Joshua 6 - Joshua 24 (p.330 in my Bible)

Holy Ghost..O how I need you to teach me..........

Joshua 6

Hear the song "Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4znSPpeAjM

There is a misconception that the Jericho march was a total of 7 times around the city.  However, it was once a day for 6 days, and then 7 times on the 7th day. 6 + 7 = 13. 

So I asked the question, "How long would it have taken them to march around Jericho?"  Mostly what I found was copywrited material and sites saying there couldn't have been a wall during that time.  That just tells me that when God does away with something, He can totally disintegrate it with nothing left!

From this great page on Jericho:  http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2008/06/The-Walls-of-Jericho.aspx

Within the upper wall was an area of approximately 6 acres, while the total area of the upper city and fortification system together was half again as large, or about 9 acres. Based on the archaeologist’s rule of thumb of 100 persons per acre, the population of the upper city would have been about 600.

:22 - Poor Rahab.  Everyone knew her as "the harlot."  And yet, not poor Rahab because she and her house were the only survivors!  It's amazing to me how explicit God was to them about killing everyone in the cities they took over.  And yet God in the Great 10 (commandments) says Thou shalt not kill.  So this means, you have to do what God tells you NOW, not what he said then.
Joshua 7
Cursed or blessed.  There was no middle ground.  One would think that would be easy to remember.  Not Achan.  He had a place named after him...Achor which means trouble, disturbance. http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=H5911

Joshua 8
God assures Joshua that they will win against Ai...that Achan's disobedience would not ruin it for them.
Joshua 9
:5 - clouted=1) to patch, spot, be spotted, be coloured

a) (Qal)
1) to spot
2) spotted (participle)
b) (Pual) to be patched
Interesting that these kings would pretend to be from afar by patching up their clothes.  Israel knew that you could be from afar and have your clothes in tact by the grace of God.  All that time in the wilderness and they never had to get new shoes or clothes.
:7 - league = alliance http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=H1285
:23 - Ok.  So even princes have consequences for lying.  Why would they need to be from far away to get mercy from Joshua?  Anyway, here comes their curse. They had to be servants to Israel.
Joshua 10
Word is getting around to all the kings!
:10 - discomfit - 1) to move noisily, confuse, make a noise, discomfit, break, consume, crush, destroy, trouble, vex

a) (Qal)
1) to move noisily
2) to confuse, discomfit, vex
:12 - Joshua tells the sun and moon to stand still.  He commanded time to be still and it obeyed.
:39-40 - utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein by the commandment of God
 
Joshua 11
:6 - hough = to pluck or root up (what God said He would do to the enemies' horses)http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H6131&t=KJV
I am really feeling the character of God being a warrior.  Many peace people of this generation maybe would not follow God if we were with Joshua.

Joshua 12
A list of kings defeated by Israel!  Really strange names.
Joshua 13
God tells Joshua he is getting old.  Ha!  Sounds funny from an eternal God.  Then He specifically lists all the land yet to be taken over.
:29 - half tribe of Manasseh - I am wondering why only half received this inheritance.  Perhaps because they had grown to be so large?  Is it because both of Joseph's sons (Ephraim & Manasseh) (Joshua 14:4) became a tribe and so Ephraim is the other half?  If you know, please tell me.
Joshua 14
:4 - Children of Joseph were 2 tribes instead of one.
Joshua 15
Border details.
:19 - Caleb's wife has a request for their inheritance.  A woman's request is granted.  She wanted springs of water.  Who could blame her?
Cities in villages listed. 
*It might be interesting to look up all these names in the Hebrew sometime.
:63 - A people that could not be driven out were allowed to stay and dwell with children of Judah.  Very interesting.

Joshua 16
Continued border definitions.  This is one of those moments a map of that day would be helpful.


Joshua 17
Son of...son of....son of....son of...and then the daughters of Manasseh had to ask for their inheritance since they were promised that previously by God.  Maybe that is the other half of Manasseh's tribe.
:12 - Israelites again let another people group dwell with them...and it is noted that they could not drive them out, for whatever reason.  The Caananites.  And then the make them to be servants.
:18 - God promises Ephraim & Manasseh a whole mountain...and tells them they will "cut it down".  There's more than one way around a mountain!  And more than one way to move it!

Joshua 18
7 tribes still had not received their inheritanced...so they were scolded by Joshua for being lazy.  They had to work to get that inheritance.  Imagine that. 
Joshua 19
More inheritance descriptions.
:38 - Someone's name was "Iron"= "fearing" http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H3375&t=KJV
:49 - Joshua received an inheritance after everyone else was finished receiving theirs.

Joshua 20
Cities of refuge reviewed and appointed.
Joshua 21
Levites ask for land.  Each tribe gives unto them some cities ..."with her suburbs." 
:41 - They got 48 cities total.


Joshua 22
:6 - Joshua blesses everyone and they go to their tents.
:12 - Civil war almost breaks out over an altar that is built.
:29 - Peaceful plea that it is not an offering altar, but a witness of the Jordan being a division from the Lord for their tribes.

Joshua 23
Rest comes from all their enemies...finally.
:14 - I am going the way of all the earth
Joshua 24
:2 - Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time
A review of all the amazing things God had done for Israel.
:15 - The ever famous verse is quoted only in part.  The whole verse blesses me:

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

:26 - Joshua memorializes the words the Lord had spoken by placing a large stone under an oak.  A rock and an oak tree.  Strength.

O God I thank you for Your word!  Like a rock under an oak!  Immovable...unshakable!  Strong and mighty!