Conquest of Canaan, Part 1 ®

Joshua 5:13-9:27
BSF® Lesson 2
Notes
People of the Promised Land I

Focus
“The commander of the Lord’s army replied, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.’ And
Joshua did so.” – Joshua 5:15

This Lesson
A. God’s Judgment of Jericho – Joshua 5:13-6:27
B. God’s Deliverance of Ai – Joshua 7-8
C. God’s Grace to Gibeon – Joshua 9

Engage
How often have you thought you knew exactly what God was doing, only to find yourself confused, heartbroken
or astonished by His goodness? Do you know God’s character well enough to offer real hope to those who struggle
with injustice, brokenness or unanswered prayer? The God of limitless love and unbending justice refuses to fit our
glib answers. When world events, your life circumstances or Bible passages do not seem to mesh with what you
know of God, draw close to Him through the Bible and prayer. God invites you to know Him more intimately. God did
this for Israel’s leader Joshua as he prepared to take the city of Jericho.

God’s Judgment of Jericho – Joshua 5:13-6:27

Jericho lies just west of the Jordan River, deep in
the Jordan Valley, almost 850 feet (more than 250 m)
below sea level. One of the earth’s oldest inhabited
cities, Jericho is the site of as many as two dozen cities
– built and destroyed, one on top of the other, century
after century. As Joshua prepared to conquer Canaan,
Jericho was the first fortified city in his path.
The Commander of the Army of the Lord –
5:13-15
The land of Canaan lay before Joshua. The dangers
of conquest and the burden of responsibility weighed on
Israel’s leader. Joshua stood, seemingly lost in thought
or prayer. When he looked up,1 he saw a man standing
before him with his sword drawn for battle.2 With
courage, Joshua approached him and asked, “Are you
for us or for our enemies?”
The reply told Joshua he had asked entirely the wrong
question. “Neither, but as commander of the army of the
Lord I have now come.” This battle was God’s, and
God called Israel to be on His side. God is unreservedly
committed to His people3 but God is never our servant. In
that sense, He takes no sides.4 Instead, through faith, God
takes hold of each believer’s life and calls us to His side,
lifting us into His almighty and eternal purposes.
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Immediately, Joshua fell face down in submission.
He asked, “What message does my Lord have for his
servant?” Who is the commander of the Lord’s army?
Many believe the Lord Himself met Joshua outside
Jericho in a theophany, a visible appearance of God
in human form. The next words the commander of the
Lord’s army spoke suggest this transcendent identity:
“Take off your sandals, for the place where you are
standing is holy.” When the angel of the Lord appeared
to Moses at the burning bush, He gave the same
command.5 Joshua unfastened his sandals. The dirt, grass
and stones were holy because the holy God was there.
God was with Joshua, as He had been with Moses, to
lead the people in holiness.6
What’s the Difference Between
Lord and Lord?
Note that in Joshua 5:14, “Lord” and “Lord”
translate two different Hebrew words. “Lord,” with
all letters capitalized, always denotes “Yahweh,”
God’s personal, covenantal name.7 The differ-
ent word “Lord” that Joshua uses here refers to a
master or a superior. “Lord” may8 or may not9 refer
to God.
 Many Christians identify “the angel of the Lord” in
Exodus 3 as a Christophany, an appearance of God the
Son in human form before He came in flesh as true man.
Like the Lord Jesus, the angel of the Lord speaks as
God and for God, yet is sent by God. No mere angel
has God’s power, performs God’s work or receives God’s
worship.10 We no longer see the angel of the Lord in the
New Testament, because God the Son is now incarnate –
fully God and fully man, forever.
The New Testament reveals that the Lord Jesus Christ,
the King of kings and Lord of lords, is the commander
who will lead the armies of heaven in the last battle.11 How
fitting then, that the commander of the Lord’s army came
with sword in hand to meet Joshua before battle. His words
of holy grace strengthened Joshua to exalt God’s holiness
in the battles and crises that lay ahead. If Joshua’s God is
your God, you can know He is with you in power, grace
and holiness today. Will you allow that knowledge to
transform your perspective on whatever challenge threatens
to overwhelm you today?
The Siege of Jericho – 6:1-14
Without God’s presence, Canaan held many terrors.
But God had promised, “The Lord your God will be with
you wherever you go.”12 The gates of the city were barred
shut. But in the Lord’s eyes, Jericho’s gates stood open; its
walls already crumbled. So certain was Joshua’s victory
that God spoke of the battle as an accomplished fact:
“See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands.”
The Lord’s battle plan was unlike any other. The
Israelites would know that God alone had given them
victory.13 Each day, for six days, all the armed men were to
march once around the city. The ark of the covenant, which
signified God’s presence, would go with them. In front of
the ark, seven priests with trumpets of rams’ horns (shofars)
would march. The priests would sound the trumpets, but
the soldiers were to remain silent. On the seventh day,
they were to circle the city seven times. Then God Himself
would bring the walls down.
After Joshua gave these instructions, the priests
stepped forward, with the ark behind them. With an armed
guard at the head and the rear of the procession, the army
marched around Jericho. Rahab had told the spies how
all in Jericho were “melting in fear” because of the
power of the God whom Israel worshipped. After the
God’s Deliverance at Ai – Joshua 7:1-8:29
Achan’s Sin – 7:1
As the cloud of dust cleared from the rubble of
Jericho, the Israelites had every reason to praise
God. The Lord had held back the Jordan to make a path
for His people. Now the strong walls of Jericho had
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miracle at the Jordan River, the inhabitants of Jericho lost
all courage.14 Now, as day after day Israel’s army circled
Jericho’s walls, fear of Israel and Israel’s God could only
have grown stronger.
The Fall of Jericho – 6:15-27
At daybreak on the seventh day, the army, ark and
priests with shofars began to circle Jericho. For six circuits
of the city, only the sound of shofars and the rhythm of
footsteps broke the silence. The seventh time around, a long
blast of trumpets sounded. Joshua commanded, “Shout! For
the Lord has given you the city!” The soldiers shouted with
all their might, and “by faith the walls of Jericho fell.”15
Israel’s army charged in unhindered. Victory over Jericho
came by the power of God and the faith of His people.
God patiently had given Canaan hundreds of years
to repent from the terrible evil that infected every person
and every part of their culture.16 In all that time, the Bible
records only Rahab as seeking God’s mercy.17 We rightly
shudder when we consider the judgment God brought
on Canaan. In Jericho’s fall, God mercifully warns
us of a far greater judgment, when God judges all
people according to all they have done.18 We all deserve
condemnation. Only one man, Jesus Christ, has lived the
perfect life God requires. In mercy, God welcomes us all to
be like Rahab, and take shelter from His wrath in His Son.19
Canaan had known of God’s glory, power and grace
toward Israel since its Red Sea crossing decades before.
Now, despite a week of intense and terrible warning
as Israel circled the city, none in Jericho but Rahab’s
family turned to God. Now God’s judgment fell on the
city. Jericho and every person and thing in it fell under
justice for sin. The two spies personally rescued Rahab
and her family. Then the city burned. Only the silver, gold,
bronze and iron, which fire could not destroy, went into the
Lord’s treasury.
As the place of Israel’s first victory in the promised
land, Jericho was especially significant. Joshua
pronounced a curse – an outcome of evil, under God’s
sovereign control – against anyone who dared rebuild the
city. This solemn oath declared “at the cost of his firstborn
son he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest
he will set up its gates.” More than 500 years later, Hiel
of Bethel felt the full weight of this prophesy. He rebuilt
Jericho, but both his firstborn and youngest sons died.20
crumbled before God’s unmatched power. What more
proof did the Israelites need to believe that the Lord was
with them? The Lord would keep His promises. Surely,
one miraculous triumph would follow another, as God
continued to lead His people!
 As so often happens in our lives, trouble followed the
triumph. “The Israelites were unfaithful in regard to the
devoted things.” One man disregarded God’s command
to devote everything in Jericho to the Lord. Achan, of the
tribe of Judah, took some things for himself. Sin always
has unforeseen, uncontrollable consequences. The ripple
effect of Achan’s sin affected the entire community:
“The Lord’s anger burned against Israel.”
Defeat at Ai – 7:2-5
As with Jericho, Joshua secretly sent men ahead to
survey Ai, the next fortified city to the north of Jericho.
The advance team returned, sure that only a few units of
Israelite men could easily overcome the small Canaanite
garrison. Joshua apparently did not ask for God’s guid-
ance. Israel’s overconfident assault failed miserably. The
men of Ai routed Joshua’s army; 36 Israelites died. The
Israelites’ self-confidence collapsed into overwhelming
fear. Behind the defeat lay God’s burning anger at sin.
Joshua’s Prayer – 7:6-9
Joshua knew God’s promise, experienced God’s
miracles and was certain he was following God’s
purpose. Now Joshua was distraught. After Jericho, how
could the Lord permit Israel’s humiliating defeat at Ai?
Joshua fell facedown before the ark and remained there
until evening. The elders of Israel joined him, with dust
on their heads as a symbol of mourning.
Joshua believed God’s power and trusted His love.
In his posture and lament, Joshua resembles his mentor,
Moses. Joshua threw his burden on God, asking, “Why did
you ever bring this people across the Jordan …?” and “What
then will you do …?” Joshua’s needs were great; He told
God all his questions and doubts. News of horrible events
arrives daily. Who is your counselor? You can be transparent
with God about all your responses. As you study the Bible,
you may find it helpful to build a list of God’s attributes and
Scripture verses as a reference for prayer.
Deliverance from Achan’s Sin – 7:10-26
Joshua was still prostrate before the ark when God
responded. He ordered Joshua, “Stand up! ... Israel has
sinned; they have violated my covenant. … They have
taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen,
they have lied.” God would not be with Israel until
they obeyed and destroyed the things devoted to
destruction.
Why did God speak of “Israel’s” sin when only one
man had stolen? Deliberate rebellion against God never
affects only one person. We often think we can control
sin or restrict it to one area of life, but sin deceives us.21
Like gangrene, sin spreads and harms the whole body.
God called Joshua, the nation’s leader, to uncover and
eliminate sin’s deadly contagion.
Before crossing the Jordan, the people consecrated
themselves to prepare Israel for the glorious miracle
that brought them into the Promised Land.22 Now,
consecration would prepare Israel for another work of

Prayer When Disappointed

Joshua’s words and actions reveal his love for God and his humble trust in God’s authority. For every believer
crushed by disappointment or defeat, Joshua’s prayer provides a model:
■ The Lord was Joshua’s first resort with his questions. He did not complain to others or simply talk about
prayer.
■ Joshua genuinely sought the Lord, devoting time to prayer and to God’s answer. Joshua did not merely
say a few trite phrases.
■ Joshua influenced those around him to come to the Lord by praying aloud honestly with the community
leaders present.
■ Joshua demonstrated genuine humility and reverence before God. Not only did he fall facedown, but
he asked God to pardon his complaints.
■ Joshua approached God worshipfully as the “Sovereign Lord.” Though disappointed and confused,
Joshua embraced God’s complete right to rule in all things.
■ Joshua spoke to God as a Person who cares about His people and is deeply involved in their lives.
Joshua’s honest questions expressed his trust in God.23
■ Joshua prayed with passion for God’s honor in the world. God’s glory, seen by Israel’s victory, was
Joshua’s greatest desire. He concluded, “What then will you do for your own great name?”
Are you in the midst of a hard season of life? Steep yourself in the attributes of God. Ask God to draw you closer
to Him. Pray God’s promises in Scripture back to Him. Ask Him to deepen your desire for your trial to bring Him glory.
As you pray through the “lens” of God’s character, God will transform your perspective on your problems.

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God that would again allow Israel to move forward.
Through consecration, Israel was to acknowledge sin,
repent and look to their holy God to act.
How tragic for Achan and his family! They had so
recently experienced God’s miraculous power at work
for His people.24 Surely, the whole camp had heard of
Rahab’s faith and the grace and mercy God had extended
to her. Achan and his family witnessed the terrible
consequences of Jericho’s sin and unbelief, yet they
thought God would not see the hidden plunder.
God had to expose sin to heal His people. Tribe
by tribe, clan by clan and family by family, the Israelites
presented themselves before God, until God indicated the
guilty person. This process probably involved the Urim
and Thummim, the high priest’s device for discerning
God’s will.25 Imagine the unbelief necessary to remain
silent as the circle of possible guilt grew smaller! Finally,
Achan of the tribe of Judah was chosen. Joshua said, “My
son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and honor
him. Tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
Now, with his sin made public, Achan was sorry,
but like Judas, showed no sign of a change of heart.26
Achan never asked for mercy. He acknowledged, “It is
true! I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel.”
Silver and gold and a lovely Babylonian robe had caught
Achan’s eye.27 God had promised abundance to His
people.28 But Achan did not believe God’s promise or
was unwilling to wait. Like Eve, who saw, desired and
took the one fruit God had put off limits,29 Achan “saw …
coveted…and took.” Take to heart the warning God gives
us through Achan. Where do you need God’s help to
prize what brings Him glory more than the things the
world values?
Joshua’s men found the things Achan had stolen and
“spread them out before the Lord.” This event vividly
pictures God’s promise to “bring every deed into
judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it
is good or evil.”30 Joshua solemnly led all Israel in the
destruction of Achan, his family and everything they
owned. Just as at Jericho,31 those who made themselves
God’s enemies died, were burned and buried under rubble.
From that time on, the valley where Achan died was
called the Valley of Achor, which means trouble. Centu-
ries later, when unfaithful Israel fell into idolatry, the Lord
gave an astounding promise. God promised to “make
the Valley of Achor a door of hope.”32 Has sin disrupted
your life so you see no way out? God makes this promise
today to all who turn from their sin to Him. Hope stands
in the midst of troubles and seeming hopelessness. God’s
way is “life ... to the full” even when surrounded by sin.33
Victory over Ai – 8:1-29
With sin removed, God again commanded Joshua,
“Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.”34 Israel had to
fight, but the battle was already won. Just as at Jericho,
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God had delivered Ai into Israel’s hands. As before, God
ordered Israel to destroy the fortified city, but this time He
allowed them to take livestock and plunder. If only Achan
had been willing to wait!
Joshua followed God’s instructions precisely, luring
Ai’s forces into an ambush. God controlled every detail of
the battle. The Lord told Joshua to raise his javelin toward
the city. Joshua obeyed and immediately experienced
the Lord’s great power. One division of Israelites set
the city on fire, while others trapped and fought the army
of Ai. Israel plundered and burned Ai. Joshua hanged the
king’s body on a tree and, at evening, ordered the body
covered with a pile of rocks.
The Altar – 8:30-31
With two victories won, Joshua built an altar on
Mount Ebal to fulfill one of Moses’ final commands.35
The people worshipped the Lord, their Deliverer
from the dangers of Achan’s sin and their Canaanite
enemies. That day, the Israelites brought burnt offerings
and fellowship offerings to God.
The sacrifices taught God’s people that sin brings
death.36 The people learned that God is gracious as well as
holy. By accepting a substitute to die in the sinner’s place,
God satisfies both justice and love.37 However, no animal
could actually pay for human sin.38 The Old Testament
sacrifices pointed forward toward the true, final and
perfect sacrifice, the Lord Jesus Christ.39
God’s Law – 8:32-35
On Mount Ebal, as Moses had directed, Joshua set up
stones on which he wrote a copy of God’s Law.40 Everyone
was present: Israelites and the foreigners who lived among
them; men and women; children and adults. Joshua read
all the words of the Law to all the people. Half stood in
front of Mount Gerizim to pronounce blessings for keeping
God’s covenant.41 Half stood in front of Mount Ebal
Burnt Offerings and
Fellowship Offerings
Scripture makes distinctions between various
types of offerings to God. In Joshua 8:30-31, Joshua
fulfilled a command to offer two types of offerings –
burnt and fellowship.
Burnt offerings: Expressed God’s forgive-
ness for the worshipper’s sin and the worshipper’s
full dedication to God; flames consumed the entire
sacrifice42
Fellowship offerings: Expressed thankfulness
to God for fellowship with Him and with one another;
worshippers consumed much of the sacrifice43
 to pronounce curses for breaking the covenant through
disobedience.44 The ark of the covenant stood between
them to show God’s presence, justice and mercy.
God gave Israel this ceremony to remind them He had
brought them into a covenant relationship with Himself.
The holy God was their loving Redeemer. God’s grace
would lead them to obedience and discipline them
God’s Grace to Gibeon – Joshua 9:1-27
Gibeon’s Strategy – 9:1-6
Israel’s miraculous crossing of the Jordan had badly
frightened the Canaanite cities.47 With the fall of Jericho
and Ai, the kings to the west formed a coalition to fight
Israel. But one group of Hivites had a different survival
plan. The leaders of Gibeon, a city northwest of
Jerusalem, thought only a bold lie could save them.
Pretending to be from a distant country, the Gibeonites
came to Joshua at Gilgal to ask for a peace agreement.
Israel’s Error – 9:7-21
Initially, the Israelites were suspicious. But
desperation made the Gibeonites excellent actors. They
claimed to have traveled a long distance “because of the
fame of the Lord your God.” Their dry bread, cracked
wineskins and worn-out clothing were persuasive. “The
Israelites sampled their provisions but did not inquire
of the Lord.” Joshua and the leaders thought they had no
need for guidance.48 They promised the Gibeonites peace
and swore to let them live.
Take to Heart
How could the God of love command death
Hold Fast
of such massive scale? Israel’s treatment of the
Canaanites shocks us. World events, personal
relationship and Bible passages challenge our
easy answers. Use God’s unchangeable, perfect
character as a filter to understand His gracious
plan for the world, as revealed in the Bible. God
is perfect in justice and trustworthy in all He does,
even when we cannot fully comprehend. God is not
sometimes love and sometimes holy. He is always
every perfect attribute of all He is. The psalmist
wrote, “Your righteousness is like the highest
mountains, your justice like the great deep.”51
God’s love and holiness demand that He judges
the sin that disrupts relationships and damages
people eternally.
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when they rebelled.45 The ceremony provided the perfect
visual aid. The stones with God’s Law, so often broken,
stood on Mount Ebal, the mountain of curses. Nearby was
the altar, where God provided atonement for sin. Like
the people of Joshua’s day, who knew atonement through
God-designed, symbolic ceremony, do you know of the
reality of the sacrifice of God’s Son for His people?46
God’s law permitted Israel to make peace with
other nations, but only those from distant countries.49
Within three days, the Israelites learned the Gibeonites
were neighbors. The people grumbled, but the leaders
feared God’s wrath. Because God keeps His promises,
Joshua and the leaders dared not break their promise
to the Gibeonites.
God’s Grace to Israel and Gibeon – 9:22-27
Joshua challenged the Gibeonites for lying. The
Gibeonites, with so little knowledge of God, seemed
more aware of the Lord’s presence and power than the
Israelites at that moment. Like Rahab, they saw that God
was with the Israelites. The Gibeonites readily agreed to
serve Israel forever. They became “woodcutters and
water carriers … [and] provide[d] for the needs of the
altar of the Lord.” In God’s mercy, the Gibeonites’
punishment was a place of service that drew them
close to God. In the Gibeonites as in Rahab, God was
already keeping His promise to bless all people of the
earth through Abraham.50
God brought Israel into the promised land to
restore this sin-broken world. God’s solemn command
to eliminate the Canaanites and their evil practices
from the land52 was not a general policy toward all
enemies.53 God was creating the place for the Messiah
to come. When Israel crossed into the promised land,
God was laying a path that led to the cross. God’s
unwavering commitment to love, justice and
holiness is the reason Christ died.54
God’s justice is patient. God waited many
generations before He sent Israel to put an end to the
violence and corruption of Canaanite culture. For 40
years, the people of Jericho had known of the Red Sea
crossing. The recent miracle at the Jordan terrified
Jericho, but not enough to change their ways, seek
God or ask for His mercy. Those who turn their back
 on God and His ways cannot presume they are safe. “I
have time to repent tomorrow” are dangerous words.
Today is the day of salvation.55 Waiting to repent
always hardens hearts.56 God will help anyone repent
who sincerely asks for His help.
Sin and unbelief temporarily stopped the
progress of Joshua and his people. A similar hidden
sin in the early church reminds us to quickly repent.57
Achan had personally experienced God’s miracles of
grace and power. Yet Achan ignored God’s commands,
did not ask for help when tempted or did not feel
his need for mercy. Achan and his family refused to
repent, and they received exactly what God owed
them: justice. But God pours out mercy and grace
on all who take to heart the warning from Achan’s
dangerous hidden sin and repent.
Through repentance and faith, God changed
the whole trajectory of Rahab’s life, impacting
God’s kingdom eternally. Her trembling act of faith
opened the door of life to her entire family. This former
prostitute58 found a home and heritage among God’s
people. God gave a Canaanite woman the unimaginable
honor of being an ancestor of the Lord Jesus Christ.59
Rahab’s life and the lives of Joshua, the Israelites and
the Gibeonites reveal God’s astounding mercy and
faithfulness as He calls and leads His people home.

What attitude or habit in How can you begin to fill How does God’s judgment
Apply It

your life is a sin – disobedient
and offensive to God? Perhaps
you do not feel the need to
change. Or perhaps you think God
overlooks your sin because you are
a Christian. But the nature of sin
does not change when we become
Christians. Have you tried to
change, failed and lack the courage
to try again? Sin takes us captive,60
but Jesus Christ is able to demolish
sins’ walls. He sets captives free.
Ask Him – He will give you a heart
that wants to repent and does. Will
you look to Him for strength to turn
deliberately from sin to God?
your mind and your prayers with
thoughts and words about God?
Perhaps you have prayed since you
were a child, or maybe you want to
start right now. Adoring, praising
and thanking God will transform
you as well as your prayer. Ask
Him to make you increasingly
aware of how great He is. Share
with God your questions, needs
and honest doubts. Will you ask
Him to make the glory of His
name your highest goal? As He
answers this prayer, you will
experience His presence, grace,
insight and strength.
of Jericho move you to tell others
to seek shelter in the forgiveness
He offers in Christ? Does your
attitude toward God’s right to judge
sin agree more with the
Bible or with other people? If
you have doubts or complaints,
will you ask God to lead you to
His truth? Could it be that your
thoughts about God’s holiness
are too low or ideas of human
goodness too high? Look for God
to give you the answers you need
as you pray and study the People
of the Promised Land.

Check out these footnoted references for further study of God’s Word in this week’s lesson.
Go Deeper

1: Look up: Genesis 15:5; 18:2;
22:13; Daniel 10:5; Zechariah
1:18; 2:1; 5:1
2: Angelic sword: Numbers
22:23, 31; 1 Chronicles 21:16
3: God is for us: Romans 8:31
4: God’s impartiality:
Deuteronomy 10:17; Acts
10:34-35; Romans 2:11
5: Holy ground: Exodus 3:4-6
6: “Be holy”: Leviticus 11:45;
20:26; 1 Peter 1:15-16
7: Lord (Yahweh): Genesis 1-2;
Exodus 3:2, 4, 15
8: Divine Lord: Genesis 18:3;
Joshua 3:11; 7:8; Psalm 8:1, 9
9: Angelic or human lord:
Genesis 24:18; 27:29, 37;
Judges 4:18; Daniel 10
10: Angel of the Lord: Genesis
16:7-13; 22:15-16; 31:11;
Exodus 3:2, 6; Judges 6:22;
13:21-22; 2 Samuel 24:16
11: Jesus and heaven’s armies:
Revelation 19:11-16
12: God’s charge to Joshua:
Joshua 1:2-9
13: God’s victory: Deuteronomy
20:4; Psalm 20; Proverbs
21:31
14: Jericho’s fears: Joshua
2:9-11; 5:1
15: Faith at Jericho: Hebrews
11:30
16: Canaan’s evil: Genesis 15:16;
Deuteronomy 7:1-26
17: Rahab’s faith: Joshua 2:8-13;
Hebrews 11:31
18: Final judgment: Romans 2:16;
Hebrews 9:27; Revelation
20:11-15
19: No condemnation in Jesus:
John 3:36; 8:24; Romans 8:1;
8:29-39
20: Jericho prophecy fulfilled:
1 Kings 16:34
21: Sin deceives us: Psalm 36:1-2;
Romans 7:11; Hebrews 3:13
22: Consecration at the Jordan:
Joshua 3:5
23: God cares: 1 Peter 5:7
24: Jordan and Jericho miracles:
Joshua 3:11-17; 6:20
25: Urim and Thummim: Exodus
28:30; Leviticus 8:8
26: Unrepentant remorse: Matthew
27:3-9
27: Babylon’s temptations: Isaiah
13:19; Revelation 17:4-5;
18:11-12, 16
28: Abundance: Exodus 3:8, 17;
Deuteronomy 28:1-14
29: Eden command: Genesis
2:16-17; 3:6
30: No hidden deeds: Ecclesiastes
12:14
31: Jericho’s destruction: Joshua
6:20-21, 24
32: Hope in sin’s troubles: Hosea
2:14-15
33: Life to the full: John 10:10
34: Be courageous: Joshua 1:6-9
35: Mount Ebal altar: Deuteronomy
27:1-8
36: Death from sin: Genesis 2:17;
Romans 6:23; 1 Corinthians
15:56
37: Substitution: Romans 3:25-26
38: Animal sacrifice insufficient:
Hebrews 9:12-15
39: Christ our sacrifice: John
1:29; Hebrews 10:3-10
40: Law on Mount Ebal:
Deuteronomy 27:4
41: Mount Gerizim blessings:
Deuteronomy 27:12; 28:1-13
42: Burnt offerings: Leviticus
1:1-17
43: Fellowship offerings: Leviticus
7:11-21
44: Mount Ebal curses:
Deuteronomy 27:13-26
45: Children’s discipline: Hebrews
12:4-11
46: Redemption and atonement:
Romans 3:23-25
47: Canaanites’ fear: Joshua 5:1
48: Rely on God: Proverbs 3:5-6
49: Terms of surrender:
Deuteronomy 20:10-16
50: Worldwide blessing: Genesis
12:3
51: God’s justice: Psalm 36:6
52: Destruction of Canaanites:
Deuteronomy 20:16-18
53: Warfare: Deuteronomy 20:1-15,
19-20
54: The cross and God’s
character: Acts 2:23, 38;
Romans 3:25-26; 5:6, 8, 10
55: Salvation today: Isaiah 55:6;
2 Corinthians 6:2
56: Danger in delay: Psalm 95:7-11;
Hebrews 3:7-4:11
57: Ananias and Sapphira: Acts
5:1-11
58: Rahab’s former life: Joshua 2:1
59: Jesus’ genealogy: Matthew 1:5
60: Slaves to sin: Romans
6:12-23

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