by Jacob D. Gerber | Jul 16, 2019 | Bible Meditations, Joshua
Bible Readings for July 16th Joshua 23 | Acts 3 | Jeremiah 12 | Matthew 26 Joshua’s leadership of Israel seems to have passed surprisingly quickly. Where we followed Moses through four long books of the Pentateuch, from Exodus through Deuteronomy, we find the ministry...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Jul 15, 2019 | Bible Meditations, Joshua
Bible Readings for July 15th Joshua 22 | Acts 2 | Jeremiah 11 | Matthew 25 At the end of Joshua 21, we read an assurance that all of Yahweh’s promises had finally been fulfilled: “Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Jul 14, 2019 | Bible Meditations, Joshua
Bible Readings for July 14th Joshua 20–21 | Acts 1 | Jeremiah 10 | Matthew 24 In Joshua 20–21, we read about the dwelling places assigned to the tribe of Levi. Importantly, six of the forty-eight cities that the Levites would inhabit served as cities of refuge for the...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Jul 13, 2019 | Bible Meditations, Joshua
Bible Readings for July 13th Joshua 18–19 | Psalm 149–150 | Jeremiah 9 | Matthew 23 For the seven remaining tribes who had yet to receive their inheritance (Josh. 18:1–7), Joshua does not divide up the land unilaterally. Instead, Joshua puts the responsibility of...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Jul 12, 2019 | Bible Meditations, Joshua
Bible Readings for July 12th Joshua 16–17 | Psalm 148 | Jeremiah 8 | Matthew 22 In Joshua 16–17, the apportionment of the Promised Land to the tribes of Israel continues. In Joshua 15, Judah had received their inheritance, and now in Joshua 16–17, we read about the...
by Jacob D. Gerber | Jul 11, 2019 | Bible Meditations, Joshua
Bible Readings for July 11th Joshua 14–15 | Psalm 146–147 | Jeremiah 7 | Matthew 21 The allotment of the inheritance in the land west of the Jordan begins, rightfully, with Caleb. Caleb and Joshua had been the only two spies to enter the Promised Land and return with...
