As for the bones of Joseph, which the people of Israel brought up from Egypt, they buried them at Shechem, in the piece of land that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money. Joshua 24:32 One of the most common complaints I encounter in those…
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Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua and had known all the work that the LORD did for Israel. Joshua 24:31 Back in 2017, when I first began the process of writing a book, I had visions of best-seller lists and million-dollar royalties.…
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He said, “Then put away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD, the God of Israel.” And the people said to Joshua, “The LORD our God we will serve, and his voice we will obey.” Joshua 24:23 As the Christmas myth goes, Santa Claus observes the behavior of…
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For if you turn back and cling to the remnant of these nations remaining among you and make marriages with them, so that you associate with them and they with you . . . they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until…
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And when the people of Israel heard of it, the whole assembly of the people of Israel gathered at Shiloh to make war against them. Joshua 22:12 A few years ago, my son tried to explain the phenomenon of internet Karen memes to me. If you’re unfamiliar, Karen is an internet slang term for a…
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Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your…
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Thus the LORD gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there. And the LORD gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. Joshua 21:43-44 Years ago, my family watched a futuristic movie, in…
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Provide three men from each tribe, and I will send them out that they may set out and go up and down the land. They shall write a description of it with a view to their inheritances, and then come to me. Joshua 18:4 I’ve long been interested in how I’m supposed to change my…
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