Today we begin Joshua Chapter 12. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE. For the King James version, click HERE. Alrighty, from today we enter into a totally new section of the Book of Joshua. At this point in the Scriptures, the land has been sufficiently taken over to a degree that the process of […]

“Y’hoshua took the whole land, in keeping with all that Adonai had said to Moshe and to Isra’el according to their divisions into tribes. Then the land rested from war.”-Joshua 11:23 In the very last verse of Joshua Chapter 11, we’re given the following piece of information: “Then the land rested from war.” Okay, so […]

“Y’hoshua at that time came and cut off the ‘Anakim from the land — from Hevron, D’vir, ‘Anav and from all the hill-country of Y’hudah and Isra’el; Y’hoshua utterly destroyed them and their cities. No ‘Anakim were left in the land of the people of Isra’el — only in ‘Azah, Gat and Ashdod did some […]

“For it was Adonai who caused them to harden their hearts and come against Israel in battle, so that they would be utterly destroyed, so that they would not find favor but be destroyed, in keeping with the orders Adonai had given Moshe.”-Joshua 11:20 In verse 20, we encounter a really interesting statement. We’re told […]

Did you know that the United States’ war with Iraq in 2003 is actually a perfect demonstration of what ancient Israel experienced when they attempted to conquer the land of Canaan? Recall that the Iraq war was the conflict when the US-led coalition overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein. Here’s the thing. After only a […]