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The Deuteronomic History
The Books included:
 Joshua
 Judges
 I-II Samuel
 I-II Kings
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
Joshua: the successor of Moses.
The purpose of the book is to demonstrate
God's fidelity in giving to the Israelites
the land he had promised them for an
inheritance
(Gen 15:18-20; Jos 1:2-4; 21:41-43;
23:14-16).
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
Joshua: the successor of Moses.
The purpose of the book is to demonstrate
God's fidelity in giving to the Israelites
the land he had promised them for an
inheritance.
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
Genesis 15:18-21
It was on that occasion that the LORD made a
covenant with Abram, saying:
"To your descendants I give this land, from the
Wadi of Egypt to the Great River (the
Euphrates), the land of the Kenites, the
Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, the Hittites, the
Perizzites, the Rephaim, the Amorites, the
Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites."
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
Joshua 1:1-4
After Moses, the servant of the LORD, had died,
the LORD said to Moses' aide Joshua, son of Nun:
"My servant Moses is dead. So prepare to cross the
Jordan here, with all the people into the land I will
give the Israelites. As I promised Moses, I will
deliver to you every place where you set foot.
Your domain is to be all the land of the Hittites,
from the desert and from Lebanon east to the great
river Euphrates and west to the Great Sea.”
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
Joshua 21:43-44
And so the LORD gave Israel all the land he had
sworn to their fathers he would give them.
Once they had conquered and occupied it, the
LORD gave them peace on every side, just as
he had promised their fathers. Not one of their
enemies could withstand them; the LORD
brought all their enemies under their power.
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
Josh 23:1-3
Many years later, after the LORD had given the
Israelites rest from all their enemies round
about them, and when Joshua was old and
advanced in years, he summoned all Israel
(including their elders, leaders, judges and
officers) and said to them:
"I am old and advanced in years. You have
seen all that the LORD, your God, has done for
you against all these nations; for it has been the
LORD, your God, himself who fought for you.
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
Josh 23:14-15
"Today, as you see, I am going the way of all men. So
now acknowledge with your whole heart and soul that
not one of all the promises the LORD, your God, made
to you has remained unfulfilled. Every promise has
been fulfilled for you, with not one single exception.
" But just as every promise the LORD, your God,
made to you has been fulfilled for you, so will he fulfill
every threat, even so far as to exterminate you from
this good land which the LORD, your God, has given
you.
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
Josh 23:16
"If you transgress the covenant of the LORD, your God,
which he enjoined on you, serve other gods and
worship them, the anger of the LORD will flare up
against you and you will quickly perish from the good
land which he has given you."
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
occupation of the country begins with the crossing of
the Jordan and the conquest of Jericho
(Joshua 1-6),
followed by a first foothold on the Palestinian
mountain range, at Ai, Bethel, and Gibeon
(Joshua 7-9)
two sweeping campaigns against the city states
in the south of the country (Joshua 10)
and in the north (Joshua 11)
with a summary in Joshua 12.
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
The broad claim to total sovereignty is spelled
out by a combined list of tribal boundaries
and of the towns contained within each area
or administrative district (Joshua 13-19),
including cities of asylum and cities for the
Levites (Joshua 20:21).
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
The book closes with a narrative about the
tribes east of the Jordan (Joshua 22), a
warning speech by Joshua (Joshua 23), and
a renewal at Shechem (Joshua 24) of the
covenant with the Lord, already affirmed
there near the beginning of the conquest
(Joshua 8:30-35).
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
Like the books which precede it, the Book of
Joshua was built up by a long and complex
process of editing traditional materials.
Both Jewish and Christian believers have
always regarded it as inspired.
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
The entire history of the conquest of the
Promised Land is a prophecy of the spiritual
conquest of the world through the Church
under the leadership of Jesus the Messiah.
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA
The Book of Joshua may be divided as
follows:
I: Conquest of Canaan (Jos 1:1-12:24)
II: Division of the Land (Jos 13:1-21:45)
III: Return of the Transjordan Tribes and
Joshua's Farewell (Jos 22:1-24:33)