O Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you. 2 Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry! 3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. 4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no...

Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve,...

A long time afterward, when the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years, 2 Joshua summoned all Israel, its elders and heads, its judges and officers, and said to them, “I am now old and well...

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...