Joshua

Joshua had probably thought that he had taken his last farewell of his people in the solemn charge that he had given them in the last chapter....

Roughly 20 years had passed since the end of the seven years of war that Israel had fought with the Canaanites. The land had been apportioned...

The time had now arrived for the various families of the Israelites to go home and enjoy the possession of the cities and lands which had been...

The dying patriarch Jacob – when he was solemnly describing the character and destinies of the 12 tribes who were to bear his name – thus spoke...

When the Israelites were settled in their promised inheritance, they were to set apart cities of refuge. In Numbers 35 and Deuteronomy 19, we...

The Sea of Galilee This chapter describes the allotments of inheritances that were assigned to the rest of the seven tribes that had not yet...

The location of Shiloh This chapter begins with the Tabernacle being settled in the town of Shiloh, which lay in the allotment of land that was...

The descendants of Manasseh were only half of the tribe of Joseph, and yet their inheritance was divided into two parts – one part on the...

This and the following chapter describe the allotments of land that were given to the descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh, the two sons of...

The shores of the Dead Sea In these chapter, we are given a description of the borders of the allotment of land that was given to the tribe of...

Naturally, of course, the Israelites were to occupy their newly acquired lands that they had won in conquest from the Canaanites; for the...

The Springs of Banias, the source of the Jordan River, at the foot of Mt Hermon This chapter begins the account of the dividing up of the land...

This chapter may be labeled as an official summary – sort of like a public record – of the whole territory that was conquered by Moses and by...

The success of Joshua’s attack and complete dispersion of the southern confederacy of Canaanite kings (chapter 10) now left the northern chiefs...

When sinners leave the service of Satan and the friendship of the world, and make peace with God and join His people; they must not marvel if...

Up to this point, the Canaanites had merely been defending themselves against the Israelites; but now they resolved to go on the offensive....

When we have faithfully put away sin – that accursed thing which separates us from our God – then, and not until then, we may look to hear...

In the progress of this inspired history, the curtain now rises on a solemn and impressive scene. It is eventide; and Joshua and the elders of...

The first verse of this chapter almost makes it seem as if the Captain of the Lord’s Host had told Joshua to take his shoes off, and then left...

The waters of the Jordan River had now closed upon the children of Israel; retreat was now impossible, and forward was the only option they...