54:33
  Speaker 1: sustained military efforts over an extended, period likely several. YEARS
• 1:54:38
  Speaker 1: a significant theological observation appears In joshua eleven nineteen. Twenty
• 1:54:43
  Speaker 1: not a single city made peace with The israelites except
• 1:54:48
  Speaker 1: the High vites living In. Gibeon all others were taken in,
• 1:54:51
  Speaker 1: battle for it was The lord himself who hardened their
• 1:54:55
  Speaker 1: hearts to wage war Against, israel so that they might
• 1:54:58
  Speaker 1: be utterly destroyed and show no, mercy but be, annihilated
• 1:55:03
  Speaker 1: as The lord had Commanded. Moses this reflection explains, why
• 1:55:08
  Speaker 1: apart From, gibeon The canaanite cities chose resistance over, surrender
• 1:55:13
  Speaker 1: attributing their choice to a divine purpose in the context of.
• 1:55:17
  Speaker 1: JUDGMENT a final and notable aspect of the conquest is
• 1:55:21
  Speaker 1: found In joshua eleven twenty one two to twenty. Two
• 1:55:24
  Speaker 1: at that, Time joshua came and exterminated The. Anakites No
• 1:55:28
  Speaker 1: anarkites were left in the land of The. Israelites only In,
• 1:55:31
  Speaker 1: Gaza gath And ashdod did any. Survive The anakites were
• 1:55:35
  Speaker 1: feared for their extraordinary. Height forty years, earlier The israelite
• 1:55:40
  Speaker 1: spies had, said we seemed like grasshoppers in our own,
• 1:55:44
  Speaker 1: eyes and we looked the same to Them numbers thirteen thirty.
• 1:55:49
  Speaker 1: Three their defeat symbolized the fulfillment Of god's promise That
• 1:55:54
  Speaker 1: israel could overcome even the most daunting. Enemies the final
• 1:55:58
  Speaker 1: summary appears In joshua eleven twenty. Three So joshua took
• 1:56:03
  Speaker 1: the entire, land just as The lord had Directed, moses
• 1:56:08
  Speaker 1: and he gave it as an inheritance To israel according
• 1:56:12
  Speaker 1: to their tribal. Divisions then the land had rest from.
• 1:56:15
  Speaker 1: War this conclusion highlights three important, themes one the fulfillment
• 1:56:20
  Speaker 1: Of god's promises To, moses two the allocation of the
• 1:56:24
  Speaker 1: land among the tribes Of, israel and three the beginning
• 1:56:28
  Speaker 1: of a period of peace after a long military. Campaign
• 1:56:33
  Speaker 1: the phrase the land had rest from war marks the
• 1:56:36
  Speaker 1: end of an era of active conquest and the beginning
• 1:56:40
  Speaker 1: of a new chapter In israel's, story the establishment and
• 1:56:43
  Speaker 1: settlement in The Promised. Land the major battles were, over
• 1:56:48
  Speaker 1: the key cities had been, taken and although Some canaanite resistance,
• 1:56:52
  Speaker 1: remained as noted In joshua thirteen one to, seven most
• 1:56:56
  Speaker 1: of the territory was now Under israelite. Control god's promise To,
• 1:57:01
  Speaker 1: Abraham isaac And jacob was being fulfilled before the eyes
• 1:57:05
  Speaker 1: of this. Generation after the great battles and, conquests The
• 1:57:09
  Speaker 1: book Of joshua pauses to account for the. Victories In
• 1:57:12
  Speaker 1: joshua twelve, one we read these are the kings of
• 1:57:17
  Speaker 1: the land whom The israelites, defeated and whose land they
• 1:57:20
  Speaker 1: took over east of The, jordan from The Arnan gorge
• 1:57:24
  Speaker 1: To Mount, hermon including all the Eastern. Araba, first the
• 1:57:29
  Speaker 1: text recalls the conquests Under moses before the crossing of The.
• 1:57:33
  Speaker 1: Jordan In joshua twelve two to, Three, sihon king of
• 1:57:39
  Speaker 1: The amorites is. Mentioned, sihon king of The, amorites who
• 1:57:44
  Speaker 1: reigned In. Heshbon he ruled From aroa on the rim
• 1:57:47
  Speaker 1: of The Aarnan, gorge from the middle of the gorge
• 1:57:51
  Speaker 1: to The Jabbuk, river which is the border of The.
• 1:57:53
  Speaker 1: Ammonites this included half Of. Gilead his territory was, vast
• 1:57:59
  Speaker 1: stretching from The annan in the south to The jabbok
• 1:58:03
  Speaker 1: in the. North the second king defeated By moses was
• 1:58:07
  Speaker 1: og mentioned In joshua twelve four to, five and the
• 1:58:11
  Speaker 1: territory Of, Og king Of, bashan one of the last
• 1:58:15
  Speaker 1: of The rephates who reigned In ashtaroth And. Dre he
• 1:58:19
  Speaker 1: ruled Over Mount Herman, sleeka all Of bashan to the
• 1:58:23
  Speaker 1: border of the people Of geshur And, maka and half
• 1:58:26
  Speaker 1: Of gilead to the border Of, saihon king of Heshbon
• 1:58:30
  Speaker 1: og was particularly, feared described as one of the last
• 1:58:34
  Speaker 1: of the Giants, refaeme and ruled the region Of bashan
• 1:58:39
  Speaker 1: north Of. Gilead these lands conquered By moses were given
• 1:58:44
  Speaker 1: to the tribes Of, Reuben gad and half of the
• 1:58:47
  Speaker 1: tribe Of. Manasseh As joshua twelve six reminds Us moses
• 1:58:52
  Speaker 1: the servant of The, lord and The israelites conquered, them And,
• 1:58:56
  Speaker 1: moses the servant of The, lord gave their land to
• 1:58:59
  Speaker 1: the Ruben, ii The, gadites and the half tribe of
• 1:59:02
  Speaker 1: manasse to be their. Possession the second part of the
• 1:59:06
  Speaker 1: chapter lists the kings defeated By joshua west of The.
• 1:59:10
  Speaker 1: Jordan In joshua twelve seven to, Eight these are the
• 1:59:15
  Speaker 1: kings of the land That joshua and The israelites conquered
• 1:59:19
  Speaker 1: on the west side of The jordan From Bayal gad
• 1:59:22
  Speaker 1: in The valley Of lebanon To Mount, halak which rises Towards.
• 1:59:27
  Speaker 1: Seyr joshua gave their lands as an inheritance to the
• 1:59:31
  Speaker 1: tribes Of israel according to their tribal. Divisions the list
• 1:59:35
  Speaker 1: that follows In joshua twelve nine twenty four is striking
• 1:59:39
  Speaker 1: thirty one kings defeated By joshua and The, israelites The
• 1:59:44
  Speaker 1: king Of jericho, one The king Of, aye The king Of,
• 1:59:48
  Speaker 1: jerusalem The king Of, hebron and so, on concluding with
• 1:59:53
  Speaker 1: The king Of. Terza in all thirty one. Kings the
• 1:59:58
  Speaker 1: list follows a roughly j a graphical, order starting With
• 2:00:02
  Speaker 1: jericho AND, i the first cities, conquered then moving through The, south,
• 2:00:07
  Speaker 1: center and finally the north Of. Canaan this detailed record
• 2:00:11
  Speaker 1: documented the scope of the conquests and would serve as
• 2:00:15
  Speaker 1: a reference for the future division of the. Land the
• 2:00:18
  Speaker 1: total of thirty one kings in a relatively small territory
• 2:00:22
  Speaker 1: reflects the fragmented political structure of the region at the,
• 2:00:26
  Speaker 1: time many small kingdoms or city states rather than, large unified.
• 2:00:32
  Speaker 1: Empires each name in this list represents a BATTLE, i
• 2:00:36
  Speaker 1: each city a conquest, achieved and together they stand as
• 2:00:40
  Speaker 1: a testament To god's faithfulness in fulfilling his promises To.
• 2:00:45
  Speaker 1: Israel the land promised To abraham was finally being given
• 2:00:49
  Speaker 1: to his, descendants exactly As god had said centuries. Earlier
• 2:00:53
  Speaker 1: chapter thirteen begins by acknowledging that despite the great, conquests
• 2:00:59
  Speaker 1: much land still rem to be. Taken In joshua thirteen,
• 2:01:02
  Speaker 1: one When joshua had grown, old The lord said to,
• 2:01:05
  Speaker 1: him you are now very, old and there are still
• 2:01:09
  Speaker 1: very large areas of land to be taken. Over this
• 2:01:13
  Speaker 1: statement marks an important. Transition, joshua the great, warrior who
• 2:01:18
  Speaker 1: had led so many, victories was now aging and would
• 2:01:22
  Speaker 1: not complete the entire conquest in his. Lifetime, however this
• 2:01:26
  Speaker 1: did not imply, failure for In joshua thirteen to, Six
• 2:01:30
  Speaker 1: god ASSURES i myself will drive them out before The.
• 2:01:34
  Speaker 1: Israelites be sure to allocate this land To israel for an,
• 2:01:38
  Speaker 1: inheritance AS i have instructed. You before beginning the description
• 2:01:43
  Speaker 1: of the territorial division west of The, jordan the text
• 2:01:47
  Speaker 1: recaps the lands That moses had already distributed east of The.
• 2:01:51
  Speaker 1: Jordan In joshua thirteen, eight the other half of the
• 2:01:55
  Speaker 1: tribe Of, manassa The rubenites and The gadites had already
• 2:01:59
  Speaker 1: Receive zive the inheritance That moses gave them east of The,
• 2:02:03
  Speaker 1: jordan as he the servant of The, lord had assigned
• 2:02:07
  Speaker 1: it to. Them from this point, on the text describes
• 2:02:11
  Speaker 1: in detail the territories of Each transjordanian, tribe starting With
• 2:02:15
  Speaker 1: reuben in the. South In joshua thirteen fifteen, Sixteen moses
• 2:02:21
  Speaker 1: had given to the tribe Of. Reuben according to its,
• 2:02:24
  Speaker 1: clans their territory extended From arrowa on the rim of
• 2:02:27
  Speaker 1: The Arnon, gorge and from the town in the middle
• 2:02:30
  Speaker 1: of the gorge to the plain By. Medaba reuben's territory
• 2:02:35
  Speaker 1: lay in the southernmost part of The, transjordan in what
• 2:02:38
  Speaker 1: is today The plateau Of, moab east of The Dead.
• 2:02:41
  Speaker 1: Sea it was a land rich in, pasture ideal for
• 2:02:45
  Speaker 1: the tribe's. Herds the text lists several key, cities Including,
• 2:02:50
  Speaker 1: heshbon the former capital Of King. Sihon, next the inheritance
• 2:02:55
  Speaker 1: of the tribe Of god is described north Of. Reuben
• 2:02:59
  Speaker 1: In joshua thirteen twenty four to twenty, Five moses had
• 2:03:03
  Speaker 1: given to the tribe of Gad according to its, clans
• 2:03:07
  Speaker 1: their territory Included, jasa all the towns Of, gilead and
• 2:03:11
  Speaker 1: half the land of The ammonites as far as a
• 2:03:13
  Speaker 1: roya Near. Rabah gad received the central region of the Trans,
• 2:03:17
  Speaker 1: jordan primarily the area Of, gilad known for its forests
• 2:03:21
  Speaker 1: and rugged. Terrain this territory stretched from The jabbok in
• 2:03:25
  Speaker 1: the south to near The yarmuck in the, north including
• 2:03:29
  Speaker 1: important cities Like jasa And Ramath. Gilead, finally the text
• 2:03:34
  Speaker 1: describes the inheritance of the eastern half tribe Of. Manassa
• 2:03:38
  Speaker 1: In joshua thirteen twenty, nine Thirty moses had given to
• 2:03:42
  Speaker 1: the half tribe Of. Manassa it was for the half
• 2:03:45
  Speaker 1: tribe of the descendants Of manassa according to its. Clans
• 2:03:49
  Speaker 1: the territory extended From mahanaim and included all Of, bashan
• 2:03:54
  Speaker 1: the entire realm Of Og king Of, bashan all the
• 2:03:57
  Speaker 1: settlements Of jair In, bashan sixty. Towns the half tribe
• 2:04:03
  Speaker 1: Of manasseh received the northernmost territory of The, transjordan the
• 2:04:07
  Speaker 1: region Of, bashan known for its. Fertility this land included
• 2:04:12
  Speaker 1: the former kingdom Of og and stretched as far north
• 2:04:16
  Speaker 1: As Mount. HERMAN a notable detail appears In joshua thirteen
• 2:04:20
  Speaker 1: twenty two regarding the death Of. Balem in addition to
• 2:04:24
  Speaker 1: those slain in, battle The israelites had put to the Sword,
• 2:04:28
  Speaker 1: balem son Of, bior who practiced. Divination this mention connects
• 2:04:33
  Speaker 1: the narrative with earlier events in The book Of, numbers
• 2:04:37
  Speaker 1: recalling How god Protected israel from attempts at cursing. Them
• 2:04:41
  Speaker 1: the section concludes In joshua thirteen thirty three with an important,
• 2:04:46
  Speaker 1: Observation but to the tribe Of, Levi moses had given no.
• 2:04:50
  Speaker 1: Inheritance The, lord The god Of, israel is their, inheritance
• 2:04:55
  Speaker 1: as he promised. Them this foundational principle that The levites
• 2:04:59
  Speaker 1: would receive no territorial inheritance but serve The, lord would
• 2:05:04
  Speaker 1: be further developed, later starting in chapter, fourteen the text
• 2:05:10
  Speaker 1: describes how the land west of The Jordan river was
• 2:05:14
  Speaker 1: divided among the remaining nine and a half. Tribes In
• 2:05:17
  Speaker 1: joshua fourteen one, two we read these are the inheritances
• 2:05:22
  Speaker 1: that The israelites received in the land Of, canaan Which,
• 2:05:26
  Speaker 1: eliazar the Priest, joshua son Of, nune and the heads
• 2:05:30
  Speaker 1: of the families of The israelite tribes allotted to. Them
• 2:05:34
  Speaker 1: their inheritance was assigned by, lot as The lord had
• 2:05:38
  Speaker 1: commanded Through. Moses the process was overseen by both Religious
• 2:05:43
  Speaker 1: elizar and Civil joshua. Authority the specific territory each tribe
• 2:05:48
  Speaker 1: received was determined by, lot likely through The urim And,
• 2:05:52
  Speaker 1: thummim sacred objects used to Discern god's, will eliminating suspicion
• 2:05:58
  Speaker 1: of human. Favoritism before the general casting of lots, began
• 2:06:02
  Speaker 1: a special case was Addressed caleb's request In joshua fourteen six.
• 2:06:08
  Speaker 1: Nine he Approaches joshua and recalls a promise made By
• 2:06:12
  Speaker 1: moses forty five years. Earlier you know what The lord
• 2:06:15
  Speaker 1: said To moses on that. Day moses swore to, me
• 2:06:20
  Speaker 1: the land on which your feet have walked will be
• 2:06:23
  Speaker 1: your inheritance and that of your children, forever because you
• 2:06:27
  Speaker 1: have followed The, lord My god. Wholeheartedly caleb had been
• 2:06:32
  Speaker 1: one of the twelve spies sent to Explore. Canaan while
• 2:06:35
  Speaker 1: ten discouraged the people with fearful reports about, giants Only
• 2:06:39
  Speaker 1: caleb And joshua remained confident In god's power to give
• 2:06:43
  Speaker 1: them the. Land as a, Reward moses Promised caleb the
• 2:06:48
  Speaker 1: region he had. Explored now at eighty five years, Old
• 2:06:52
  Speaker 1: caleb claims that promise In joshua fourteen ten to. Twelve, now,
• 2:06:57
  Speaker 1: then just as The lord, promised he has kept me,
• 2:07:00
  Speaker 1: Alive and HERE i am, today eighty five years. OLD
• 2:07:04
  Speaker 1: i am still as strong today as the Day moses
• 2:07:07
  Speaker 1: sent me. Out now give me this hill country that
• 2:07:10
  Speaker 1: The lord promised me that. Day you yourself heard then
• 2:07:14
  Speaker 1: that The anarkites were, there and their cities were large and.
• 2:07:17
  Speaker 1: Fortified caleb's vitality and courage are. Remarkable he specifically requests
• 2:07:23
  Speaker 1: the region inhabited by the Feared anakites giants who had
• 2:07:28
  Speaker 1: once terrified the other. Spies joshua honors his request In
• 2:07:32
  Speaker 1: joshua fourteen. Thirteen Then joshua Blessed caleb's son Of jeffune
• 2:07:38
  Speaker 1: and gave Him hebron as his. Inheritance After caleb's case is,
• 2:07:42
  Speaker 1: resolved the text outlines the borders of each, tribe beginning With.
• 2:07:46
  Speaker 1: Judah chapter fifteen describes its boundaries stretching from the desert
• 2:07:51
  Speaker 1: Of zin in the south to the border With benjamin
• 2:07:54
  Speaker 1: in the, north and from the Dead see to The Mediterranean.
• 2:07:58
  Speaker 1: Sea the next allotments went To, ephraim chapter, sixteen and
• 2:08:03
  Speaker 1: the western half Of manasse chapter. Seventeen an interesting detail
• 2:08:08
  Speaker 1: appears In joshua seventeen three, six where the daughters Of
• 2:08:12
  Speaker 1: zelophe had received their inheritance in accordance with numbers twenty,
• 2:08:16
  Speaker 1: seven establishing a precedent for women's inheritance rights in the
• 2:08:20
  Speaker 1: absence of male. Heirs the descendants Of, Joseph iphram And,
• 2:08:25
  Speaker 1: manasse feeling their territory was too, small voiced their complaint
• 2:08:29
  Speaker 1: In joshua seventeen. Fourteen joshua responded by encouraging them to
• 2:08:35
  Speaker 1: clear forested areas and drive out the Remaining, canaanites showing
• 2:08:40
  Speaker 1: a degree of flexibility in the initial. Distribution after these,
• 2:08:44
  Speaker 1: distributions the process continued At. Shiloh In joshua eighteen one,
• 2:08:49
  Speaker 1: one the whole assembly of The israelites gathered At shiloh
• 2:08:53
  Speaker 1: and set up the tent of meeting. There the tabernacle
• 2:08:57
  Speaker 1: was established in this central, location which would Remain israel's
• 2:09:01
  Speaker 1: main sanctuary for roughly three hundred. Years noticing that seven
• 2:09:06
  Speaker 1: tribes had yet to receive their, Inheritance joshua took action
• 2:09:10
  Speaker 1: In joshua eighteen, four appoint three men from each TRIBE
• 2:09:16
  Speaker 1: i will send them out to make a survey of
• 2:09:18
  Speaker 1: the land and to write a description of it according
• 2:09:21
  Speaker 1: to the inheritance of. Each these twenty one men mapped
• 2:09:25
  Speaker 1: out the remaining, territory dividing it into seven portions to
• 2:09:29
  Speaker 1: be assigned by. Lot benjamin was the first of these
• 2:09:33
  Speaker 1: seven tribes to receive its Land joshua eighteen eleven to twenty,
• 2:09:38
  Speaker 1: eight a small but strategically located territory Between judah And.
• 2:09:43
  Speaker 1: Ephraim next Came Simeon joshua nineteen one, nine with a unique.
• 2:09:48
  Speaker 1: Feature their inheritance was within the territory Of, judah fulfilling
• 2:09:53
  Speaker 1: the prophecy That simeon would be scattered In Jacob genesis
• 2:09:57
  Speaker 1: forty nine. Seven the remain meaning Tribes, Zebulun, Issakar, Asher,
• 2:10:04
  Speaker 1: naftali And dan received their portions In joshua nineteen ten forty,
• 2:10:08
  Speaker 1: eight mainly in the central and northern parts Of. Canaan,
• 2:10:12
  Speaker 1: finally In joshua nineteen forty nine, fifty when they had
• 2:10:17
  Speaker 1: finished dividing the land into its allotted, portions The israelites Gave,
• 2:10:21
  Speaker 1: joshua son of Nune an. Inheritance among Them Timnuth sira
• 2:10:25
  Speaker 1: in The hill country Of. Ephraim Like, Caleb joshua received
• 2:10:29
  Speaker 1: a special, portion but significantly he waited until all the
• 2:10:34
  Speaker 1: other tribes had received theirs, first showing his. Selflessness joshua
• 2:10:40
  Speaker 1: nineteen fifty one, concludes these are the inheritances That, eliaza the,
• 2:10:45
  Speaker 1: Priest joshua's son Of, nun and the heads of the
• 2:10:49
  Speaker 1: tribal clans Of israel allotted by lot At. Shiloh and
• 2:10:53
  Speaker 1: so they finished dividing the, land with the major territorial distribution.
• 2:10:58
  Speaker 1: Complete two special arrangements were, established the cities of refuge
• 2:11:04
  Speaker 1: and the levitical cities essential for social justice and religious.
• 2:11:08
  Speaker 1: Life In joshua twenty one to, Two god commands appoint
• 2:11:14
  Speaker 1: the cities of, refuge AS i instructed you Through, moses
• 2:11:18
  Speaker 1: so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally and without
• 2:11:21
  Speaker 1: malice a, forethought may flee. There in that, era when
• 2:11:25
  Speaker 1: someone was, killed the nearest male relative of the, victim
• 2:11:30
  Speaker 1: the avenger of, blood was expected to avenge the. Death
• 2:11:34
  Speaker 1: the cities of refuge provided temporary safety for those who
• 2:11:38
  Speaker 1: had killed. Unintentionally joshua twenty four to six outlines the
• 2:11:43
  Speaker 1: procedure when they flee to one of these. Cities they
• 2:11:47
  Speaker 1: are to stand in the entrance of the city gate
• 2:11:50
  Speaker 1: and state their, case and they shall remain in that
• 2:11:53
  Speaker 1: city until they have stood trial before the, assembly and
• 2:11:58
  Speaker 1: until the death of the high priests serving at that.
• 2:12:00
  Speaker 1: Time then they may return to their own. Home six
• 2:12:04
  Speaker 1: cities were designated strategically located In joshua twenty seven to.
• 2:12:08
  Speaker 1: Eight we read so they set Apart kadesh In, Galilee,
• 2:12:13
  Speaker 1: shechem and Kiriath, arbor that, Is. Hebron east of The.
• 2:12:18
  Speaker 1: Jordan they Designated, Bizar ramoth In, gilead And golan In.
• 2:12:24
  Speaker 1: Bashan three cities lay west of The, Jordan kadesh in the, North,
• 2:12:29
  Speaker 1: Naftali shesham in the, Center ephrem And hebron in the.
• 2:12:33
  Speaker 1: South judah east of The jordan Were bizar in the,
• 2:12:37
  Speaker 1: South Reuben ramoth in the, Center gad And golan in
• 2:12:43
  Speaker 1: the north Eastern. Manasse this arrangement ensured that no one
• 2:12:47
  Speaker 1: In israel was more than a day's journey from a. Refuge,
• 2:12:51
  Speaker 1: next the text addresses The levitical. Cities unlike the other,
• 2:12:56
  Speaker 1: Tribes levi received no contiguous territory In joshua twenty one
• 2:13:02
  Speaker 1: one to. Two The levites Approached iliazar And, joshua saying
• 2:13:07
  Speaker 1: The lord commanded Through, moses that you give us towns
• 2:13:10
  Speaker 1: to live in with pasture lands for our. Livestock The
• 2:13:14
  Speaker 1: levites were granted forty eight cities spread Throughout, israel along
• 2:13:18
  Speaker 1: with surrounding pasture. Lands this dispersion ensured that the teaching
• 2:13:23
  Speaker 1: of the law and the performance of religious duties were
• 2:13:26
  Speaker 1: accessible across all. Regions these cities were distributed among the
• 2:13:31
  Speaker 1: three main clans Of levi as explained In joshua twenty
• 2:13:35
  Speaker 1: one Four sough. Seven the lot came out for the
• 2:13:38
  Speaker 1: families of The, kohathites to the rest of the descendants Of,
• 2:13:42
  Speaker 1: kohath to the sons Of, gershon to the sons Of.
• 2:13:46
  Speaker 1: Marri the Priestly kohathites descendants Of aaron received thirteen cities
• 2:13:52
  Speaker 1: within the southern Tribes, Judah, simeon And. Benjamin the Other
• 2:13:57
  Speaker 1: cohathites were allotted ten cities In, Ephraim dan And Western.
• 2:14:02
  Speaker 1: Manasse The gershonites received thirteen, cities primarily in the, north
• 2:14:08
  Speaker 1: while the Marror writers were given twelve cities In, Reuben
• 2:14:12
  Speaker 1: gad And. Zebulun an interesting detail is that the six
• 2:14:16
  Speaker 1: cities Of refuge were Also levitical cities a logical, combination
• 2:14:22
  Speaker 1: since The, levites being well versed in the, law could
• 2:14:25
  Speaker 1: insure fair trials for those seeking. Asylum this section concludes
• 2:14:30
  Speaker 1: with a powerful statement about divine faithfulness In joshua twenty
• 2:14:35
  Speaker 1: one forty three forty. Five so The lord Gave israel
• 2:14:40
  Speaker 1: all the land he had sworn to give their, ancestors
• 2:14:44
  Speaker 1: and they took possession of it and settled. There not
• 2:14:47
  Speaker 1: one of all The lord's good promises To israel. Failed
• 2:14:50
  Speaker 1: everyone was. Fulfilled this declaration marks the climax of the
• 2:14:55
  Speaker 1: conquest and land distribution. Narrative after centuries of waiting since
• 2:15:00
  Speaker 1: the first promise To, abraham the people Of israel were
• 2:15:04
  Speaker 1: finally established in the promised. Land the battles had been,
• 2:15:08
  Speaker 1: one the territory, divided and social and religious institutions put in.
• 2:15:13
  Speaker 1: Place god's faithfulness was evident in every part Of israel's.
• 2:15:17
  Speaker 1: Experience with the land distribution, completed the tribes that had
• 2:15:21
  Speaker 1: received territory east of The, Jordan Reuben gad and the
• 2:15:25
  Speaker 1: half tribe Of, manasseh were ready to return to their.
• 2:15:28
  Speaker 1: Families In joshua twenty two one till, Four joshua summons
• 2:15:33
  Speaker 1: them and acknowledges their faithful commitment to helping their Fellow.
• 2:15:37
  Speaker 1: Israelites you have kept all That, moses The servant of The,
• 2:15:43
  Speaker 1: lord commanded, you and have obeyed me in EVERYTHING i. Commanded.
• 2:15:49
  Speaker 1: You now return to your, homes to the land of your.
• 2:15:53
  Speaker 1: Possession joshua sends them off with a final exhortation In
• 2:15:57
  Speaker 1: joshua twenty two, Five but be very careful to keep
• 2:16:01
  Speaker 1: the commandment and the law That, moses the servant of The,
• 2:16:05
  Speaker 1: lord gave. You to love The, lord Your, god to
• 2:16:08
  Speaker 1: walk in all his, ways to keep his, commandments to
• 2:16:12
  Speaker 1: hold fast to, him and to serve him with all
• 2:16:15
  Speaker 1: your heart and with all your. Soul the tribes, depart
• 2:16:19
  Speaker 1: but when they reach The jordan, region they take an
• 2:16:22
  Speaker 1: action that nearly triggers a civil. War joshua twenty two
• 2:16:26
  Speaker 1: ten says when they came to the region of The,
• 2:16:29
  Speaker 1: jordan they built an imposing altar there by The. Jordan
• 2:16:33
  Speaker 1: when The western tribes heard about, this they interpreted it
• 2:16:37
  Speaker 1: as an act of, apostasy building an alternative altar to
• 2:16:41
  Speaker 1: the one at the tabernacle In. Shiloh their response In
• 2:16:44
  Speaker 1: joshua twenty two twelve was. Intense when The israelites heard of,
• 2:16:47
  Speaker 1: this the whole assembly gathered At shiloh to go to
• 2:16:51
  Speaker 1: war against. Them, however before taking any, action they sent
• 2:16:55
  Speaker 1: a delegation led By, phinihas the son of The High,
• 2:16:58
  Speaker 1: priest along with ten tribal. Leaders In joshua twenty two.
• 2:17:03
  Speaker 1: Sixteen the delegation confronts, them how could you break faith
• 2:17:07
  Speaker 1: with The god Of israel like? This how could you
• 2:17:10
  Speaker 1: turn away from The lord and build yourselves an altar
• 2:17:13
  Speaker 1: in rebellion against? Him? Now they reminded them of past
• 2:17:17
  Speaker 1: acts of, unfaithfulness such as the sin Of peor and
• 2:17:21
  Speaker 1: the sin Of, ashan which had brought divine punishment on
• 2:17:24
  Speaker 1: the entire. Nation In joshua twenty two, eighteen they, warned
• 2:17:29
  Speaker 1: and are you now turning away from The? Lord if
• 2:17:32
  Speaker 1: you rebel against The lord, today tomorrow he will be
• 2:17:37
  Speaker 1: angry with the whole community Of. Israel they even offered
• 2:17:40
  Speaker 1: a generous alternative In joshua twenty two. Nineteen if the
• 2:17:45
  Speaker 1: land you possess is, defiled come over to The lord's
• 2:17:48
  Speaker 1: land where The lord's tabernacle, stands and share the land with.
• 2:17:53
  Speaker 1: Us but do not rebel against The lord or against
• 2:17:57
  Speaker 1: us by building an altar other than the altar of The,
• 2:18:00
  Speaker 1: lord Our. God The eastern tribe's response In joshua twenty
• 2:18:05
  Speaker 1: two twenty one twenty nine revealed a major. Misunderstanding they
• 2:18:09
  Speaker 1: explained the altar wasn't built for, sacrifices but as a.
• 2:18:13
  Speaker 1: Memorial we did not build it for burnt offerings or,
• 2:18:16
  Speaker 1: sacrifices but as a witness between us and you and
• 2:18:20
  Speaker 1: the generations after, us so that your descendants might not
• 2:18:24
  Speaker 1: say to, as what do you have to do with The,
• 2:18:27
  Speaker 1: lord The god Of. Israel that is why we, said
• 2:18:31
  Speaker 1: let us build an, altar not for burnt offerings or,
• 2:18:34
  Speaker 1: sacrifices but as a witness between us and you and
• 2:18:38
  Speaker 1: the generations that. Follow their concern was. Valid separated by
• 2:18:43
  Speaker 1: The Jordan, river The eastern tribes feared that future generations
• 2:18:48
  Speaker 1: might view them as outsiders to the community Of. Israel
• 2:18:52
  Speaker 1: the altar would serve as a visible testimony of their
• 2:18:56
  Speaker 1: belonging To god's, people regardless of. Geography Shinni has and
• 2:19:00
  Speaker 1: the delegation were satisfied with this. Explanation joshua twenty, two
• 2:19:05
  Speaker 1: thirty thirty one records when Finni, has the priest and
• 2:19:08
  Speaker 1: the leaders of the community heard What, reuben gad And
• 2:19:12
  Speaker 1: manassa had to. Say they were, pleased And finni has, said,
• 2:19:16
  Speaker 1: today we know that The lord is with us because
• 2:19:20
  Speaker 1: you have not been unfaithful to him in this. Matter
• 2:19:23
  Speaker 1: you have rescued The israelites from The lord's. Hand the
• 2:19:27
  Speaker 1: crisis was peacefully resolved thanks to open communication and a
• 2:19:32
  Speaker 1: willingness to listen before acting. Rashly joshua twenty two thirty four,
• 2:19:38
  Speaker 1: concludes and The rubenites And gadites gave the altar this
• 2:19:42
  Speaker 1: name a witness between us that The lord Is. God
• 2:19:50
  Speaker 1: The hebrew word ed means precisely witness or. Testimony this
• 2:19:55
  Speaker 1: episode underscores the importance of national and religious unity For,
• 2:19:59
  Speaker 1: israel as well as the dangers of misunderstandings and hasty.
• 2:20:03
  Speaker 1: Judgment at the same, time it highlights how clear communication
• 2:20:08
  Speaker 1: and a readiness to hear one another can prevent unnecessary.
• 2:20:12
  Speaker 1: Conflict the final chapters of the book Contain joshua's farewell
• 2:20:17
  Speaker 1: speeches and the account of his. Death joshua twenty three
• 2:20:22
  Speaker 1: one two sets the scene after a long time had
• 2:20:27
  Speaker 1: passed and The lord had Given israel rest from all their. Enemies,
• 2:20:31
  Speaker 1: joshua by then a very old man summoned All, israel their, elders, leaders,
• 2:20:36
  Speaker 1: judges and. Officials in his first, address chapter twenty, Three
• 2:20:41
  Speaker 1: joshua reminds the people of What god had done and
• 2:20:44
  Speaker 1: warns against the dangers of. Unfaithfulness In joshua twenty three three,
• 2:20:49
  Speaker 1: five he recalls the divine victories you yourselves have seen
• 2:20:54
  Speaker 1: everything The lord Your god has done to all these
• 2:20:57
  Speaker 1: nations for your. Sake it was the, Law lord Your
• 2:21:00
  Speaker 1: god who fought for. You The lord Your god himself
• 2:21:04
  Speaker 1: will drive them out of your. Way he will push
• 2:21:07
  Speaker 1: them out before, you and you will take possession of their,
• 2:21:10
  Speaker 1: land as The lord Your god promised. You joshua then
• 2:21:14
  Speaker 1: exhorts the people to remain faithful In joshua twenty three
• 2:21:18
  Speaker 1: six to. Eight be very strong to keep and to
• 2:21:21
  Speaker 1: do all that is written in The book of The
• 2:21:23
  Speaker 1: law Of, moses so that you do not turn aside
• 2:21:25
  Speaker 1: from it to the right or to the. Left but
• 2:21:28
  Speaker 1: you shall hold fast to The lord Your, god as
• 2:21:31
  Speaker 1: you have done to this. Day he also warns them
• 2:21:34
  Speaker 1: of the consequences of disobedience In joshua twenty three twelve to.
• 2:21:39
  Speaker 1: Thirteen if you turn away and ally yourselves with the
• 2:21:43
  Speaker 1: survivors of these nations know for certain that The lord
• 2:21:46
  Speaker 1: Your god will no longer drive out these nations before. You,
• 2:21:50
  Speaker 1: instead they will become snares and traps for, you scourges
• 2:21:54
  Speaker 1: on your backs and thorns in your, eyes until you
• 2:21:57
  Speaker 1: perish from this good land that The lord Your god
• 2:22:00
  Speaker 1: has given. You the speech concludes with a solemn reminder
• 2:22:04
  Speaker 1: Of god's faithfulness and the seriousness of his. Warnings In
• 2:22:08
  Speaker 1: joshua twenty three fourteen to. Sixteen NOW i am about
• 2:22:12
  Speaker 1: to go the way of all the. Earth you know
• 2:22:14
  Speaker 1: with all your heart and soul that not one of
• 2:22:17
  Speaker 1: all the good promises The lord Your god gave you has,
• 2:22:20
  Speaker 1: failed just as all the good things The lord Your
• 2:22:23
  Speaker 1: god promised you have come to. Pass so The lord
• 2:22:26
  Speaker 1: will bring upon you all the evil things if you
• 2:22:29
  Speaker 1: violate the covenant of The lord Your. God in chapter twenty,
• 2:22:33
  Speaker 1: Four joshua summons a final assembly At, shechem a location
• 2:22:38
  Speaker 1: of great historical importance Where abraham first received the promise
• 2:22:42
  Speaker 1: in the land Of, canaan as recorded In joshua twenty four.
• 2:22:46
  Speaker 1: One Then joshua assembled all the tribes Of israel At.
• 2:22:50
  Speaker 1: Shihem he summoned the, elders, leaders judges and officials Of,
• 2:22:55
  Speaker 1: israel and they presented themselves Before. God in this second,
• 2:22:59
  Speaker 1: Speed joshua delivers a historical, overview beginning With, terra the
• 2:23:04
  Speaker 1: father Of. Abraham In joshua twenty four two to, thirteen
• 2:23:09
  Speaker 1: he recounts the story of salvation From abraham's, call through
• 2:23:14
  Speaker 1: the bondage In, egypt the, exodus the wilderness, journey and
• 2:23:18
  Speaker 1: finally the conquest of The Promised. Land this retelling Underscores
• 2:23:23
  Speaker 1: god's unwavering faithfulness despite the repeated failures of the. People
• 2:23:28
  Speaker 1: joshua then issues a decisive challenge In joshua twenty four
• 2:23:32
  Speaker 1: fourteen to. Fifteen, now, therefore fear The lord and serve
• 2:23:37
  Speaker 1: him in sincerity and. Truth throw away the gods your ancestors,
• 2:23:42
  Speaker 1: worshiped and serve The. Lord but if serving The lord
• 2:23:45
  Speaker 1: seems undesirable to, you then choose this day whom you will.
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  Speaker 1: Serve but as for me and my, household we will
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  Speaker 1: serve The. Lord the people respond with renewed commitment In
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  Speaker 1: joshua twenty four sixteen to time. Eighteen far be it
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  Speaker 1: from us to forsake The lord to serve other. Gods we,
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  Speaker 1: too will serve The, lord because he is Our. God
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  Speaker 1: joshua warns them that this commitment must not be made.
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  Speaker 1: Lightly In joshua twenty, four nineteen to twenty you are
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  Speaker 1: not able to serve The. Lord he is a holy,
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  Speaker 1: god he is a jealous. God he will not forgive
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  Speaker 1: your rebellion and your. Sins if you forsake The lord
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  Speaker 1: and serve foreign, gods he will turn and bring disaster upon.
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  Speaker 1: You after he has been good to. You when the
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  Speaker 1: people insist on their, Resolution joshua formalizes the covenant renewal
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  Speaker 1: In joshua twenty, four twenty five to twenty. Seven on that,
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  Speaker 1: Day joshua made a covenant for the, people and there
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  Speaker 1: he set them statutes and. Ordinances In. Shechem he took
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  Speaker 1: a large stone and set it up. There, see he
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  Speaker 1: said to all the, people this stone will be a
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  Speaker 1: witness against. Us it has heard all the words The
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  Speaker 1: lord said to. Us it will be a witness against
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  Speaker 1: you if you are untrue to Your. God after this
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  Speaker 1: final great act of, Leadership joshua Died joshua twenty, four
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  Speaker 1: twenty nine to thirty. Records after these, Things, joshua son Of,
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  Speaker 1: nun the servant of The, lord died at the age
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  Speaker 1: of one to, ten and they buried him in the
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  Speaker 1: land of his inheritance At Timnath serah in the hill
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  Speaker 1: country Of, ephraim north Of Mount. Gush the book ends
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  Speaker 1: with two more significant. Events, first the burial Of joseph's,
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  Speaker 1: bones which had been brought From, egypt as he had
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  Speaker 1: requested centuries. Earlier joshua twenty four thirty two Says joseph's,
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  Speaker 1: bones which The israelites had brought up From, egypt were
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  Speaker 1: buried At shechem in the plot of land That jacob
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  Speaker 1: had brought from the sons Of, hamor the father Of,
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  Speaker 1: shechem for a hundred pieces of. Silver this became the
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  Speaker 1: inheritance Of joseph's. Descendants this symbolic act connected the end
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  Speaker 1: of the conquest to the promises made to the. Patriarchs,
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  Speaker 1: joseph who had died In, egypt firmly believed that one
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  Speaker 1: day his people would return to the promised. Land his
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  Speaker 1: burial In shikam on land bought by his Father, jacob
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  Speaker 1: marked the completion of a historical cycle that began With
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  Speaker 1: israel's descent Into egypt during the famine over four hundred years.
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  Speaker 1: Earlier the second event was the death Of, eliazar the
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  Speaker 1: high Priest joshua twenty four thirty three tells us And,
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  Speaker 1: eliezer son Of, arran died and was buried At, gibeah
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  Speaker 1: the town of his Son, phinihas which had been given
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  Speaker 1: to him in the hill country Of. Ephraim iliezer had
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  Speaker 1: been a constant companion To joshua during the conquest and
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  Speaker 1: the land's. Distribution his death marked the close of an.
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  Speaker 1: Era his burial in the hill country of his Son
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  Speaker 1: finnihas signified the continuity of the priesthood and a transition
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  Speaker 1: to a new generation of. Leadership with these final, words
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  Speaker 1: The book Of joshua comes to a. Close the generation
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  Speaker 1: that conquered The Promised land had completed its. Mission, Moses,
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  Speaker 1: joshua And, eliezer the great leaders of The exodus and the,
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  Speaker 1: conquest had all passed. On the nation Of israel was
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  Speaker 1: now firmly established in the, land with defined, borders organized,
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  Speaker 1: institutions and a renewed covenant With. God the events recorded
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  Speaker 1: in The book Of joshua represent the fulfillment of divine
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  Speaker 1: promises made centuries earlier To, Abraham isaac And. Jacob the
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  Speaker 1: journey that began With abraham's call to leave his homeland
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  Speaker 1: had finally reached its intended, destination a great nation settled
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  Speaker 1: in The Promised, land ready to be a blessing to
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  Speaker 1: all nations as part Of god's original. Plan if you
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