Then the Lord said to Joshua, 2 “Say to the people of Israel, ‘Appoint the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses, 3 that the manslayer who strikes any person without intent or unknowingly may flee there. They shall be for you a refuge from the...

Then the Lord said to Joshua, 2 “Say to the people of Israel, ‘Appoint the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses, 3 that the manslayer who strikes any person without intent or unknowingly may flee there. They shall be for you a refuge from the...

There remained among the people of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not yet been apportioned. 3 So Joshua said to the people of Israel, “How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given...

What famous novel begins: “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times…”? Dickens begins his classic work, A Tale of Two Cities with this now well-known line, and it fits nicely as an introduction to chapter 18 of Joshua as well. The context of the chapters we...

There is one more warning for us to keep in mind from our text as we live between Sundays, that is as we embrace the sanctification of the ordinary. The Lord’s intention is to purify us, right where we are, living our lives simply and faithfully. READ 17:14-18...

We continue this morning looking at the “ordinary Sundays” of our lives and an example of the kind of faith called for, other than Caleb is to be seen in the daughters of Zelophehad. Joshua 17:3-6. Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of...

Upon first glance this appears to be nothing earth shattering. The text mentions Manasseh and Ephraim in verse four and in that order, Manasseh first as the oldest and Ephraim next, as the younger. But in the division of the land, it is Ephraim that receives his land...

Jesus often takes the ordinariness of life and brings it into our conscious awareness…and as we live life, everything is not fireworks and sparklers rather it is about a persevering faithfulness. The Lord is going to change our lives, He is making us new, even as He...

These are the inheritances that the people of Israel received in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel gave them to inherit. 2 Their inheritance was by lot,...

These are the inheritances that the people of Israel received in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel gave them to inherit. 2 Their inheritance was by lot,...