Transcript The Book Of Joshua - The Word and The Sword

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Pt. 2
 The Book Of Joshua 
The Fulfillment Of the Land
Promise Given to AbrahamIsaac- Jacob- Gen. 12
“ Be strong and courageous,
for you shall give this people
possession of the land which
I swore to their fathers to
give them.” –Josh. 1:6 (NAS)
Outline Of The Book Of Joshua
⬧ Joshua's Assignment - Joshua 1:1-5:15
⬧ Rahab Helps the Spies - Joshua 2:1-24
⬧ The People Cross the Jordan River Joshua 3:1-4:24
⬧ Circumcision and a Visit by an Angel Joshua 5:1-15
⬧ Battle of Jericho - Joshua 6:1-27
⬧ Achan's Sin Brings Death - Joshua 7:1-26
⬧ Renewed Israel Defeats Ai - Joshua 8:1-35
⬧ Gibeon's Trick - Joshua 9:1-27
Outline Of The Book Of Joshua
⬧ Defending Gibeon, Defeating Southern Kings
- Joshua 10:1-43
⬧ Capturing the North, a List of Kings - Joshua
11:1-12:24
⬧ Dividing the Land - Joshua 13:1-33
⬧ Land West of the Jordan - Joshua 14:1-19:51
⬧ More Allotments, Justice at Last - Joshua
20:1-21:45
⬧ Eastern Tribes Praise God - Joshua 22:1-34
⬧ Joshua Warns the People to Stay Faithful Joshua 23:1-16
⬧ Covenant at Shechem, Joshua's Death Joshua 24:1-33
Invasion and Conquest of the Land
Joshua 10
• Defeat of southern kings
– King of Jerusalem sends for other
kings among the Amorites to make
war against Gibeon
– Gibeon pleas for Israel’s help
– God delivers the southern kings
into Israel’s hands
Invasion & Conquest (Joshua)
• Defeat of southern kings
– Gibeon pleads Israel for help
– Sun/moon stand still: God delivers
the southern kings into Israel’s hands.
vss. 12-14
– Five Amorite kings (that fled) are
captured and executed.
• The rest of the south-land is
conquered. vss. 28ff
Reference: Joshua 10 Gibeon asks Israel for help (Josh. 10:6-43)
Invasion & Conquest (Joshua)
Northern campaign
Kings conquered
Joshua 11
• Jabin (the person)
– Jabin: king of Hazor
– Head of surrounding kingdoms. v. 10
– Hazor: located about 5 miles
southwest of Lake Hulah
Invasion & Conquest (Joshua)
Joshua 11
• Commissioned area kings
– Kings of Madon, Shimron, Achshaph…
– Kings of the north: in the mountains,
plains south of Lake Galilee, highlands
of Dor on the west, Amorite, Hittite,
Perizzite, Jebusite
Reference: Jabin, king of Hazor
Invasion & Conquest (Joshua)
Joshua 11
• God commands Israel to fight
against Hazor: Israel conquers
the kings
• So Joshua took the whole land,
according to all that the Lord had
said to Moses…Joshua 11:23
– Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel
according to their divisions by their
tribes.
– Then the land rested from war.
Northern Campaign
Invasion and Conquest of the Land
Joshua 11
• Jabin (king of Hazor)
– Gathered the kings of the north, the
east and the west to fight against Israel
– God commands Israel to fight against
Hazor: Israel conquers the kings
• Summaries of Kings conquered
between Moses and Joshua
Invasion and Conquest of the Land
Joshua 13-19
Remaining Land: ch. 13
• Remaining land to be conquered
– Joshua is old
– “Very much land yet to be possessed.”
• Land yet to be possessed
– From east of Egypt to the mountains
of Lebanon
– Divide land among 91/2 tribes (1/2,
Reuben, Gad already given by Moses)
LAND DIVIDED
 Remaining land to be
conquered
 Joshua is old
 “Very much land yet
to be possessed.”
 Land yet to be
possessed
 From east of Egypt to
the mountains of
Lebanon
 Divide land among
91/2 tribes (1/2,
Reuben, Gad already
given by Moses)
Invasion and Conquest of the Land
• Tribes to receive land:
West of Jordan (ch.13)
1.Judah
2.Ephraim
3.½ tribe (Manasseh)
4.Benjamin
5.Simeon (within
Judah)
6.Asher
7.Zebulan
8.Issachar
9.Naphtali
10.Dan
East of Jordan
(ch.14--)
1.Reuben
2.Gad
3.½ tribe of
Manasseh
Levi
No inheritance
Mitch Davis:
What tribes were
Caleb (who resided
in Hebron, in
Judah…where king
David was anointed
king) and Joshua
(who resided in
Timnath Serah, in
the hill country of
Ephraim) from? Do
their special
inheritances reside
within their tribal
inheritances?
Special Inheritances
Caleb – given a city of
his choice because of
his faithfulness was had
an inheritance for his
family – Hebron
(formerly called Kirjath
Arba, for Arba was the
greatest man among
the Anakim (the
giants). Josh. 14:6-15
Joshua - given a city
of his choice – Timnath
Serah, in the
mountains of Ephraim.
Josh. 19:49-51
Invasion and Conquest of the Land
Josh 20
Information for this slide comes from
Cities of Refuge: Jenkins
Cities of refuge:
After the initial conquest, the Israelites
named 6 cities as special ‘cities of
refuge.’
A person who accidentally killed
another was told to run to the nearest
city of refuge.
He would live there until a fair trial
could be arranged.
Cities of
Refuge
Joshua 20
Map, and information for this slide comes from
Cities of Refuge: Jenkins, Thomas Nelson.
• The circles on this map
show approximately one
day’s journey in all
directions from each city.
• Shown is Jokneam, one
of the places not to be in
if you had accidentally
killed someone.
Invasion and Conquest of the Land
Joshua 21
• Cities for Levites
– No inheritance: They were given “cities
and their common-lands” (for their
livestock) by the Israelites.
– Not coincidentally: The cities of refuge
are in the cities given to the Levites
(where the priests live) where the elders
would try them.
Invasion & Conquest (Joshua)
 Land Divided
 Cities of refuge/Levites
Some of the Levites in the
Kohath family groups were
from the family of Aaron
the priest. To these Levites
were given thirteen towns
in the areas of Judah,
Simeon, and Benjamin
Josh. 21:4
Joshua 20-21 Cities of
refuge chosen (Josh. 20:7-8)
Invasion & Conquest (Joshua)
NOTE: Cities of Levites and refuge
– Of the 48 cities of Levites, 6 are cities
of refuge.
– Since these cities are occupied by
Levites, who are implied as being
judges over the “refuge” cases?
• There is no mention of judges from
various tribes living among the Levites.
• Thus, it seems necessary to conclude
that the Levites would serve as judges
over the matter.
Invasion and Conquest of the Land
Joshua 22
6. Tribes east of Jordan return home
7. Joshua’s challenges
8. Israel renews covenant with God
• Reuben, Gad, Manasseh
– Kept all of Moses and Joshua’s commanded
– They did not leave their brethren (West of
Jordan)
• Joshua blesses them
Invasion and Conquest of the Land
Joshua 22
• They build an altar: “Witness”
– Israel ready to make war against them for
building an altar (of sacrifice)
– The altar replica made as witness to for
their descendents that they have a part in
the service/sacrifice unto the Lord
Misunderstanding Between Tribes
Those on the west were ready to do
battle because they thought that
the altar was set up as a separate
place of worship in rivalry and was
a sellout to the gods of the lands on
east side of Jordan. They thought
their brethren were in rebellion and
were ready to wipe them out for
their disobedience to God’s will.
They gathered together as one for
this purpose.
Phineas met with them and with the
eastern tribes to try to find out
what was happening and to resolve
if possible.
Tribes Go
Back To
East Side Of
Jordan
a. You have kept
all that Moses the
servant of the
LORD commanded
you: In the seven
years they had been
with Joshua, helping
the tribes west of the
Jordan to conquer
their enemies, they
had been completely
obedient and helpful
to Joshua.
Tribes Go
Back To
East Side Of
Jordan
b. You have not
left your brethren
these many days:
They had gone out
and fought on
behalf of their
brethren, even
though they already
had their own
inheritance - even
as God commanded
them to do.
Tribes Go
Back To
East Side Of
Jordan
c. Now therefore,
return and go to
your tents and to
the land of your
possession: Now
that the land was
conquered and fully
distributed to the
tribes, they could go
back to their
families and lands
on the eastern side
of the Jordan.
Joshua Exhorts And Blesses
⬧ Before they leave, Joshua gives them
an exhortation and a blessing.
“But take careful heed to do the
commandment and the law which
Moses the servant of the LORD
commanded you, to love the LORD
your God, to walk in all His ways, to
keep His commandments, to hold fast
to Him, and to serve Him with all your
heart and with all your soul.” So
Joshua blessed them and sent them
away, and they went to their tents.
Joshua Exhorts And Blesses
He tells them to take diligent heed to
the word of God, probably here mostly
in the sense of carefully hearing it and
knowing it.
He tells them to love the LORD. This is
a matter of the heart, but it can still be
commanded.
He tells them to obey God with all
they have, to keep His
commandments, to hold fast to
Him in a personal sense, and to serve
Him with all your heart and soul.
Joshua Exhorts And Blesses
We should not miss the order here. First
we should take care to hear God. Then
we give Him our love. Next comes a
walk of obedience. To mix this order up
is to get off into heresy 1. (loving
without hearing) 2. (obeying before
loving).
So Joshua blessed them and sent
them away: Joshua will not send them
away with a blessing; he knows that
they cannot do or be what God wants
without His blessing in their lives.
Joshua Exhorts And Blesses
Perhaps he used the blessing from
Numbers 6:23-27: Speak to Aaron and
his sons, saying, ‘This is the way you
shall bless the children of Israel. Say to
them: “The LORD bless you and keep
you; the LORD make His face shine
upon you, and be gracious to you; the
LORD lift up His countenance upon you,
and give you peace.’” So they shall put
My name on the children of Israel, and I
will bless them.
What Does This Altar Mean?
Before crossing over the Jordan, the
soldiers from the two and a half tribes
build a great, impressive altar near the
Jordan River.
• Now the children of Israel heard
someone say, “Behold, the children of
Reuben, the children of Gad, and half
the tribe of Manasseh have built an
altar on the frontier of the land of
Canaan, in the region of the Jordan;
on the children of Israel’s side.” And
when the children of Israel heard of
it, the whole congregation of the
children of Israel gathered together
at Shiloh to go to war against them.
Ready To Take A Stand For Right
Why did they do this? Because they feared
that this altar was a sign of allegiance to
the pagan gods of the region.
Their readiness to fight this battle shows
great courage to confront on behalf of
God’s truth and holiness. This was a
healthy “body,” able to purge itself of
poisons.
Their later actions show that they are not
happy about taking this action, nor will
they do it rashly - but they will do it!
Phinehas Chosen To Help Resolve
What treachery is this:
Clearly, they thought that the
altar at the Jordan represented
a rival place of sacrifice and
worship, to compete with God’s
tabernacle, presently at Shiloh.
…
Phinehas Chosen To Help Resolve
God had clearly commanded that there
was one place of sacrifice and burnt
offerings for Israel: Also you shall say
to them: Whatever man of the house
of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell
among you, who offers a burnt offering
or sacrifice, and does not bring it to
the door of the tabernacle of meeting,
to offer it to the LORD, that man shall
be cut off from among his people.
(Leviticus 17:8-9) …
Phinehas Chosen To Help Resolve
We understand from this that we
cannot worship God any way we
please, or justify a manner of worship
just because we like it. First and
always, our worship must be pleasing
to God. We must worship Him in spirit
and in truth. (John 4:24)
Is the iniquity of Peor not enough for
us: Phinehas reminds the eastern tribes
that Israel has been punished for rebellion
against God before, using the rebellion at
Peor as an example. …
Phinehas Chosen To Help Resolve
At Peor, Israel’s men had sex with Moabite
women, and they gave themselves over to the
worship of the Moabite gods. In judgment, God
sent a plague that killed 24,000 people.
This incident would be especially meaningful to
Phinehas, because he was the one who stopped
the plague by making a dramatic stand for
righteousness in the midst of gross sin.
He will be angry with the whole
congregation:
Phinehas also knew that the sin of these tribes
would reflect on the whole nation. He knew that
no one really sins unto himself.
Explanation & Resolution
An altar, not for burnt offering nor for
sacrifice, but that it may be a witness:
The eastern tribes recognized their distance
from the center of worship in Israel, and
that there was a natural barrier (the Jordan
River) between them and the rest of the
nation. So they built the altar a memorial
to link the two segments of the nation.
They built it so big and impressive so that
it would last. They wanted it to stand as a
memorial to future generations that the
tribes on both sides of the Jordan
worshipped the same God. …
Explanation & Resolution
The eastern tribes again agree with the
concern of the western tribes; but they explain
that the western tribes have misunderstood
the meaning of the great, impressive altar.
• (30-31) The explanation of the eastern
tribes is accepted by the western tribes.
Now when Phinehas the priest . . . heard
the words . . . it pleased them: Obviously,
Phinehas is pleased by this explanation; yet he
deserves credit for being willing to believe his
brothers. Phinehas puts himself in the shoes of
the eastern tribes now, and so the explanation
makes sense. …
Explanation & Resolution
This day we perceive that the LORD is
among us, because you have not
committed this treachery against the
LORD: Phinehas could see that the LORD
was among us, because unity had been
restored among the people of Israel. This
fulfilled the passage from Psalm 133:1:
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity! …
Explanation & Resolution
So the thing pleased the children of
Israel, and the children of Israel blessed
God: Everyone is glad, and everyone enjoys
the blessing of having peace among the
people of God.
The children of Reuben and the children
of Gad called the altar, Witness: The altar
is given the name Witness, because it was a
witness to the tribes on both the eastern side
and the western side of the Jordan that the
LORD is God.
A Guide For Response
To Disagreements
Respond with a concern for
God’s holiness above all.
Respond with the courage
to confront in love (it may
cost a close relationship but
love will take the chance)
Respond with an attempt to
reconcile before you fight.
…
A Guide For Response
To Disagreements
Determine that you are willing to
sacrifice to help them; don’t confront
unless you are willing to help resolve
the issue in keeping with what is right.
Determine that you will see the
situation from the perspective of the
other person. (Gal. 6:2-5)
Determine that you will try your best
to see the best in the other person.
Invasion and Conquest of the Land
Joshua 23
6. Tribes east of
Jordan return
home
7. Joshua’s
challenges
8. Israel renews
covenant with
God
• Joshua’s farewell
address
– To forsake idolatry
and be faithful to God
– “One man of you shall
chase a thousand, for
the Lord fights for
you”
– If you forsake Him,
He will no longer drive
them out; they shall
be snares to you, etc.
Joshua Bids The People Farewell
• Josh. 23:1-3) Joshua declares what the
LORD has done.
Now it came to pass, a long time after the
LORD had given rest to Israel from all their
enemies round about, that Joshua was old,
advanced in age. And Joshua called for all
Israel, for their elders, for their heads, for their
judges, and for their officers, and said to
them: “I am old, advanced in age. You have
seen all that the LORD your God has done to
all these nations because of you, for the LORD
your God is He who has fought for you.” …
Joshua Bids The People Farewell
Josh. 23:6- Israel will succeed: by total
obedience to the word of God.
Therefore be very courageous to keep and
to do all that is written in the Book of the
Law of Moses, lest you turn aside from it
to the right hand or to the left,
They need to be courageous so they can
be obedient. Following God and His word
isn’t something for the faint of heart.
They must do all that is written in the
Book. We tend to focus on the aspects of
obedience that we like and skip over the
parts that attract us less. …
Joshua Bids The People Farewell
• They must not turn aside from it to
the right hand or to the left,
because Satan doesn’t care which
extreme he gets us off to. Either
legalism or licentiousness please him.
The second exhortation: don’t make
peace with the enemy- no
compromise! 1 Pet. 5:8- Satan is our
enemy- he is not a friend- hate him. …
Joshua Bids The People Farewell
• Josh. 23:7-8-Hold fast to the LORD.
And lest you go among these nations,
these who remain among you. You shall
not make mention of the name of
their gods, nor cause anyone to
swear by them; you shall not serve
them nor bow down to them, but
you shall hold fast to the LORD your
God, as you have done to this day.
God Is Faithful To Bless And Curse
Josh. 23:15-16- As surely as
God has been faithful to bless
their obedience under Joshua,
He will be faithful to curse
their later disobedience. …
God Is Faithful To Bless And Curse
Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all
the good things have come upon you which
the LORD your God promised you, so the
LORD will bring upon you all harmful things,
until He has destroyed you from this good
land which the LORD your God has given
you. When you have transgressed the
covenant of the LORD your God, which He
commanded you, and have gone and served
other gods, and bowed down to them, then
the anger of the LORD will burn against you,
and you shall perish quickly from the good
land which He has given you. …
God Is Faithful To Bless And Curse
As all the good things have come
upon you which the LORD your God
promised you, so the LORD will bring
upon you all harmful things:
• Joshua merely repeats the principle of
blessing for obedience and cursing for
disobedience that was a specific part of
Israel’s covenant with God (Leviticus 26
and Deuteronomy 28). He emphasizes
that God will be just as faithful to judge
as He had been to bless. …
God Is Faithful To Bless And Curse
We relate to God under a different covenant,
a new and better covenant (Hebrews 8:6-7),
by which Jesus has redeemed us from the
curse of the law (Galatians 3:10-14).
• Under the new law of Christ we
experience God’s faithfulness to correct us
as a loving Father (Hebrews 12:7), and we
will experience damnation in hell if we fail
to obey Him in all things (Matt. 25).
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands
of the living God (Heb. 10:31).
Invasion & Conquest (Joshua)
6. Tribes east • Exhortations:
of Jordan
– Forsake idolatry and be
return
faithful to God
home
– “One man of you shall
7. Joshua’s
chase a thousand, for
challenges
the Lord fights for you”
8. Israel
v. 10
renews
– If you forsake Him, He
their
will no longer drive
covenant
them out; they shall be
with God
snares to you, etc. v. 13
Reference: Joshua 23
Israel renews their
covenant with God
Joshua 24
Joshua Gathers all tribes at
Shechem: elders, heads, judges,
officers. v. 1
• Gives history:
– Israel’s descendents (Terah onward).
vss. 2-5
– Escape from Egypt. vss. 6-7
– Amorites & Moabites (east of Jordan).
vss. 8-10
– Canaan (west of Jordan). vss. 11-13
Joshua 24
(end of book; period)
Shechem: where they staked their claim
• Joshua Gathers all tribes at Shechem:
elders, heads, judges, officers
• Gives history:We must know history of
who we are:
– Israel’s descendents (Terah onward)
– Escape from Egypt
– Amorites & Moabites (east of Jordan)
– Canaan (west of Jordan)
Joshua 24
(end of book; period)
Shechem: where they staked their claim
• Covenant renewed
– Joshua’s challenge: Choose whom you will
serve.
– Israel’s reply: “We will serve the Lord”
• Death of Joshua and Eleazar
– Israel served Jehovah all the days of
Joshua and the elders who outlived him
Making The Choice
Josh. 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you
to serve the LORD, choose you this day
whom ye will serve; whether the gods
which your fathers served that were on
the other side of the flood, or the gods
of the Amorites, in whose land ye
dwell: but as for me and my house,
we will serve the LORD.
Josh. 24:24- And the people said unto
Joshua, The LORD our God will we
serve, and his voice will we obey.
Making The Choice
1 Kings 18:21 And Elijah came unto all
the people, and said, How long halt ye
between two opinions? if the LORD
be God, follow him: but if Baal, then
follow him. And the people answered
him not a word.
Matthew 6:24- No man can serve two
masters: for either he will hate the
one, and love the other; or else he will
hold to the one, and despise the other.
Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Invasion and Conquest of the Land
1. Central
Campaign
2. Southern
Campaign
3. Northern
Campaign
4. Land divided
5. Cities of refuge /
Levites
6.
Tribes east of
Jordan return
home
7. Joshua’s
challenges
8. Israel renews
their covenant
with God
Invasion & Conquest (Joshua)
Israel renews
Covenant
renewed
their
covenant
– Joshua’s
challenge: Choose whom you will
withserve.
God v. 15
– Israel’s reply: “We will serve the Lord.”
vss. 16-18
– Joshua: You cannot serve the Lord… v. 19
– Israel’s reply: no, but we will!
• Death of Joshua and Eleazar:
Israel served Jehovah all the days of
Joshua and the elders who outlived
him. vss. 29ff
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