The Conquest Of Canaan Lects On The First Twelve Chapters Of The Book Of Joshua

Excerpt from The Conquest of Canaan: Lectures on the First Twelve Chapters of the Book of Joshua These lectures on the first half of the Book of Joshua, delivered in the ordinary course of my ministry, have, I believe, been of some help in opening up this very interesting portion of the Old Testament Scriptures to those who have heard them, and they are now published in the hope that they may be of some. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This is the fifth book in the People's Bible. This translation of the books of Joshua and Judges shows the transition of Irael's history from God's promise to give them Canaan, to the reality of facing up to the natives who were determined to keep their land.

The Book of Joshua is the sixth book of the OT - the first of the Former Prophets (i.e., the historical books, which conclude with Nehemiah). In broad outline, the book tells of Israel's conquest of Canaan under Joshua after the death of Moses (chaps. 1-12) and Joshua's subsequent distribution of the land among the tribes (chaps. 13-19). Six cities are then designated places of asylum (chap. 20), and forty-eight are reserved for Levites (chap. 21). The east Jordan tribes then return to their Transjordanian territory (chap. 22). In his old age, Joshua delivers a valedictory address (chap. 23). In another address, he challenges the tribes to commit themselves to God alone (chap. 24). The book ends with notices of Joshua's death, the interment of Joshua's remains and Israel's faithfulness to God until Joshua's contemporaries died (24:29-33).

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