“So Y’hoshua got up early in the morning and had Isra’el come forward, one tribe at a time; and the tribe of Y’hudah was taken.  He had the families of Y’hudah come forward and took the family of the Zarchi. He had the Zarchi family come forward by household leaders, and Zavdi was taken. He […]

Alrighty, let’s pause for a moment and get our bearings of where we’re at in our study of Joshua chapter 7. We’re immersed deep in the story of the doomed Achan and the battle to take the city of Ai. Central to our story is the little known (in the gentile world that is) Law […]

“The person who is caught with things in his possession that were reserved for destruction is to be burned to ashes, he and everything he has, because he has violated the covenant of Adonai and has committed a shameful deed in Israel.”-Joshua 7:15 Verse 12 makes it clear that the only solution for Israel’s current […]

“’Go, consecrate the people. Tell them, ‘Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow; for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: There are devoted things among you, Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.”-Joshua 7:13 Way back when we were immersed in the Book of Leviticus, we learned a […]

When Israel lost the battle at AI, Joshua was worried about two things. The first concern was what would happen if the other remaining tribes of Canaan got word of the fact that Israel just got soundly trounced by a smaller army. It would bolster their confidence and they would come after the Israelites to […]