Living Room Study

Joshua 11

“At that time, Joshua proceeded to exterminate the Anakim from the hill country – Hebron, Debir, Anab – all the hill country of Judah and Israel.  Joshua completely destroyed them with their cities.  No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites, except for some remaining in Gaza, Gath and Ashod.  So Joshua [...]

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Joshua 9

“Then the men of Israel took some of their provisions, but did not seek the Lord’s counsel.  So Joshua established peace with them and made a treaty to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.  Three days after making the treaty with them, they heard that the [...]

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Joshua 7

“Achan replied to Joshua, ‘It’s true.  I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel.  This is what I did: When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon, 200 silver shekels, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, I coveted them and took them.  You can see for yourself.  [...]

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Joshua 6

“The Lord said to Joshua, ‘Look, I have handed Jericho, its king, and it’s fighting men over to you. March around the city with all the men of war, circling the city one time. Do this six days. Have seven priests carry seven shofars (ram’s horn trumpets) in front of the ark. But on [...]

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Joshua 5

“At that time, the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelite men again.’  So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelite men at Gibeath-haaraloth.  This is the reason Joshua circumcised them: All the people who came out of Egypt who were males – all the men of war – [...]

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Joshua 4

“The Israelites did just a Joshua commanded them.  The 12 men took stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each of the Israelite tribes, just as the Lord had told Joshua.  They carried them to the camp and set them down there.  Joshua also set up 12 stones in the middle of [...]

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Joshua 3

“When the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of the people.  Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season.  But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan, their feet touched the water at its edge and the water [...]

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Joshua 2

“So the two men went into the hill country and stayed there three days until the pursuers had returned.  They (soldiers of Jericho) searched all along the way, but did not find them.  Then the men returned, came down from the hill country, and crossed the Jordan.  They went to Joshua son of Nun [...]

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Deuteronomy 34

“Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho, and the Lord showed him all the land: Gilead as far as Dan, all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean sea, the [...]

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Deuteronomy 33

“This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God gave the Israelites before his death.”  Deut 33: 1

Almost at the end of the Torah, (and the end of his life) Moses’ closing remarks end with a song and a poetic blessing. Something to note is how Moses’ blessing differs from the blessing Jacob [...]

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