Day 53 - Conquest

Joshua and the Israelites crossing the Jordan (Gustave Doré)
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My Mini-Bible Study for 2019

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Today’s Reading

2/22/2019     Day 53   Joshua 7:1 - 11:23

Reflection:

Summary of Joshua’s Conquests

11:16 So Joshua took all that land: the hill country and all the Negeb and all the land of Goshen and the lowland and the Arabah and the hill country of Israel and its lowland, 17 from Mount Halak, which rises towards Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He took all their kings, struck them down, and put them to death. 18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. 19 There was not a town that made peace with the Israelites, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon; all were taken in battle. 20 For it was the Lord’s doing to harden their hearts so that they would come against Israel in battle, in order that they might be utterly destroyed, and might receive no mercy, but be exterminated, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

21 At that time Joshua came and wiped out the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their towns. 22 None of the Anakim was left in the land of the Israelites; some remained only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod. 23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord had spoken to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war. (Biblegateway.com)

Meditation/Contemplate:

The conquest displaces many nations as the Chosen people take the
land; even to this day during the Passover feast is a prayer for the
people displaced through this occupation. How do people of peace
reconcile the will of God for the Israelites?

Prayer:

Lead me through lands that you take me and your will for my life.
Amen.

The Next Seven Days of Readings

2/23/2019     Day 54   Joshua 12:1 - 17:18
2/24/2019     Day 55   Joshua 18:1 - 24:33

2/25/2019     Day 56   Judges 1:1 - 3:6
2/26/2019     Day 57   Judges 3:7 - 5:31

2/27/2019 Day 58           Judges 6:1 - 8:35

2/28/2019     Day 59   Judges 9:1 - 12:15

3/01/2019     Day 60   Judges 13:1 – 16:31
3/02/2019     Day 61   Judges 17:1 – 21:25

         

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Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and
give us the liberty of that abundant life which you have
made known to us in your Son our Savior Jesus Christ;
who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the
Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.