Category: Joshua

Joshua gathers Israel for his final words to them. He is now 110 years old and about to die, so he renews Israel’s covenant with God, and erects a stone as a monument/reminder to the covenant and law. ” ‘Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the…

“…not one word has failed of all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one of them has failed. But just as all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you have been fulfilled for you, so the Lord will…

“And when they came to the region of the Jordan that is in the land of Canaan, the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, an altar of imposing size. And when the people of Israel heard of it, the whole assembly…

“Thus the Lord gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there. And the Lord gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for the…

“Then the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Say to the people of Israel, “Appoint the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses, that the manslayer who strikes any person without intent or unknowingly may flee there… and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and explain his case…

This chapter details the allotted lands for the remaining tribes of Israel, and for Joshua as well. “When they had finished distributing the several territories of the land as inheritances, the people of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun. By command of the Lord they gave him the city…

“So the men went and passed up and down in the land and wrote in a book a description of it by towns in seven divisions. Then they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh, and Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord. And there Joshua apportioned the land to the…

This chapter details the inheritance of the half-tribe of Manasseh, and some final details for both tribes of Joseph. “Then the people of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, ‘Why have you given me but one lot and one portion as an inheritance, although I am a numerous people, since all along the Lord has blessed…

This short (10 verse) chapter describes the inheritance of Ephraim, one of the two tribes of Joseph. “The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance. However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have been…

This chapter details the borders of Judah, and the cities they were given as their allotment. “This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans. 21 The cities belonging to the tribe of the people of Judah in the extreme south, toward the boundary of Edom, were… in…