Joshua is first mentioned in the Bible in Exodus 17:8 when Moses told him to choose men to fight against Amalek. Joshua did as Moses told him, and he defeated him with the help of the Lord. Moses went up the mountain and prayed with the rod of God raised in his hand during the battle. If his hand started to drop, Amalek would get the upper hand. Moses kept his hand raised throughout the battle and the victory was Joshua’s. He destroyed Amalek, and his people. Joshua is mentioned five more times in the Pentateuch before Moses sent the spies to enter into the land of Canaan. He and Caleb were two of twelve spies sent to spy. They were the only spies to give a good account of the land and the people. They trusted the Lord and knew He would deliver the land as promised. However, the other ten spies gave a bad account of the land and the people in it. The people of Israel listened to the ten spies and complained against God. He punished them for their lack of faith by not allowing them to see or enter the promised land. God marched the people of Israel around in the wilderness for forty years until that generation died off. God would only allow Joshua and Caleb to enter in because of their faithfulness to Him. God would allow the new generation of Israelites, under the leadership of Joshua, …show more content…
God punished the people for their lack of faith. They would never see the land flowing with milk and honey; only Joshua and Caleb would enter in. Joshua and Caleb would have to endure the punishment with the Israelites; however, they would be allowed entrance into Canaan after that generation had died out. The punishment for their disbelief in God was to wander in the wilderness for forty years. This generation would die in the wilderness and a new generation would enter into Canaan. Joshua and Caleb rebuked Israel for their lack of faith and fear that God would not be with
The story of Rahab begins when Joshua, after receiving God’s command to enter into the Promised Land, sends two spies into Jericho and the surrounding areas to “view the land” (Joshua 2:1). The two spies are discovered in Jericho as they enter Rahab’s harlot house. The king of Jericho, being alerted to their presence, sends for the spies. Rahab hides the two spies on her roof under some flax and sends the guards out of the city on a wild goose chase. Rahab then tells the spies that everyone in the land is afraid of their power and that she knows that their God is the One true God. In return for the kindness she showed them Rahab asks for their promise of safety for her family when the Hebrews attack Jericho. The spies promise and escape through Rahab’s window in the city wall and descend down a scarlet rope that is used to signal the Israelites to the location of her home.
Moses says that God also became angry with him and condemned him to die in the desert by not allowing him to fulfill the dream of knowing the longed-for Promise Land (Deut 1: 37 – 38). God 's anger was so great that He, thirty-eight years later, when they arrived in Canaan, and all the Israelites had already been punished, Moses attempted to ask God to let him in, thinking that his anger had passed, but God answered with a definite no. God said to Moses, "‘Let it suffice you; speak no more to me of this matter" (Deut. 3: 23 – 28). He could not convince God to allow him to put a foot in the Promised Land. The question here is: why was God angry with Moses? What did he have to do with this story? Scholars have come with different theories, but they do not find a definitive answer. Some of them attempt to find something to blame Moses for, but apparently their attempt is inconclusive. Other think that this consisted of sending the spies to explore the country instead of trusting in God. Other believe that it was not to have accompanied the explorers. Another group thought that it was because he did not know how to pacify the Israelite rebellion as a good leader would
One day God spoke to Abraham with an intention of making a covenant with man whom he chose as his partner. Abraham was told by God to leave his home to a different land since the people of Ur worshipped idols of wood and stone. The covenant made between them had a lot of promises. Abraham left with his wife Sarai, Lot his nephew,
Following the creation story of the book of Genesis is the book of Exodus. In Genesis, God promised Abraham a “great nation from which all nations of the earth will be blessed (Gen 12:1-3)” and in Exodus God completes this promise through the creation of the holy nation, Israel. Exodus tells the story of the God who rescued his people out of Egypt because of the promise he had made to Abraham. God calls to Moses to complete his promise. God’s call to Moses is not only important because he liberates the Israelites but also because God reveals His name(s) along with His true Nature. God calls upon Moses and tells him that He’s back to help the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and that Moses is to lead them. God then gives him full instructions on what to tell the Pharaoh and, more importantly, the Israelites, who are promised, land “flowing with milk and honey”.
The spies went during the time of the first grape harvest, and brought back a branch with "one cluster of grapes" (Numbers, Ch.13, Line 23), together with some pomegranates and figs. They tell Moses that the land is rich, and the walls of the towns are unfortified. However, while Joshua and Caleb argue that the land is abundant and is "floweth with milk and honey" (Numbers, Ch.13, Line 27), the other spies say that strong and evil men inhabit it, which causes the Israelites to want to return to Egypt. The Lord talks to Moses and says he will kill all of the Israelites. Moses pleads with God, saying that others would think badly of God for leading his people to the wilderness and abandoning them there. Herbert reveals this reference very early in the poem: "I did towards Canaan draw, but now I am/Brought back to the Red Sea, the sea of shame."
Once Joshua started to communicate with the children, and got to know them better the adults were amazed at how Joshua related to the children so well. He knew their names right from the second he met them, he played their games, and he even let himself lose at them too. Eventually the adults in the town began to realize that whoever this Joshua really was, he was a role model for each and every one of them.
The book of Judges is the sequel to Joshua. It is the seventh book of the Old Testament. It recounts stories and events from the death of the hebrew leader and prophet Joshua to the birth of the hebrew Samuel. That is roughly, from the end of the Israelite conquest of Canan in the 13th Century B.C to the begining of the monarchy in the 11 th century B.C. It tells about the hebrews from Joshua’s Death to the time of Samuel. It was written in about 550 BC, on tablets named the Ras Shamra tablets. The Ras Shamra tablets where later discovered in the early 20th Century, even though the stories and acountings of the judges where already known and written. The book of Judges belongs to a specific historical tradition which is called the Deuteronomic history. The author of the book of Judges, was in exile in Babylonia. While in exile he was deeply concerned with foreign domination. So he wrote many of his stories on the migration of the tribe of Dan to the North and the sins of the Benjamites. The author emphasized that Israel was being influenced by foreign powers and the loss of freedom and prosperity. Recurring throughout the book is the stereotyped formula: "The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the lord." Then after each period or subjection the author introduces another formula: " But when the people of Israel cried the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people. Through-out the book, the book of judges tells about prophets, rulers and influencial people such as: Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Gideon, Tilian and Samson. There are also many more minor people.
Chapter 7 of Joshua deals with the sin in Canaan. Even though the people had crossed the Jordan, they were still prone to sin. We have one person’s sin who affects all of Israel. The sin of Achan, who is referred to as “Achar” the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed (1 Chronicles 2:7). (1) This sin caused Israel to be defeated in Ai as well as caused Joshua humiliation and prays of the sad disaster to God.
he killed an Egyptian who was beating an Israelite worker. Terrified, Moses fled to Midian where he met a priest named Jethro. Moses married his daughter and began a new life as a shepherd. God was still concerned with the suffering Israelites and appeared to Moses as a burning bush (3:2). God spoke to Moses and told him of this plan to return the Israelites to Canaan, which God describes as “a land flowing with milk and honey” and sent Moses to accomplish this task (3:8).
The land of Canaan where the Canaanites dwelt was the land promised by God to the Israelite people. Canaan was the name of a large and prosperous country which coincides roughly to present- day Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel. In some passages in the Bible, the Canaanite people were specifically referred to as the people of the lowlands and plains of Canaan. In other Bible passages, Canaanites is used in a broader way to refer to all the inhabitants of the land, including the Hivites, Girgashites, Jebusites, Hittites, and Perizzites (Judges 1:9,10).
The point the author would want us to understand from the Joshua 2, salvation of Rahab narrative, is that if this ungodly prostitute from an ungodly nation can become an ancestor of Jesus, then there is hope for all of us. Far from being ashamed of her, she is an ancestor to be proud of, because when she saw God's kingdom coming she decided where her allegiance lay. She acted on that decision which made her a traitor to her world and she put her trust in God to save her. This is exactly the same way that God deals with us today.
As a one reads through the Old Testament, he will find the story as it unfolds of the children of Israel. Beginning in the book of Exodus the children of Israel are in Egyptian bondage and being forced to work as slaves. God appears to Moses in a burning bush and tells him that He [God] has heard His people and He is going to deliver them out of bondage. God at that time tells Moses that He has chosen him to be the leader of this people. After God brings ten plagues against Egypt the children of Israel are driven out of the land, and God promises to lead them to a land “flowing with milk and honey.” On their way to the “Promised Land” they cross the Red Sea in which Pharaoh and the Egyptian army is defeated by God. Then they go to Mount Sinai to receive the Law. After receiving the law they then go to the Promised Land, and there Moses sends twelve spies into the land. Ten of these spies come back and give a bad report to Moses and the children of Israel. Since they did this Israel was punished by God and made to wonder in the wilderness for forty years during which time all who were over the age of twenty perished. The only two that did not die was Caleb and Joshua who had come back with a good report, and told Moses and the children of Israel to go up at once and take the land. Once they had completed the wilderness wondering they returned to the Promised Land and took the land under the new leadership of Joshua. However, Israel did not drive out all the inhabitants as the Lord God had commanded them, thus the inhabitants that were not driven out would be a snare to them. Once they had established themselves in the land they began to chase after the gods of the inhabitants before them. God then sent judges to deliver them which ...
The Book of Exodus encompasses several of the most significant individuals, as well as events. In the Book of Exodus, Moses was a prominent character that was discussed seemingly throughout the text (Harper 's Bible Dictionary 1952, 655). The Book of Exodus is a segment within the Pentateuch, which covers the first five accounts of the Old Testament. There are three noticeable premises that are accentuated in Exodus, which are deliverance, the covenant, and the Promised Land. The opening section of the Book, which is separated into two parts, is the first eighteen chapters, which review Moses’ lifetime, the dilemmas that the Israelites’ met whilst in Egypt, and the events and plagues that drove the Israelites’ to ultimately depart from Egypt.
Even though God saw people as evil, he wanted to show his grace. He wanted to separate certain people in the world as His chosen people. “He wanted a chosen people: 1. To whom He might entrust the Holy Scriptures. 2. To be His witness to the other nations. 3. Through whom the promised Messiah could come” (Mears 47). This covenant is made between God and Abram. This covenant marks the beginning history of Israel, God’s chosen people.
Before Moses led his people from Egypt into the desert, Aaron is said to have given speeches, and performed miracles because Moses was not yet ready to do so. Aaron is said to have aided in the construction of the Golden Calf when Moses climbs the mountain to receive the laws of God. In Exodus, Aaron losses faith in God when he melts the gold to cast the false idol. When Moses implores the Pharaoh to release the Israelites for the first time, he brings no signs and performs no miracles. Pharaoh’s sorcerers do not repent in the eyes of God and attempt perform their own miracles to show the strength of the Egyptian deities. Ultimately in Exodus the Pharaoh drowns when Moses parts the sea without repenting. Aaron as portrayed in the Quran, was considered God’s messenger. Aaron was an answer to Moses’s prayer for human support within his family. Moses holds Aaron’s speaking abilities in high regard, and values his coherency. Aaron does not aid in the construction of the Golden Calf in the Quranic version. Being a holy messenger, Aaron speaks out against the Calf’s construction as he is considered to be representing Moses in his absence. Aaron warns the Israelites that God will be angry but they do not listen and worship the false idol regardless. When Moses demands the release of the Israelites from Pharaoh’s servitude, the Quran says the sorcerers repent when witnessing the signs of God.