Joshua's Death Joshua 24

Joshua 24:15 "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."

The year is about 1427 BC. Joshua lived to be 110 years old. He was Moses' minister then the leader of the people. He was a soldier, a spy and a servant of the LORD. He challanged the people to serve the LORD right up to the end of his life.

Israel has possessed Canaan but still some of the previous inhabitants dwell among them with their false gods. There are battles to be fought but at this point Israel is at rest. Joshua's death leaves a void in Israel. The leadership of the budding nation is left to the tribal leaders and the appointed judges.

A review:

-Man is created in a perfect state living in a garden
-Sin enters and man is poisoned by it and seperated from God spiritually and physically.
-A flood destroys most of humanity leaving Noah and his family
-Abraham is called and chosen to father a special people
-Issac is born to Abraham and Sarah when they are old
-Jacob fathers the twelve tribes
-Children of Israel are held as slaves in Egypt - Joseph is their protector for a time
-Moses is called and delivers Israel
-They wander in the wilderness because of rebellion
-the Law is given
-Israel finally crosses Jordan - Moses has died without entering Canaan
-Joshua leads the battles to posses the land

Verses 1-13 of this chapter gives a verse by verse of some of these things.

We now find most of the old guard dead. Caleb remains and is mentioned in the next book, the book of Judges. He does not, however, have the status of Moses and Joshua.

A note in verse 32 tells us that Joseph is finally buried in the promised land. "And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem..."

v31 "Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel."

The book of Joshua covers about 26 years (Ussher).

Psalms 36:10 "O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart."

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