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Joshua’s Miracle—Joshua 10 A consequence that could hardly have been foreseen, resulted from the league which had been formed with the Gibeonites. It seems that Gibeon belonged to a confederacy of southern states, in which the small kingdom of Jerusalem took the lead. We assume that these states were independent of each other, but that … Continue reading ““170. JOSHUA’S MIRACLE—JOSHUA 10””

Joshua 14 -Judges 2 : Twenty Second Week Autor: JOHN KITTO

The River Jordan The manner in which the Jordan has lately come under our notice, and the prominence given to that river in the Sacred Books, awaken the desire to know something of that famous stream. This desire we are enabled to gratify with more advantage than at any former period; for the portion of … Continue reading ““167. THE RIVER JORDAN””

The Accursed Thing—Joshua 7 The city of Jericho was decreed, even before it was taken, to be wholly an accursed thing, or rather a thing devoted to destruction, according to the explanation lately given, of the meaning of the Hebrew word Cherem. Not only the city itself, but everything that it contained, was to be … Continue reading ““168. THE ACCURSED THING—JOSHUA 7””

The Craft of the Gibeonites—Joshua 9 In the ninth chapter of Joshua, we have a very singular illustration of the terror which the wonderful success of the Hebrew arms inspired. There was an important city called Gibeon, a few miles to the north of Jerusalem, the inhabitants of which, expecting that their turn would speedily … Continue reading ““169. THE CRAFT OF THE GIBEONITES—JOSHUA 9””

Fall of Jericho—Joshua 6 The Israelites commenced their military operations in Canaan in a very extraordinary manner. No city was ever besieged or conquered after the mode which they were directed to adopt. But there were reasons. It was highly important that the Israelites should succeed in this enterprise—to them a difficult one—because their failure … Continue reading ““165. FALL OF JERICHO—JOSHUA 6””

The Number Seven—Jos_6:3-6 The most cursory attention cannot fail to be struck by the prevalence and continual recurrence of the number seven, in the sacred Scriptures. It is very true that in very many instances it is, as a number of completeness or perfection, used in an indefinite sense—an indeterminate number being expressed by a … Continue reading ““166. THE NUMBER SEVEN—JOSHUA 6:3-6””

Joshua 5-10 : Twenty-First Week Autor: JOHN KITTO

Old Corn—Joshua 5 It is a very remarkable circumstance, that during all the sojourn of the Israelites in the wilderness, two of the prominent institutions of their law were entirely neglected. These were the rite of circumcision and the celebration of the passover. The former had, it seems, been entirely dispensed with, perhaps in regard … Continue reading ““164. OLD CORN—JOSHUA 5””

The Passage—Joshua 3 During great part of the year the waters of the Jordan are so low that the river is fordable in many places. But in spring and early summer, or “in all the time of harvest,” the river is in flood. It then “overflows all its banks,” and is a strong and rapid … Continue reading ““160. THE PASSAGE—JOSHUA 3””