The Promised Land, Joshua, Judges and Ruth
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The Promised Land, Joshua, Judges and Ruth
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The Promised Land, Joshua, Judges and Ruth - Transcript
The Promised Land
Looking at Joshua, Judges and
Ruth
The Books of Joshua, Judges
and Ruth: 3 Views
A book of great conquest and settlement
› The Israelites take over Canaan
› The subsequent settlement of Canaan
A book of partial success in Canaan
› Judges presents a long series of conflicts in the area
Ruth shows the softer side of Israel
› Affection and tolerance told through one family
Just Joshin’ Ya
After Moses takes the Israelites up to the
Promised Land and dies, Joshua takes over
› Joshua is a heroic military leader for the Israelites
› Conquers Canaan swiftly and brutally
› Career often parallels Moses (Jos5:1315)
Parts the Jordan River (Jos 3:717)
Moses hears trumpets at Mt. Sinai (Ex. 19:1619)
and Joshua does at Jericho (Jos 6:20)
Capture and
Settlement
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Book divided into 3 parts
› Ch 112, Conquest of Canaan
› Ch 1322, Distribution of Lands
› Ch 2324, Conclusion, Joshua’s last words
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Above is the battle movements of
Joshua and the Israelites
Joshua 3:717
3:1 Bright and early the next morning Joshua
and the Israelites left Shittim and came to
the Jordan. 1 They camped there before
crossing the river. 2 3:2 After three days the
leaders went through the camp 3:3 and
commanded the people: “When you see the
ark of the covenant of the Lord your God 3
being carried by the Levitical priests, you
must leave here 4 and walk 5 behind it. 3:4
But stay about three thousand feet behind it.
6 Keep your distance 7 so you can see 8
which way you should go, for you have not
traveled this way before.”
3:5 Joshua told the people, “Ritually
consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the
Lord will perform miraculous deeds among
you.” 3:6 Joshua told the priests, “Pick up
the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead
of the people.” So they picked up the ark of
the covenant and went ahead of the people.
3:7 The Lord told Joshua, “This very day I
will begin to honor you before all Israel 9 so
they will know that I am with you just as I
was with Moses. 3:8 Instruct the priests
carrying the ark of the covenant, ‘When you
reach the bank of the Jordan River, 10 wade
into the water.’” 11
Joshua 3:717
3:9 Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here
and listen to the words of the Lord your
God!” 3:10 Joshua continued, 12 “This is
how you will know the living God is among
you and that he will truly drive out before you
the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites,
Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites. 3:11
Look! The ark of the covenant of the Ruler
13 of the whole earth is ready to enter the
Jordan ahead of you. 3:12 Now select for
yourselves twelve men from the tribes of
Israel, one per tribe. 3:13 When the feet 14
of the priests carrying the ark of the Lord,
the Ruler 15 of the whole earth, touch 16
the water of the Jordan, the water coming
downstream toward you will stop flowing and
pile up.” 17
3:14 So when the people left their tents to
cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark
of the covenant went 18 ahead of them.
3:15 When the ones carrying the ark
reached the Jordan and the feet of the
priests carrying the ark touched the surface
19 of the water – (the Jordan is at flood
stage all during harvest time) 20 – 3:16 the
water coming downstream toward them
stopped flowing. 21 It piled up far upstream
22 at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there
was no water at all flowing to the sea of the
Arabah (the Salt Sea). 23 The people
crossed the river opposite Jericho. 24 3:17
The priests carrying the ark of the covenant
of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the
middle of the Jordan. All Israel crossed over
on dry ground until the entire nation was on
the other side. 25
Joshua 6:20—Jericho
Walls come tumblin’ down
› The number seven figures prominently in this chapter. In fact it is used eleven times. Seven
priests, with seven trumpets were to march
around the city seven days with seven trips
around the city on the seventh day.
Joshua 6:20—Jericho
Three things about this battle
The Nature of the believer’s weapons: As
the walls of Jericho were brought down apart
from human ability, so the spiritual weapons
of our warfare are appropriated through
prayer, faith, and various truths of the Word
of God.
Note that no ‘human’ weapons were
used: The spirituality of the battle if
palpable. Note the Ark of the Covenant is
always with them.
The use of the blaring trumpets adds
significant spiritual overtones. These
trumpets could produce only a few notes.
They were used mainly as an instrument of
signal. They were used at the time of jubilee
in connection with the religious feasts to
proclaim the worship and presence of God
and they were used in military contexts. Both
concepts are applicable here. Here they
signaled both God’s presence and
announced Jericho’s impending doom. This
was not just a military undertaking, the
trumpets declared that the Lord of heaven
and earth was present to tear down the walls
of Jericho.
Judges
Judge, not just for the courts
› Were military and governmental leaders
› Often charismatic and portrayed as heroes
› Delivered Israel from oppression
› Two women Judges: Deborah and Sisera
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The Judges of
Israel Source: virtualjewishhistory.org/jsour
ce/History/judges.html
Samson and Mythology
Less a military story and more a myth that
parallels surrounding cultures
› Performs great deeds such as killing a lion with his bare hands, similar to Gilgamesh and
Hercules
› Is only vulnerable if he loses his hair, think Achilles
› Has no motive toward God or Israel but is pushed by revenge
Philistines kill his bride and fatherinlaw
Philistines eventually bribe his new love, Delilah to
cut his hair
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