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Isaiah 66:8 Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen
such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one
day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as
Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.
Esther Callingold
6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this
people you shall divide as an inheritance
the land which I swore to their fathers to
give them. 7 Only be strong and very
courageous, that you may observe to do
according to all the law which Moses My
servant commanded you; do not turn from
it to the right hand or to the left, that you
may prosper wherever you go.
8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from
your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day
and night, that you may observe to do
according to all that is written in it. For then
you will make your way prosperous, and
then you will have good success. 9 Have I
not commanded you? Be strong and of
good courage; do not be afraid, nor be
dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you
wherever you go.”
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers
Deuteronomy Joshua Judges
“Now…” “Now…” “Now…”
“After…” “Now…” “Now…”
Ruth
Samuel
Kings
“Now…”“These are the
words…”
“In the
beginning…”
First Mention of Joshua
Exodus 17:8–10 Now Amalek came and fought
with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said to
Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight
with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top
of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.” 10 So
Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought
with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went
up to the top of the hill.
Exodus 17:13 So Joshua defeated Amalek and
his people with the edge of the sword.
Joshua Witnessed the Record of Victory
Exodus 17:14 Then the LORD said to Moses,
“Write this for a memorial in the book and
recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will
utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek
from under heaven.”
Joshua with Moses on the Mountain
Exodus 24:12–13 Then the LORD said to Moses,
“Come up to Me on the mountain and be there;
and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law
and commandments which I have written, that
you may teach them.” 13 So Moses arose with
his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the
mountain of God.
Joshua with Moses in the Tabernacle
Exodus 33:7 Moses took his tent and pitched it
outside the camp, far from the camp, and called
it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to
pass that everyone who sought the LORD went
out to the tabernacle of meeting which was
outside the camp.
Exodus 33:11 So the LORD spoke to Moses face
to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he
would return to the camp, but his servant
Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not
depart from the tabernacle.
Numbers 13:1–2 And the LORD spoke to Moses,
saying, 2 “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan,
which I am giving to the children of Israel; from
each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man,
every one a leader among them.”
8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun
Joshua a Spy in Canaan
16 These are the names
of the men whom Moses
sent to spy out the land.
Numbers 13:16 These are the names of the men
whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses
called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua.
Joshua Name Change
To establish a new identity & mission for Joshua
ַ‫ע‬ֻׁ‫הֹוש‬ְ‫י‬
ַ‫ע‬ ֵׁ‫הֹוש‬
Joshua Commissioned by Moses
Deuteronomy 31:7–8 Then Moses called Joshua
and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong
and of good courage, for you must go with this
people to the land which the LORD has sworn to
their fathers to give them, and you shall cause
them to inherit it. 8 And the LORD, He is the One
who goes before you. He will be with you, He will
not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be
dismayed.”
Joshua Commissioned by God
Deuteronomy 31:14–15 Then the LORD said to
Moses, “Behold, the days approach when you
must die; call Joshua, and present yourselves in
the tabernacle of meeting, that I may inaugurate
him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented
themselves in the tabernacle of meeting. 15 Now
the LORD appeared at the tabernacle in a pillar of
cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood above the
door of the tabernacle.
Joshua Commissioned by God
Deuteronomy 31:23 Then He inaugurated Joshua
the son of Nun, and said, “Be strong and of good
courage; for you shall bring the children of Israel
into the land of which I swore to them, and I will
be with you.”
Life of Joshua
In
Egypt
In the
Desert
In
Canaan
A
Warrior
An
Administrator
An
Orator
3
Great
Campaigns
Land
Division
2
Great
Speeches
A
Slave
A
Servant
A
Spy
Chapters
1-12
Chapters
13-22
Chapters
23-24
PREPARATION
(90 years)
LEADERSHIP
(20 years)
Death of Moses
1407 BC
Smith, J. E. (1995). The Books of History (Jos 1:2–5). Joplin, MO: College Press.
A. God’s “servant” Moses passed
B. Moses’ “assistant” Joshua promoted
1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD,
it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the
son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying: 2a “Moses
My servant is dead.
A. “Arise” – break camp
B. “Cross this Jordan” – resurrection
C. “You and all this people” – unity
D. “To the land I am giving them” – hope
2b “…Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan,
you and all this people, to the land which I am
giving to them—the children of Israel.
A. In Continuity – “as I said unto Moses”
3 Every place that the sole of your foot will
tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.
B. In Scope – “from the
wilderness…to the
Euphrates…to the
Great Sea”
4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as
the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land
of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the
going down of the sun, shall be your territory.
C. In Certainty – “no man will stand before
you”
5a No man shall be able to stand before you all
the days of your life;
D. In Presence –
1) “I will be with you”
2) “I will not fail you”
3) “I will not forsake you”
5b …as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I
will not leave you nor forsake you.
A. “Be strong and of good courage”
6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this
people you shall divide as an inheritance the land
which I swore to their fathers to give them. 7a
Only be strong and very courageous…
A I will be with you (1:5)
B Be strong and courageous (1:6, 7)
C That you may have success (1:7)
D This book of the law (1:8)
C Then you will have success (1:8)
B Be strong and courageous (1:9)
A The Lord your God is with you (1:9)
Chiasm in Joshua 1
B. “Do according to all the Law”
1) “turn not from the right
hand or to the left”
7b …that you may observe to do according to all
the law which Moses My servant commanded
you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to
the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.
B. “Do according to all the Law”
1) “turn not from the right
hand or to the left”
2) “meditate therein”
8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your
mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night,
that you may observe to do according to all that
is written in it.
Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and in His law he meditates day and night.
‫ָה‬‫ג‬ָ‫ה‬ (hā·ḡāh)
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of
good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed,
for the LORD your God is with you wherever you
go.”
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This book of the law
Joshua was the 1st leader to have a book as the foundation of guidance
Moses was guided by oral directives from God
Joshua was to use the book of the law all written by Moses as his guide
The book (Torah) was, actually, a continuous scroll.
It was kept inside of the ark of the covenant
Enter the promised land
The promised land is not a place of rest by Kevin
It is not an idiom for heaven
It was battles to fight and lands to claim
They were commanded to be strong and courageous!
The book of Joshua in the letter of Paul to the Ephesians are
considered spiritual parallels
Joshua is about the physical battle of God’s people with
enemies possessing their promised land.
Ephesians is about the spiritual battle of the church and
believers in Christ with the spiritual enemy Satan

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Trust & Obey - Joshua 1

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  • 2. Isaiah 66:8 Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.
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  • 6. 6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. 7 Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.
  • 7. 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
  • 8. Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges “Now…” “Now…” “Now…” “After…” “Now…” “Now…” Ruth Samuel Kings “Now…”“These are the words…” “In the beginning…”
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  • 11. First Mention of Joshua Exodus 17:8–10 Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.” 10 So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. Exodus 17:13 So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
  • 12. Joshua Witnessed the Record of Victory Exodus 17:14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”
  • 13. Joshua with Moses on the Mountain Exodus 24:12–13 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.” 13 So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.
  • 14. Joshua with Moses in the Tabernacle Exodus 33:7 Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who sought the LORD went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp. Exodus 33:11 So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.
  • 15. Numbers 13:1–2 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.” 8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua a Spy in Canaan 16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land.
  • 16. Numbers 13:16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua. Joshua Name Change To establish a new identity & mission for Joshua ַ‫ע‬ֻׁ‫הֹוש‬ְ‫י‬ ַ‫ע‬ ֵׁ‫הֹוש‬
  • 17. Joshua Commissioned by Moses Deuteronomy 31:7–8 Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and of good courage, for you must go with this people to the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall cause them to inherit it. 8 And the LORD, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.”
  • 18. Joshua Commissioned by God Deuteronomy 31:14–15 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the days approach when you must die; call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of meeting, that I may inaugurate him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tabernacle of meeting. 15 Now the LORD appeared at the tabernacle in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood above the door of the tabernacle.
  • 19. Joshua Commissioned by God Deuteronomy 31:23 Then He inaugurated Joshua the son of Nun, and said, “Be strong and of good courage; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land of which I swore to them, and I will be with you.”
  • 20. Life of Joshua In Egypt In the Desert In Canaan A Warrior An Administrator An Orator 3 Great Campaigns Land Division 2 Great Speeches A Slave A Servant A Spy Chapters 1-12 Chapters 13-22 Chapters 23-24 PREPARATION (90 years) LEADERSHIP (20 years) Death of Moses 1407 BC Smith, J. E. (1995). The Books of History (Jos 1:2–5). Joplin, MO: College Press.
  • 21. A. God’s “servant” Moses passed B. Moses’ “assistant” Joshua promoted 1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying: 2a “Moses My servant is dead.
  • 22. A. “Arise” – break camp B. “Cross this Jordan” – resurrection C. “You and all this people” – unity D. “To the land I am giving them” – hope 2b “…Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of Israel.
  • 23. A. In Continuity – “as I said unto Moses” 3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.
  • 24. B. In Scope – “from the wilderness…to the Euphrates…to the Great Sea” 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory.
  • 25. C. In Certainty – “no man will stand before you” 5a No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life;
  • 26. D. In Presence – 1) “I will be with you” 2) “I will not fail you” 3) “I will not forsake you” 5b …as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you.
  • 27. A. “Be strong and of good courage” 6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. 7a Only be strong and very courageous…
  • 28. A I will be with you (1:5) B Be strong and courageous (1:6, 7) C That you may have success (1:7) D This book of the law (1:8) C Then you will have success (1:8) B Be strong and courageous (1:9) A The Lord your God is with you (1:9) Chiasm in Joshua 1
  • 29. B. “Do according to all the Law” 1) “turn not from the right hand or to the left” 7b …that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.
  • 30. B. “Do according to all the Law” 1) “turn not from the right hand or to the left” 2) “meditate therein” 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it.
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  • 32. Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. ‫ָה‬‫ג‬ָ‫ה‬ (hā·ḡāh)
  • 33. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
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  • 37. This book of the law Joshua was the 1st leader to have a book as the foundation of guidance Moses was guided by oral directives from God Joshua was to use the book of the law all written by Moses as his guide The book (Torah) was, actually, a continuous scroll. It was kept inside of the ark of the covenant
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  • 41. Enter the promised land The promised land is not a place of rest by Kevin It is not an idiom for heaven It was battles to fight and lands to claim They were commanded to be strong and courageous!
  • 42. The book of Joshua in the letter of Paul to the Ephesians are considered spiritual parallels Joshua is about the physical battle of God’s people with enemies possessing their promised land. Ephesians is about the spiritual battle of the church and believers in Christ with the spiritual enemy Satan

Editor's Notes

  1. Golda Meir is famous for becoming Israel's first female Prime Minister in 1969. However, many are unaware of the pivotal role she played in 1948.  Israel desperately needed modern weapons if it's rag-tag band of Jewish fighters were to stand a chance against the impending onslaught by five modern Arab armies.  However, their main funding source - the US Jewish community - was already stretched to the limit with various local projects such as schools and other Jewish institutions. They were growing tired of the incessant appeals for help from the Jews of Palestine, and it was estimated that they would only be able to raise $5 million for Israel - just a fraction of the amount needed.  Zionist leader Golda Meir immediately volunteered to go to America. Two days later she was on her way having had no time to bring any more baggage than her handbag! Armed with $10 in her pocket, the determined Golda set out in search for the missing millions.  Coinciding with her arrival in Chicago was a meeting of the leaders of Jewish federations from across the US. However, many of these distinguished Jewish leaders were indifferent or even hostile to Golda's Zionist ideas.    Warned not to address this particular group, Golda ignored the warning and delivered a rousing impromptu speech to the gathering about the dire challenges facing the fledgling state. Explaining that the survival of Palestine's 700,000 Jews as well as the whole dream of a Jewish nation was at stake, she stressed the absolute immediate need for funds to fight.  As she ended her speech, the hall fell eerily silent - and for a moment it seemed like Golda had failed miserably. Then the audience rose and delivered a resounding applause, and many began telephoning their bankers to take up immediate personal loans.  By the time the evening was over, over $1 million dollars had been raised! Over the next few weeks, Golda succeeded in raising 50 million dollars - which was three times the amount Saudi Arabia earned during that entire year from its vast oil revenues!  As Golda triumphantly returned to Israel, Ben Gurion solemnly declared that 'it was thanks to a Jewish woman that the Jewish state was born'. 
  2. Over 4'500 volunteers from abroad - both Jews and non-Jews - joined Israel's struggle in 1948.  One such hero was the 23 year old Esther Callingold from Britain. A nurse by profession, she was sent to assist the beleaguered Jews in the Old City of Jerusalem. As the Arabs cut off all supply routes and subjected the area to heavy bombardment, Esther was tasked with running messages between the scattered and isolated Jewish troops.  The battle was intense, but ultimately Esther ended up mortally wounded in a poorly equipped hospital. Before her death, she penned this letter to her parents in Britain:  "Dear Mummy and Daddy, .... We had a difficult fight. I have tasted hell, but it has been worthwhile because I am convinced that we will see a Jewish state....  I hope one day soon you will all come and enjoy the fruits of that for which we are fighting. .... remember me only in happiness.  Shalom, Esther" It is hard not to be touched by Esther's story of courage and sacrifice, and we should remember that she was only one of 6,300 Israeli soldiers and civilians who paid the ultimate price during Israel's costly War of Independence.  Ultimately through the hard work, creative genius and sacrifice of so many heroes like these we have described, the nation of Israel was born 'in one day' as Isaiah predicted.  It was not an easy birth, but let us give thanks to God for those who paid so much to see the Jewish nation restored to her rightful inheritance.   In honoring their sacrifice, let us follow Esther's admonition to go and visit and enjoy the God-given Land of Israel. 
  3. Hosea (“salvation”) to Joshua (Heb. yehošuaʿ, “Yahweh is salvation”) Hubbard, R. L., Jr. (2009). (p. 76). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. Hubbard, R. L., Jr. (2009). Joshua (p. 76). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.