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Joshua (Son of Nun) 19 Israel 15 Jacob (Patriarch) 4 Isaac 4 Aaron 4 Balaam 4 Joseph 4 Abraham 3 Terah 2 Nahor 2 Esau 2 Balak 2 Zippor 2 Beor 2 Nun 2 Hamor 2 Hoshea (Joshua) Jeshua (Joshua) Jeshurun (Israel) Abram (Abraham) Edom (Esau) Moses Zaphenath-paneah (Joseph) Eleazar (Son of Aaron) Phinehas

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    Serve 31 Possession 8 Bless (Approval) 7 Take Possession 6 Force to Serve 3 Holy 3 Zealous 3 Sin 3 Instruction 3 Complete 2 Truth (Faithfulness) 2 Rebellion (Offense) 2 Covenant 2 Decree 2 Enslave Hold in Bondage Gain Control Over Dispossess Inherit Blessing (Act) Bless (Favor) Blessing (Content) Blessed Bless (Request Favor) Fear Fear (State) Awe (State) Fear (Terror) Fear (Reverence) Fear (Awe) Fearful Respect Respect (Among People) Be Complete Complete Certainty Be Fully Assured Truthfulness Miraculous Sign Be Holy Holy (Pure) Holy Thing Most Holy Place Holiness Holy (Devout) Hallow Sanctuary Forgive Forgive (Remove Guilt) Forgive (Grant Pardon) Spare (Release) Hand Over Forgiveness (Remove Guilt) Forgive (Wipe Out) Forgiveness (Pardon) Have Mercy To Cover (Forgive) Cover (Figurative) Forgiving Rebel (Act) Be Rebellious Rebel (Against Authority) Rebellion Rebelliousness To Sin Guilt (State) Transgression Sin (Act) Sin (Incur Guilt) Guilty (Responsible) Guilt (Consequence) Guiltiness Trespass (Sin) Sinful Sin (Offense) To Stand Guilty Sin (Guilty) Sin (Wrongdoing) Guilty Considered Guilty Guilty Of Sin Previously Sin Against Covenant (NT) Covenant of Salt Fixed Allowance Fixed Quota To Cause to Possess Possession

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    Joshua Book Overview

    Joshua Reviews Israel’s History

    ⓘ Joshua recounted God’s grace toward Israel.

    Joshua recounted God’s grace toward Israel.
    ⓘ In both form and content, this statement of...

    In both form and content, this statement of covenant resembled an ancient Near Eastern suzerain-vassal treaty. It begins with a preamble (24:2) and continues with a historical prologue relating the suzerain’s (God’s) gracious acts on behalf of the people (24:3–13), followed by a list of stipulations (24:14–15) and curses and blessings (24:19–20). It then notes where the text was to be deposited for periodic reading and renewal (implied, 24:26) and lists witnesses to the covenant (24:22, 27). See also study note on Exod 20:1–23:33.

    1Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.

    2And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates† and worshiped other gods.

    ⓘ Israel’s faith was always the result of God’s...

    Israel’s faith was always the result of God’s initiative. Joshua’s repetition of God’s words I took . . . I gave . . . I sent . . . I brought reminded the Israelites why they should continue to be loyal to God.

    3But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac, 4and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

    ⓘ The Exodus, which culminated with the crossing of...

    The Exodus, which culminated with the crossing of the Red Sea, was the climactic salvation event of ancient Israel’s history. A number of psalms, several of the later prophets, and several New Testament writers all celebrated this defining event.

    5Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I brought you out. 6When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea,† the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea. 7So your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

    8Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.

    ⓘ See Num 22–25; 31:1–54.

    See Num 22–25; 31:1–54.

    9Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you, 10but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.

    11After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand. 12I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow. 13So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’

    Choose Whom You Will Serve

    (Deuteronomy 10:12–22)

    14Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. 15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”

    ⓘ The people recognized that it was God who...

    The people recognized that it was God who rescued them, preserved them, and drove out the Amorites.

    16The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods! 17For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled. 18And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”

    ⓘ Joshua pressed the Israelites from a different perspective...

    Joshua pressed the Israelites from a different perspective to underscore the seriousness of their commitment and to ensure that they were not merely responding to the enthusiasm of the moment.

    19But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins. 20If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”

    21“No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”

    22Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.

    23“Now, therefore,” he said, “get rid of the foreign gods among you and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.”

    24So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”

    25On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance. 26Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak† that was near the sanctuary of the LORD. 27And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”

    28Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.

    Joshua’s Death and Burial

    (Judges 2:6–9)

    ⓘ The tombs of a venerated ancestor and two...

    The tombs of a venerated ancestor and two revered leaders provided the final notice that Canaan was indeed Israel’s land. However, significant work, vigilance, and even fighting still lay ahead.

    29Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110. 30And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah† in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. 31Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.

    32And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.† So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.

    33Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.