Joshua 23 Dear RTB’ers, Three times Joshua warns the Israelite leaders that they could lose the Promised Land: until you perish from off this good ground that the LORD your God has given you (v. 13); until He has destroyed you from off this good land that the LORD your God has given you (v. …
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August 17 / Joshua 22
Joshua 22 Dear RTB’ers, Two sets of sentences stood out for me today: And when Joshua sent them away to their homes and blessed them, he said to them, “Go back to your tents with much wealth and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, and iron, and with much clothing. Divide the spoil …
August 16 / Joshua 20-21
Joshua 20-21 Dear RTB’ers, My computer is still in the shop, so another crippled post today. Again, the geography is interesting, so please look back at the maps that I sent two days ago. It’s a straightforward read today – setting apart cities of refuge in chapter 20 and cities for the Levites in chapter …
August 15 / Joshua 18-19
Joshua 18-19 Dear RTB’ers, Continuing the division of the Promised Land to the twelve tribes, today with seven more allotments in chapters 18 and 19. I’ve always appreciated the inherent fairness for these last seven tribes. Pick three men from each tribe, search out the land, define seven territories, then assign those territories by casting …
August 14 / Joshua 15:13-17:18
Joshua 15:13-17:18 Dear RTB’ers, Continuing the division of the Promised Land to the twelve tribes. Yesterday in Joshua 15:1-12 we saw the first allotment of the land going to Caleb and the tribe of Judah. Today the Joshua 15:13-63 finishes that allotment of land by naming more than 100 cities assigned to Judah. In later …
August 13 / Joshua 13:1-15:12
Joshua 13:1-15:12 Dear RTB’ers, Today (and on through chapter 19), the division of the Promised Land to the twelve tribes. First, as to twelve tribes… We read today that the Lord had set the Levites apart from the other eleven tribes: To the tribe of Levi alone Moses gave no inheritance. The offerings by fire …
August 12 / Joshua 11-12
Joshua 11-12 Dear RTB’ers, My apologies for late and short posts this past week. We had our Maryland daughter and her kids here all week, plus the rest of our kids and grandkids at the end of the week. In some measure, I was fortunate to be able to post at all! A big thank-you …
August 11 / Joshua 10
Joshua 10 Dear RTB’ers, He devoted to destruction every person in it; … none remaining. (v. 28; see also Joshua 10:30,33,36,39,40, ESV, translated as …no survivors… in the NASB). Complete destruction – buildings and people; save the animals for sacrifices and the gold and silver for worship materials. Inconceivable for our earthly minds. But God …
August 10 / Joshua 9
Joshua 9 Dear RTB’ers, The Gibeonites. One key verse today; I’m sure it jumped off the page for all of you: So the men took some of their provisions, but did not ask counsel from the LORD. (v. 14) No doubt multiple thousands of sermons have been preached on this chapter and the Israelites’ mistake …
August 9 / Joshua 8
Joshua 8 Dear RTB’ers, The battle for Ai – actually, not much of a battle!! After Ai’s defeat of Israel in yesterday’s reading, the people of Ai had gotten a bit overconfident – not knowing that their gods could not do serious battle with Israel’s God. Then you shall rise up from the ambush and …