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Joshua 15 Commentary http://www.lovingscripture.com In accordance with the Lord’s command to him, Joshua gave to Caleb a portion in Judah, Hebron. From Hebron Caleb drove out the three Anakites. From here we can again see that there is a very big difference between ownership and possession. The Anakites possessed the land but didn’t own it. Caleb owned theContinueContinue reading “Joshua 15 Commentary”

Joshua 14 Commentarywww.lovingscripture.comTheir inheritances were assigned by lot to the nine-and-a-half tribes, as the Lord had commanded through Moses. Joshua 14 verse 2. It is important that the leadership investigated the will of the LORD as recorded in the word of God. Their decisions were based on the written word. They didn’t have to hearContinueContinue reading “Joshua 14 Commentary”

Joshua 13 Commentary http://www.lovingscripture This is interesting. You should be very old when the LORD says so. Your race should be concluded. For Joshua, yes, but not for Israel. Huge chunks of land lay unconquered. The battle continues but who takes it up? The LORD is silent. Joshua is also silent. Very strange. The silenceContinueContinue reading “Joshua 13 Commentary”

Joshua 12 Commentary http://www.lovingscripture.com Chapter 11 closed with the following statement, “So Joshua took the entire land, just as the Lord had directed Moses, and he gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. Then the land had rest from war.” Now chapter 12 gives us details of the land. Each defeated king is representing a portionContinueContinue reading “Joshua 12 Commentary”

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”