Category: Joshua

“And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal. And he said to the people of Israel, ‘When your children ask their fathers in times to come, “What do these stones mean?” then you shall let your children know, “Israel passed over this Jordan on dry ground.” For…

“The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. So when the people set out from their tents to pass over the Jordan with the priests bearing the ark of…

This chapter contains the account of two spies Joshua sent into Canaan (specifically Jericho) to assess the land. The spies are hidden in the house of a prostitute, Rahab, who protects them from enemy patrols. “and [Rahab] said to the men, ‘I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the fear…

In this first chapter God commissions Joshua to take over command of Israel, and Joshua charges the war-able people to prepare for crossing the Jordan into the promised land. “After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, ‘Moses my servant is dead….