Joshua 6:20 The priests blew the trumpets. When the people heard the blast of the trumpets, they gave a thunderclap shout. The wall fell at once. The people rushed straight into the city and took it. The Israelites finally arrived in the promised land. But as the saying goes: It was not a walk in […]
Read MoreJoshua 3:15 and 17 When the priests got to the Jordan and their feet touched the water at the edge (the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest), the flow of water stopped …. And there they stood; those priests carrying the Chest of the Covenant stood firmly planted on dry ground in the middle […]
Read MoreNumeri 14:24 But my servant Caleb—this is a different story. He has a different spirit; he follows me passionately. I’ll bring him into the land that he scouted and his children will inherit it. We’ve already discussed what had happened when Moses sent 12 men into the Promised Land. Ten returned trembling and afraid of […]
Read MoreDeuteronomy 31:7-8 Then Moses summoned Joshua. He said to him with all Israel watching, “Be strong. Take courage. You will enter the land with this people, this land that God promised their ancestors that he’d give them. You will make them the proud possessors of it. God is striding ahead of you. He’s right there […]
Read MoreNumbers 22:28-29 Then God gave speech to the donkey. She said to Balaam: “What have I ever done to you that you have beat me these three times?” Balaam said, “Because you’ve been playing games with me! If I had a sword I would have killed you by now.” Wow, Balaam, the prophet, was furious. […]
Read MoreNumbers 11:14-15 I can’t do this by myself—it’s too much, all these people. If this is how you intend to treat me, do me a favour and kill me. I’ve seen enough; I’ve had enough. Let me out of here.” The Israelites weren’t an easy nation. Now they were acting like spoilt brats. They longed […]
Read MoreNumbers 14:6-7 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, members of the scouting party, ripped their clothes and addressed the assembled People of Israel: “The land we walked through and scouted out is a very good land—very good indeed.” It was about 15 months since the Israelites had been delivered from slavery. During […]
Read MoreExodus 40:38 The Cloud of God was over The Dwelling during the day and the fire was in it at night, visible to all the Israelites in all their travels. Here we come to the great final scene of Exodus. After all the drama in Egypt, the departure, the miracle of the Red Sea and […]
Read MoreExodus 32:1 When the people realized that Moses was taking forever in coming down off the mountain, they rallied around Aaron and said, “Do something. Make gods for us who will lead us. That Moses, the man who got us out of Egypt—who knows what’s happened to him?” When you sit on the pavilion, you […]
Read MoreExodus 17:12-13 But Moses’ hands got tired. So they got a stone and set it under him. He sat on it and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on each side. So his hands remained steady until the sun went down. Joshua defeated Amalek and its army in battle. These verses remind me […]
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