The tree-like yucca reminded Mormon settlers of Joshua, with his extended arms, leading the Israelites into the Promised Land. The particular name prevailed over time. The species thrives in the open grasslands of Queen Valley and Lost Horse Valley in Joshua Tree National Park. A dense Joshua ...
It leaves us on the brink of an epic war equal to those fought in the land of Middle Earth. (What’s Middle Earth? It’s where nerds pretend they live. It’s also the setting forThe HobbitandThe Lord of the Rings.) The word is out that the Israelites have defeated a couple of n...
1 After Joshua died, the Israelites asked[a] the Lord,“Who should lead the invasion against the Canaanites and launch the attack?”[b] 2 The Lord said, “The men of Judah should take the lead.[c] Be sure of this! I am handing the land over to them.”[d] 3 The men of Judah...
21 Then the leading fathers[a] of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leading fathers of the tribes of the people of Israel. 2 When they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, they said, “The Lord commanded through Moses to give us cities...
a book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses + 加 英文-瑞典文字典 Josua proper Also, he would probably have had available the books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth. Dessutom hade han sannolikt tillgång...
(17:8–16). At the time, the Lord was training Joshua as a combatant, for it was imminent that he be fully equipped with the proper tools before leading the Israelites into the land. After this, Joshua is mentioned again in Exodus, where he joins Moses in Mount Sinai to retrieve the...
[65] With respect to the symbolic entry of Israel into sacred space, recall the requirement of circumcision and the renewal of the covenant that was imposed on the Israelites prior to the crossing of the Jordan into the promised land (Joshua 1; 2:5-9). Perhaps of equal significance is th...
The Israelites (“all Israel“) must have assembled in thousands in the vast open valley on the west side of the complex. The valley, seen here in the area of the green trees, has a great acoustic plan so the multitudes would have heard the sounds and voices coming from the walled comp...
The locality, as Poole reminds us, was well calculated to inspire the Israelites with the deepest feelings. It was the scene of God's first covenant with Abraham (Genesis 12:6, 7), and of the formal renewal of the covenant related in Genesis 35:2-4 (see note on vers. 23, 26), ...
Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun and said, "Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land that I swore to give them, and I will be with you."2 Samuel 10:12Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. ...