Judges 4-6 - I Will Remain Until You Return

Yahweh Raises Up Deborah and Barak

Jdg 4:9 LSB - [9] So she said, "I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the honor shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take, for Yahweh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman." Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.

Jdg 4:21 LSB - [21] Then Jael, Heber's wife, took a tent peg and placed a hammer in her hand and went secretly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went through into the ground; for he was sound asleep and exhausted. So he died.

The Song of Deborah and Barak

Jdg 5:1 LSB - [1] Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying, 

“Deborah sang concerning the overthrow of Israel’s enemies, and the deliverance vouchsafed to the tribes: we have a far richer theme for music; we have been delivered from worse enemies, and saved by a greater salvation. Let our gratitude be deeper; let our song be more jubilant.” (Spurgeon)

“When he had been most slandered — when the Pope had launched out a new bull, and when the kings of the earth had threatened him fiercely — Luther would gather together his friends, and say, ‘Come let us sing a psalm and spite the devil.’ He would ever sing the most psalms when the world roared the most.” (Spurgeon)

 

Midian Prevails Against Israel

Jdg 6:1 LSB - [1] Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh; and Yahweh gave them into the hands of Midian seven years.

Yahweh Sends Gideon to Save Israel

Jdg 6:18 LSB - [18] "Please do not depart from here until I come [back] to You, and I bring out my offering and lay it before You." And He said, "I will remain until you return." 

Jdg 6:23-24 LSB - [23] And Yahweh said to him, "Peace to you. Do not fear; you shall not die." [24] So Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh and named it Yahweh is Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Gideon Tears Down the Altar of Baal

Jdg 6:32 LSB - [32] Therefore on that day he named him Jerubbaal, that is to say, "Let Baal contend against him," because he had torn down his altar.

Jdg 6:32 ESV - [32] Therefore on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, "Let Baal contend against him," because he broke down his altar.

Jdg 6:34 LSB - [34] But the Spirit of Yahweh clothed Gideon; and he blew a trumpet, and the Abiezrites were called together to follow him.

The Test of the Fleece

Judges 1-3 - Yahweh Raises Up Judges

The Fight Against the Canaanites

Jdg 1:1 LSB - [1] Now it happened after the death of Joshua that the sons of Israel asked of Yahweh, saying, "Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?"

Jdg 1:19 LSB - [19] Now Yahweh was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they [could] not dispossess the inhabitants of the valley because they had iron chariots.

Israel Fails to Complete the Conquest

Jdg 1:34 LSB - [34] Then the Amorites pressed the sons of Dan into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the valley;

The Angel of Yahweh Speaks to Israel

Jdg 2:3 LSB - [3] "Therefore I also said, 'I will not drive them out before you; but they will become [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods will become a snare to you.'"

Joshua’s Death and Burial

Jdg 2:10 LSB - [10] And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them who did not know Yahweh or even the work which He had done for Israel.

Israel Serves Baals

Yahweh Raises Up Judges

Yahweh Tests Israel

Jdg 3:1-2 LSB - [1] Now these are the nations which Yahweh [allowed to] remain, to test Israel by them ([that is], all who had not known any of the wars of Canaan; [2] however, [God tested them] in order that the generations of the sons of Israel would know [war], by learning war, especially those who had not known it formerly).

Yahweh Raises Up Othniel

Jdg 3:9-10 LSB - [9] Then the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up a savior for the sons of Israel to save them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. [10] And the Spirit of Yahweh came upon him, and he judged Israel. And he went out to war, and Yahweh gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. So his hand was strong against Cushan-rishathaim.

Yahweh Raises Up Ehud and Shamgar

Jdg 3:15 LSB - [15] Then the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up a savior for them, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. And the sons of Israel sent tribute by his hand to Eglon the king of Moab.

Colossians 1-4 - Alive with Christ

Thanksgiving and Prayer

Col 1:3-6 LSB - 

[3] We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

praying always for you, 

[4] since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and 

the love which you have for all the saints, 

[5] because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, 

of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel 

[6] which has come to you, 

just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and multiplying, 

just as [it has been doing] in you also 

since the day you heard and understood the grace of God in truth;

Col 1:9-14 LSB - 

[9] For this reason also, since the day we heard, 

we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that 

you may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 

[10] so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, 

to please [Him] in all respects, 

bearing fruit in every good work 

and multiplying in the full knowledge of God; 

[11] being strengthened with all power, 

according to His glorious might, 

for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; 

joyously [12] giving thanks to the Father, 

who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 

[13] Who rescued us from the authority of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son of His love, 

[14] in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

The Firstborn of All Creation

Col 1:15-20 LSB - 

[15] Who is the image of the invisible God, 

the firstborn of all creation. 

[16] For in Him all things were created, [both] in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created through Him and for Him. 

[17] And He is before all things, 

And in Him all things hold together. 

[18] And He is the head of the body, the church; 

Who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, 

so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. 

[19] For in Him all the fullness [of God] was pleased to dwell, 

[20] And through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, 

having made peace through the blood of His cross--through Him--whether things on earth or things in heaven.

Alive with Christ

Col 2:1-3 LSB - 

[1] For I want you to understand how great a struggle I have on your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not seen my face in the flesh, 

[2] so that their hearts may be encouraged, 

having been held together in love, 

even unto all the wealth of the full assurance of understanding, 

unto the full knowledge of God's mystery, [that is], Christ [Himself], 

[3] in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

Col 2:6-7 LSB - [6] Therefore as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk in Him, [7] having been firmly rooted and being built up in Him, and having been established in your faith--just as you were instructed--[and] abounding with thanksgiving.

Col 2:9-12 LSB - 

[9] For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells bodily, 

[10] and in Him you have been filled, who is the head over all rule and authority; 

[11] in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ, 

[12] having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.

Col 2:13-15 LSB - 

[13] And you being dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, 

He made you alive with Him, having graciously forgiven us all our transgressions. 

[14] Having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us which was hostile to us, He also has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 

[15] Having disarmed the rulers and authorities, 

He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them in Him.

Put On the New Man

Col 3:2 LSB - [2] Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

Col 3:12-13 LSB - [12] So, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, [and] patience; [13] bearing with one another, and graciously forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone, just as the Lord graciously forgave you, so also should you.

Col 3:16 LSB - [16] Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms [and] hymns [and] spiritual songs, singing with gratefulness in your hearts to God.

Family and Work

Col 3:19 LSB - [19] Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

Col 3:21 LSB - [21] Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.

Col 3:23-24 LSB - [23] Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, [24] knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. Serve the Lord Christ.

Final Instructions and Greetings

Col 4:2 LSB - [2] Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving;

Notebook LM

The sources define Christ as the "image of the invisible God," a description that sits at the center of a larger discourse on His divine nature, His role in creation, and His relationship to the church.

The Manifestation of the Invisible

According to the sources, God is "invisible," yet Christ is His "image". This suggests that Christ is the visible manifestation of the otherwise unseen God. This nature is further clarified in the statement that "all the fullness of Deity dwells bodily" in Him. The sources emphasize that this "fullness" of God was "pleased to dwell" in Christ, indicating that He is not merely a reflection of God but possesses the complete essence of God's nature.

Christ’s Supremacy over Creation

The description of Christ as the "image of the invisible God" is directly linked to His status as the "firstborn of all creation". This supremacy is detailed through several key roles:

• Creator: All things—whether visible or invisible, in heaven or on earth—were created in, through, and for Him.
• Sustainer: He existed "before all things," and it is in Him that "all things hold together".
• Preeminent Authority: He is the "head over all rule and authority" and holds "first place in everything".

The Nature of Christ in Redemption

The sources also contextualize Christ's nature through His redemptive work. While He possesses the fullness of Deity, He also has a "body of His flesh" through which He achieved reconciliation for humanity via the "blood of His cross". This duality highlights His nature as both fully divine and fully involved in the physical human experience to "reconcile all things to Himself".

The Image and the "New Man"

The concept of the "image" extends beyond Christ's personal nature to the transformation of believers. The sources state that those who follow Christ are putting on a "new man who is being renewed to a full knowledge according to the image of the One who created him". This suggests that Christ, as the primary image of God, serves as the template for the spiritual renewal of humanity, where "Christ is all and in all".

Hidden Wisdom and Knowledge

Finally, the sources assert that in Christ are "hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge". By presenting Him as the "full knowledge of God’s mystery," the text argues that understanding the nature of Christ is the key to avoiding "philosophy and empty deception" or "elementary principles of the world" that are not according to Christ.

Joshua 22-24 - You will not be able to serve Yahweh

Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh

An Altar Called Witness

Jos 22:10 LSB - [10] And they came to the region of the Jordan which is in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan, a large altar in appearance.

Lev 17:8-9 LSB - [8] "Then you shall say to them, 'Any man from the house of Israel, or from the sojourners who sojourn among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice, [9] and does not bring it to the doorway of the tent of meeting to offer it to Yahweh, that man also shall be cut off from his people.

Jos 22:34 LSB - [34] And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar [Witness]; "For," [they said], "it is a witness between us that Yahweh is God."

Joshua Calls All Israel

Jos 23:6, 8, 11 LSB - 

[6] "Be very strong, then, to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so that you may not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left, ... 

[8] "But you are to cling to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day. ... 

[11] "So keep your souls very carefully to love Yahweh your God.

Jos 23:14 LSB - [14] "Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one word of all the good words which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you has failed; all have come to pass for you; not one word of them has failed.

Jos 23:16 LSB - [16] "When you trespass against the covenant of Yahweh your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of Yahweh will burn against you, and you will perish quickly from off the good land which He has given you."

Joshua Gathers Israel

Jos 24:1 LSB - [1] Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

Jos 24:12-13 LSB - [12] 'Then I sent the hornet before you, and it drove out the two kings of the Amorites from before you, [but] not by your sword or your bow. [13] 'And I gave you a land on which you had not labored and cities which you had not built, and you have lived in them; you are eating of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.'

We Will Serve Yahweh Our God

Jos 24:14 LSB - [14] "So now, fear Yahweh and serve Him in integrity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve Yahweh.

Jos 24:15 LSB - [15] "If it is evil in your sight to serve Yahweh, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh."

Jos 24:19 LSB - [19] Then Joshua said to the people, "You will not be able to serve Yahweh, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression or your sins.

Mat 6:24 LSB - [24] "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

 

Joshua’s Death and Burial

Jos 24:31 LSB - [31] And Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, who knew all the work of Yahweh which He had done for Israel.

 

Joshua 19-21 - All Came to Pass

Simeon’s Inheritance

Jos 19:9 LSB - [9] The inheritance of the sons of Simeon [was taken] from the portion of the sons of Judah, for the share of the sons of Judah was too large for them; so the sons of Simeon received [an] inheritance in the midst of Judah's inheritance.

Zebulun’s Inheritance

Jos 19:15 LSB - [15] [Included] also [were] Kattah and Nahalal and Shimron and Idalah and Bethlehem; twelve cities with their villages.

Issachar’s Inheritance

Asher’s Inheritance

Naphtali’s Inheritance

Dan’s Inheritance

Jos 19:50 LSB - [50] In accordance with the command of Yahweh they gave him the city for which he asked, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. So he built the city and settled in it.

Jos 19:51 LSB - [51] These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the households of the tribes of the sons of Israel distributed by lot in Shiloh before Yahweh at the doorway of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.

The Cities of Refuge

Jos 20:7-9 LSB - [7] So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. [8] Now beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben and Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh. [9] These were the appointed cities for all the sons of Israel and for the sojourner who sojourns among them, that whoever strikes down any person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the congregation.

The Cities of the Levites

Jos 21:41-42 LSB - [41] All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands. [42] These cities each had its surrounding pasture lands; thus [it was] with all these cities.

Jos 21:43 LSB - [43] So Yahweh gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and lived in it.

Heb 4:9 LSB - [9] So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

Jos 21:45 LSB - [45] Not [one] promise of the good promises which Yahweh had promised to the house of Israel failed; all came to pass.

Joshua 16-18 - How long will you put off ...

Ephraim’s Inheritance

Jos 16:10 LSB - [10] But they did not dispossess the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites live in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and they became forced laborers.

Manasseh’s Inheritance

Jos 17:12-13 LSB - [12] But the sons of Manasseh could not take possession of these cities because the Canaanites persisted in living in that land. [13] Now it happened that when the sons of Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not dispossess them completely.

Jos 17:16-18 LSB - [16] And the sons of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley land have chariots of iron, both those who are in Beth-shean and its towns and those who are in the valley of Jezreel." [17] Then Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, saying, "You are a numerous people and have great power; you shall not have one lot [only], [18] but the hill country shall be yours. For though it is a forest, you shall clear it, and to its farthest borders it shall be yours; for you shall dispossess the Canaanites, even though they have chariots of iron [and] even though they are strong."

The Remaining Land Divided

Jos 18:2-3 LSB - [2] And there remained among the sons of Israel seven tribes who had not divided their inheritance. [3] So Joshua said to the sons of Israel, "How long will you put off entering to take possession of the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you?

Benjamin’s Inheritance

Joshua 13-15 - Caleb’s Inheritance

Land That Remains to Be Possessed

Jos 13:1, 6-7 LSB - 

[1] Now Joshua was old, advanced in years, and Yahweh said to him, "You are old, advanced in years, and very much of the land remains to be possessed. ... 

[6] "All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon as far as Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians, I will dispossess them from before the sons of Israel; only allot it to Israel for an inheritance as I have commanded you. [7] "So now, apportion this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."

The Inheritance East of the Jordan

Jos 13:13 LSB - [13] But the sons of Israel did not dispossess the Geshurites or the Maacathites; so Geshur and Maacath live among Israel until this day.

Jos 13:22 LSB - [22] The sons of Israel also killed Balaam the son of Beor, the diviner, with the sword among [the rest of] their slain.

Jos 13:33 LSB - [33] But to the tribe of Levi, Moses did not give an inheritance; Yahweh, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as He had promised to them.

The Inheritance Beyond the Jordan

Jos 14:1 LSB - [1] Now these are [the territories] which the sons of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the households of the tribes of the sons of Israel apportioned to them for an inheritance,

Caleb’s Inheritance

Jos 14:9-11 LSB - [9] "So Moses swore on that day, saying, 'Surely the land on which your foot has trodden will be an inheritance to you and to your children forever because you have followed Yahweh my God fully.' [10] "So now behold, Yahweh has let me live, just as He spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that Yahweh spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; so now behold, I am eighty-five years old today. [11] "I am still as strong today as I was in the day Moses sent me; as my strength was then, so my strength is now, for war and for going out and coming in.

Jos 14:14 LSB - [14] Therefore, Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite until this day because he fully followed Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Judah’s Inheritance

Jos 15:1 LSB - [1] Now the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families reached the border of Edom, southward to the wilderness of Zin at the [far] end [toward the] south.

Jos 15:63 LSB - [63] Now as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not dispossess them; so the Jebusites live with the sons of Judah at Jerusalem until this day.

Joshua 10-12 - O sun, stand still at Gibeon

Five Kings Attack Gibeon

Jos 10:1 LSB - [1] Now it happened that when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction (just as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were within their land,

Adoni-zedek = "my lord is righteous"

Jos 10:11 LSB - [11] Now it happened as they fled from before Israel, [while] they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that Yahweh threw down large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died; [there were] more who died from the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword.

Jos 10:12-14 LSB - [12] Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh gave over the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "O sun, stand still at Gibeon, And O moon in the valley of Aijalon." [13] So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, Until the nation avenged themselves of their enemies. Is it not written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stood in the middle of the sky and did not hasten to go [down] for about a whole day. [14] And there was no day like that before it or after it, when Yahweh listened to the voice of a man; for Yahweh fought for Israel.

Isa 28:21 LSB - [21] For Yahweh will rise up as [at] Mount Perazim; He will be stirred up as in the valley of Gibeon, To work His work, His unusual work, And to labor in His labor, His exceptional labor.

Isa 38:8 LSB - [8] "Behold, I will cause the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, to go back ten steps." So the sun's [shadow] went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down.

 

Joshua Captures Makkedah

Jos 10:21 LSB - [21] that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. No one [so much as] lifted his tongue against any of the sons of Israel.

Isa 54:17 LSB - [17] "No weapon that is formed against you will succeed; And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the inheritance of the slaves of Yahweh, And their righteousness is from Me," declares Yahweh.

 

Israel Captures Kings by Yahweh’s Sword

Jos 10:40 LSB - [40] Thus Joshua struck all the land--the hill country and the Negev and the Shephelah and the slopes--as well as all their kings. He left no survivor remaining, but he devoted to destruction all who breathed, just as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had commanded. 

Joshua Takes the Whole Land

Jos 11:11 LSB - [11] And they struck every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, devoting [them] to destruction; there was no one left who breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire.

Jos 11:14 LSB - [14] Now all the spoil of these cities and the cattle, the sons of Israel took as their plunder; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them. They left no one remaining who breathed.

The Kings of the East Struck Down

Jos 12:6 LSB - [6] Moses the servant of Yahweh and the sons of Israel struck them down; and Moses the servant of Yahweh gave it to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh as a possession.

The Kings of the West Struck Down

Jos 12:7-8, 24 LSB - [7] Now these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel struck down beyond the Jordan toward the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even as far as Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir; and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their divisions, [8] in the hill country and in the Shephelah and in the Arabah and on the slopes and in the wilderness and in the Negev; the Hittite, the Amorite and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite: ... [24] the king of Tirzah, one: in all, thirty-one kings.

Joshua 7-9 - Ai Given to Israel

Israel Struck Down at Ai

Jos 7:1 LSB - [1] But the sons of Israel acted unfaithfully in regard to the things devoted to destruction. Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things; therefore the anger of Yahweh burned against the sons of Israel.

The Sin of Achan

Jos 7:25 LSB - [25] And Joshua said, "Why have you troubled us? Yahweh will trouble you this day." And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones.

Ai Given to Israel

Jos 8:1-2 LSB - [1] Now Yahweh said to Joshua, "Do not fear or be dismayed. Take all the people of war with you and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land. [2] "So you shall do to Ai and its king just as you did to Jericho and its king; you shall take only its spoil and its cattle as plunder for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city behind it."

Jos 8:18, 26 LSB - [18] Then Yahweh said to Joshua, "Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand." So Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city. ... [26] For Joshua did not withdraw his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had devoted to destruction all the inhabitants of Ai.

The Gibeonites Act Craftily

Jos 9:14-15 LSB - [14] So the men [of Israel] took some of their provisions, but they did not ask for the command of Yahweh. [15] And Joshua made peace with them and cut a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore [an oath] to them.

Joshua 4-6 - The Destruction of Jericho

Memorial Stones from the Jordan

Jos 4:9 LSB - [9] But Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day.

Jos 4:20 LSB - [20] And those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal.

The twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan and those at Gilgal may be two different sets of twelve.

Jos 4:21-24 LSB - [21] Then he said to the sons of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What do these stones mean?' [22] then you shall make your children know, saying, 'Israel crossed this Jordan on dry land.' [23] "For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as Yahweh your God had done to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed, [24] that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of Yahweh is strong, so that you may fear Yahweh your God forever."

The Men of Israel Circumcised

Jos 5:1 LSB - [1] Now it happened when all the kings of the Amorites who [were] beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who [were] by the sea, heard how Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel until they had crossed, that their hearts melted, and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the sons of Israel.

Jos 5:2-3 LSB - [2] At that time Yahweh said to Joshua, "Make for yourself flint knives and circumcise again the sons of Israel the second time." [3] So Joshua made himself flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.

Jos 5:9 LSB - [9] Then Yahweh said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." So the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day.

Jos 5:10 LSB - [10] Then the sons of Israel camped at Gilgal and celebrated the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the desert plains of Jericho.

Jos 5:11-12 LSB - [11] And on the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate some of the yield of the land, unleavened cakes and roasted [grain]. [12] Then the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten some of the produce of the land, so that the sons of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate some of the produce of the land of Canaan during that year.

Commander of Yahweh’s Host

Jos 5:14-15 LSB - [14] He said, "No! Rather I indeed come now [as] commander of the host of Yahweh." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and bowed down and said to him, "What has my lord to say to his slave?" [15] The commander of the host of Yahweh said to Joshua, "Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy." And Joshua did so.

The Destruction of Jericho

Jos 6:15-16 LSB - [15] Then it happened that on the seventh day they rose early at the breaking of dawn and marched around the city in the same manner seven times; only on that day they marched around the city seven times. [16] Now it happened that on the seventh time, the priests blew the trumpets, and Joshua said to the people, "Shout! For Yahweh has given you the city.

Jos 6:25 LSB - [25] However, Rahab the harlot and her father's household and all she had, Joshua preserved alive; and she has lived in the midst of Israel to this day, for she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

Heb 11:31 LSB - [31] By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after welcoming the spies in peace.

Mat 1:5 LSB - [5] And Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

Jas 2:25 LSB - [25] And in the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?

Jos 6:26 LSB - [26] Then Joshua made them swear [an oath] at that time, saying, "Cursed before Yahweh is the man who rises up and builds this city Jericho; with [the loss of] his firstborn he shall lay its foundation, and with [the loss of] his youngest son he shall set up its gates."

1Ki 16:34 LSB - [34] In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundations with the [loss of] Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the [loss of] his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Yahweh, which He spoke by the hand of Joshua the son of Nun.