1. THE ENTRY INTO THE
PROMISE LAND
Joshua 1–24: The Entry into the Promised Land
2. Forty years of wandering in the wilderness
had brought Israel to stand upon a
mountaintop overlooking
the land of promise.
Every Israelite over twenty years of age when
they left Egypt under Moses’ leadership was
now dead, except for three people: Moses,
Joshua, and Caleb.
3. The Lord helped Joshua lead the Hebrew
people into the Promised Land.
When they entered this land, the Israelites had
to cross the Jordan River. At God’s command,
Joshua told the priests to take the Ark of the
Covenant into the river.
4. also known as the Ark of
the Testimony, is a chest
described in the Book of
Exodus as containing the
Tablets of Stone on which
the Ten Commandments
were inscribed. According
to some traditional
interpretations of the
Book of Exodus,Book of
Numbers,and the Letter to
the Hebrews,the Ark also
contained Aaron's rod, a
jar of manna,
and the first Torah scroll
as written by Moses;
however, the first of the
Books of Kings says that
at the time of King
Solomon, the Ark
contained only the two
Tablets of the Law.
5. No sooner had they
wet their feet in the
water than the river
parted. The water that
flowed from the upper
reaches of the river
came to a stop like a
wall, and the lower
part of the river
flowed down to the
sea and all the people
crossed over the dry
river bed.
The Crossing of the Jordan River
6. After crossing the Jordan River, it was necessary to
capture the city of Jericho, which had very high
and strong walls. Joshua, by God’s command,
ordered the people, with the priests in front with
the Ark of the venant, to walk around the city for
seven days: once a day for six days, and on the
seventh day, the ark was to be carried around seven
times. After this, the walls of Jericho crumbled to
their foundations at the sound of the priests’
trumpets and the loud cries of all the people. In this
way the Israelites took the city.
7.
8. A great battle with the people of the land of
Canaan took place by the city of
Gabaon. The Israelites defeated their enemies
and put them to flight while God rained stones
from heaven on those who were fleeing, so that
more perished from the stones than from the
swords of the Israelites.
9. The day was coming to
an end, but the Israelites
had not yet routed their
enemies. Joshua then
prayed to God and cried
out aloud before the
people, "Sun, stand still,
and moon, do not
move..." And the sun did
stand still, and night did
not come until the
Israelites had defeated
their enemies.
10. With God’s help, in six years Joshua conquered the entire
Promised Land and divided it by lot among the twelve tribes of
Israel. The two sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received
the portions of Levi and Joseph. The tribe of Levi served at the
tabernacle and was supported by the tithes (ten percent of the
income) collected from the people.
13. GROUP 3
THE ENTRY INTO THE
PROMISE LAND
CRIS ANN VAFLOR
FILHAR CHLOE GALAN
REUBEN ANTHONY RENES
JACOB REZIDA
Nikka Marie Castro
Date of Presentation: Aug. 13,
2014
