Joshua 21 through 24 actually finishes up Joshua for us. The entire last section consist of:
Chapter 21
Joshua dividing out the land and the cities to the clans of Levi, Gershon, Merari, Judah, Simeon, Benjamin, descendants of Aaron, Dan, and so on, dividing up the land and the towns and pasturelands. I think that out of all th epromised land God gives them, and all the scriptures following, my favorite is verse 45. Wow, does it actually say that? Read it again!
"Not a single one of all the good promises the Lord had given to the family of Israel was left unfulfilled; everything He had spoken came true."
Can you imagine hearing God make decisions, promises, conversation? And then later pointing things out that He said would happen...HAPPENING!! That's what happened here. The people knew when God made these promises to them and they kept enduring for them, just like God told them they'd have to do. AND not only that, but they got to experience God actually doing these things and finishing them in that generation. Wow.
Chapter 22
Joshua just told the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh to go to the land promised to them. So they begin to go and they see the land of Gilead and they build this HUGE altar that is just all KINDS of in the way. The people of Gilead think they are opposing them and that they don't follow their God and they get offended and begin to get ready to attack them! WHAT!? But before they do so the tribes tell them the real reason why they built the altar. It is a sign for them in the future to know that the two lands share the same God.
Chapter 23
Joshua has seen and heard it all from almost the beginning and he is tell his fairwell to Israel. He tells them all of the miraculous things God has done for them, as to repeat it and have them remember more fondly. He tells them that God fights for them in their trouble times, that if they betray Him and know what He did for them that they will vanish from the good lands the Lord has given them, His anger will be poured out on them.
Chapter 24
God renews His covenant with Israel. He reminds them of some more things He did for them. Splitting the Red Sea and bringing it down on the Egyptians, the time they all crossed the Jordan River to get to Jericho and the walls fell down after they ran around a few times and yelled.. All a thing of God. The people choose to follow God. Joshua makes a covenant with the people that they will follow the Lord and he tells them that a simple rock has heard everything they had just said. Which to me kind of emphasizes the point that "if this puny, insignificant ROCK heard it, then God most definitely heard it." or the 'this rock is representative of God, our Rock and Salvation." Then Joshua and several other leaders all die of old age and are buried in the lands given to them,
This conclused the book of Joshua. Tomorrow I am reading Psalm 12-14. I'm actually gonna read it tonight before I go to bed, which is in about 5 minutes HAHA! and reread it tomorrow and I will also read and write 2 blogs!!! I am also reading Job 9-10. This should be interesting :) Goodnight world!
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Lanie
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