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Joshua 11 Commentary http://www.lovingscripture.com Chapter 11 details the defeat of an army as numerous as the sand of the seashore. This is a miracle. More land is taken over. Israel is basking in victory. It is this victory and this land that form an important part of the LORD’s promise to Abraham. Israel is livingContinueContinue reading “Joshua 11 Commentary”

Joshua 10 Commentary http://www.lovingscripture.com The fall of Ai wasn’t good news to the neighboring city-states. Their own fate lay in waiting. The kings knew they needed unity against their common enemy – Israel. Gibeon’s voluntary but deceitful surrender to Israel worked against the required unity of purpose. So the rest grouped together and advanced againstContinueContinue reading “Joshua 10 Commentary”

Joshua 9 Commentary: Gibeon deceives Israel http://www.lovingscripture.com In Numbers 21 we saw the defeat of Sihon, king of the Amorites. It was reported that Israel had captured all the cities of the Amorites and had occupied them. In this chapter we again see the Amorites. The kind of reporting we find in Joshua may beContinueContinue reading “Joshua 9 Commentary”

Joshua 8 Commentary. Finally Ai is taken. http://www.lovingscripture.com The key line is the comparison between the capture of Jericho and the capture of Ai. Look at the instructions for Jericho. Israel did very little. In addition Israel was told to take nothing for themselves as plunder. Ai had different instructions. An entire army was requiredContinueContinue reading “Joshua 8 Commentary”

Joshua 7 Commentarywww.lovingscripture.comOr suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? Luke 14 verse 31. Joshua has read the gospel and applies it by sending theContinueContinue reading “Joshua 7 Commentary”

Joshua 6 Commentary http://www.lovingscripture.com Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. Who talks about an open door policy for the saint’s battles? The battlefield has no red carpet. Victory doesn’t come on the cheap! But look at Joshua’s military strategy! Silly, many would say. Imagine explaining to your wife that youContinueContinue reading “Joshua 6 Commentary”

Joshua 5 Commentary: Commander of the army of the Lord http://www.lovingscripture.com The battle of the two city-states Jericho and Ai are detailed and communicates key thoughts on the conquest of the Promised Land by Israel. That is the subject for the next 4 chapters. But first we look at chapter 5 which begins by talking aboutContinueContinue reading “Joshua 5 Commentary”

Joshua 4 Commentary http://www.lovingscripture.com The LORD commands Joshua to collect stones from the Jordan River in memory of the miraculous crossing. The community must remember this moment of generosity. Importantly, their children must hear about this miracle. It is possible that the LORD would not repeat this miracle. But with this record their children can learnContinueContinue reading “Joshua 4 Commentary”

Joshua 3 Commentary: Crossing of the Jordan River. http://www.lovingscripture.com And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the eyes of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you as I was with Moses”. Joshua 3 verse 7. When the LORD lifts a man the result isContinueContinue reading “Joshua 3 Commentary”

Joshua 2 Commentary http://www.lovingscripture.com Joshua is aware of the scandalous report by the twelve spies and the doubt that ensued 40 years earlier. He would send spies but secretly. The number would be two and not twelve. Failure makes us wiser! The Mossad (Israeli Intelligence) would not repeat the same mistake! The story of aContinueContinue reading “Joshua 2 Commentary”