The story of the exodus to Canaan, the Promised Land, ends well, but only if one includes the Book of Joshua. Tragically, the generation of Israelites that departed Egypt with Moses angered the Lord so often by their unbelief and disobedience that he consigned almost all, except for a remnant, to roaming the wilderness for 40 years until they died, never inheriting the Land. This certainly was not Moses’ fault, he provided them unique and superb leadership. Thereafter Moses appoints Joshua as leader, Numbers 18:16 -27; and after his death at Mount Nebo, Joshua guides the new generation of Israelites into Canaan, where Israel is today. Beginning in 3:1 of the Book of Joshua we are told that Joshua and the people set out from Shittim …show more content…
The foreskin of the male organ, too, symbolically represents the Evil Inclination, and its circumcision signifies the diminishing of sin’ s dark power, thus resolving the enigma of the twelve stones. The twelve taken out, symbolize the twelve tribes circumcised. Why? because as most anyone should know, rivers and creeks produce rounded, smooth stones by the flowing action of their waters (ex., 1 Sam. 17:40 where David takes five smooth stones from a dry riverbed) and, therefore, their polished smoothness relates to the smoothness of the male reproductive organ after circumcision. Contrarily, the naturally rough twelve stones inserted into the Jordan are the tribes before circumcision, corresponding to the rough, wrinkled flesh around an uncircumcised male organ. This is why cherpah is used, it points to the genitalia (male or female), as in the Book of Isaiah where Babylon’ s nakedness is seen and her shame (cherpah) exposed, 47:3, upon crossing a river, v. 2; but at the Jordan the male genitalia is intended. The Jordan event signifies the men becoming newly reborn spiritually upon crossing because the spirit of God descended upon them and fused with their spirit as they crossed its waters (Jordan means the descender).The further act of physical circumcision at Gilgal only affirmed what they had already received at the crossing. The twelve …show more content…
But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy unto Jehovah: they shall come into the treasury of Jehovah. So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. And Joshua said unto the two men that had spied out the land, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. And the young men the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; all her kindred also they brought out; and they set them without the camp of Israel. And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Jehovah. But Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel unto this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to
This image, and the detail that goes into it in the Torah’s description, loom large in the Jewish imagination, and our conceptualization of our community. As the Israelites move forward into the desert, surely they can rally behind this glorious homage to God’s greatness – surely they will be proud to march to the Promised Land behind this banner for holiness, the ultimate reminder of God’s presence. And within the Ark, the tablets themselves, perhaps the broken first set alongside the second set that Moses carved himself. What could be more powerful?
The book Exodus starts with two long-lost friends reuniting at Cyprus of 1946. These two friends are Mark Parker and Kitty Fremont. Kitty Fremont is a nurse, and Mark Parker is a foreign correspondent. Ari is creates a plan to breakout three hundred Jewish children from a concentration camp called Caraolos. He intends to put them on a ship called the Exodus in order to help the two hundred thousand desperate people in Europe. The stories of the refugees surviving the holocaust affect Kitty in a way. Kitty decides to be a part of Ari’s plan when she meets a girl named Karen that she instantly cares for very deeply. When Ari and the children escape, they board Exodus. The exodus was wired with explosives, so if the British attack the boat they will blow it up. The British and Exodus have a long standoff eventually ending in which the Exodus is allowed to sail to Palestine where Jews are welcomed. A job opportunity is given to Kitty and she accepts having a plan of bringing Karen to America. Karen’s father, Johann Clement, if found after being separated from her for many years. He is insane from Survivor guilt. Ari’s uncle and one of the children are
In relation, of the African American slaves’ and their identification with the experiences of the Hebrew slaves in the “Book of Exodus” have been evidently strong historically. Slavery in America began when Europeans brought the first African slaves to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619. They African slaves were brought in to aid in the production of lucrative crops such as tobacco, cotton, and sugar. In addition, are the Hebrew/Israelites slaves in the “Book of Exodus,” it tells how the Israelites leaves their bondages with Egypt’s Pharaohs at the time. The Hebrew, escaped their grip through the strength of “Yahweh” is the name of God in Judaism.
The topic of the destruction of the Canaanites is very controversial it is important to keep an open mind while reading about it to ensure that the information is fully understood. The theory I’m going to be elaborating on in this essay is one that is not universally accepted. In my opinion, it does not matter how unaccepted or unproven this topic might seem to some, as I think that it is the only logical reason why God allowed the destruction to occur.
God had offered Chosen people, a covenant, or special agreement. In this covenant, The Israelites promised to worship only God, and in return God promised them. preservation throughout history and the land of Canaan. Canaan was later called Judah, Israel, and Palestine. Central to the understanding of the Jewish covenant is the prosperous herdsman who heard and followed God’s call, Abraham.
Exodus 21-24 was definitely quite an instructive piece of literature. It was almost raw in its nature as a text or “book” but more of reading an excerpt from a piece of non-fiction most similar to an instruction manual of some sort that you get when you buy a dissembled bike or desk. Something like being enrolled in a police academy there was definite sense of a master-slave relationship in the air. It is like something never before seen in the Torah, these chapters showed a whole new YHWH. The YHWH who is feared like the school principal in an elementary school, not even mom and dad has come on so strong as to the dos and donts of living life. It seems as if YHWH was pushed to such a point where YHWH has no choice but intervene into the lives of his children, and set the rules for the pl...
“When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted…(and)… the wall collapsed” (Joshua 6:20). This is the account of Joshua and the people of Israel when they entered the Promised Land known as Canaan. As the Lord commanded they entered the land and conquered all the cities there, beginning with Jericho. The story of Joshua and the Battle of Jericho is a famous one. Everyone who has ever attended Sunday school has heard this famous Biblical account. What is overlooked in Sunday school is the passage after the walls fall down, “They devoted the city to the LORD and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it – men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys” (Joshua 6:21). This is one of the more difficult passages in the Bible. It raises many questions, questions that are not easily answered. In fact, scholars today still debate them. Reading this section of the Bible, found in Joshua chapter 6, you ask yourself: how can we worship a God who permits His own people to slaughter innocents? How did the Israelites justify breaking one of the Ten Commandments (or ‘Words’ as is the more accurate translation)? If God is just, then how can he allow the slaughter of innocents? Is God really a just god? Such are the questions that come up whenever the slaughter at Jericho is brought up. Further seemingly brutal violence is found within God’s own people. If you read on an Israelite named Achan steals some of the bounty from Jericho when God commanded them not too. He was stoned along with his whole family! God seems to be a violent, harsh god in these passages. How can this be if He is supposed to be the God of love, compassion and mercy?
Following the creation story of the book of Genesis is the book of Exodus. In Genesis, God promised Abraham a “great nation from which all nations of the earth will be blessed (Gen 12:1-3)” and in Exodus God completes this promise through the creation of the holy nation, Israel. Exodus tells the story of the God who rescued his people out of Egypt because of the promise he had made to Abraham. God calls to Moses to complete his promise. God’s call to Moses is not only important because he liberates the Israelites but also because God reveals His name(s) along with His true Nature. God calls upon Moses and tells him that He’s back to help the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and that Moses is to lead them. God then gives him full instructions on what to tell the Pharaoh and, more importantly, the Israelites, who are promised, land “flowing with milk and honey”.
The Book of Exodus begins hundreds of years later once Joseph and his brothers have all died. This leaves a void in leadership over Israel and is eventually subdued to Moses. He is a Hebrew boy who starts off as a slave, and eventually encounters God through the burning bush where he is convinced to assume his role as leader of the Israelites. With the help of his brother Aaron, they face controversy with the Pharaoh of Egypt trying to rid their people and lead them to a land full of prosperity, which God has promised. It is through Moses' leadership that they find freedom and religious conformity as a community.
The following is a brief historical review of the cities that were conquered by Moses and Joshua along with the Israelites during their Conquest of Canaan. Excavations at an area known as Tell Arad, from 1962 to 1984AD, discovered evidence that this area began as a settlement, around 4000BC, developing into a larger and fortified city by 2950BC. By 2650BC, the city was destroyed and left abandoned, until 1150BC, when it was resettled and rebuilt. There is no known location for the city of Hormah, also know as Zephath, but it has been connected with the excavation site known as Tell Masos located a little under 7.5 miles from Beersheba. Evidence from this excavation site prove that a settlement began here as early as, 3200BC, becoming a
Jericho is perhaps most recognized, especially to youngsters, as the city where Joshua was victorious in battle. This story of marching and shouting and crumbling walls is unbelievable unless you attribute it to God's almighty power. The capture of Jericho is significant because it is the beginning of the war of conquest and the first time a ritual act, "herem," is implemented . "Herem" refers to God's judgment on the condemned and his preservation of those who remain faithful to him. In the story of the Fall of Jericho, Rahab and those in her house were the only residents of Jericho to survive Joshua's conquest. The true victory of the city belongs to the Lord as the city was attained through obedience to His commands (Coogan 2001).
As a one reads through the Old Testament, he will find the story as it unfolds of the children of Israel. Beginning in the book of Exodus the children of Israel are in Egyptian bondage and being forced to work as slaves. God appears to Moses in a burning bush and tells him that He [God] has heard His people and He is going to deliver them out of bondage. God at that time tells Moses that He has chosen him to be the leader of this people. After God brings ten plagues against Egypt the children of Israel are driven out of the land, and God promises to lead them to a land “flowing with milk and honey.” On their way to the “Promised Land” they cross the Red Sea in which Pharaoh and the Egyptian army is defeated by God. Then they go to Mount Sinai to receive the Law. After receiving the law they then go to the Promised Land, and there Moses sends twelve spies into the land. Ten of these spies come back and give a bad report to Moses and the children of Israel. Since they did this Israel was punished by God and made to wonder in the wilderness for forty years during which time all who were over the age of twenty perished. The only two that did not die was Caleb and Joshua who had come back with a good report, and told Moses and the children of Israel to go up at once and take the land. Once they had completed the wilderness wondering they returned to the Promised Land and took the land under the new leadership of Joshua. However, Israel did not drive out all the inhabitants as the Lord God had commanded them, thus the inhabitants that were not driven out would be a snare to them. Once they had established themselves in the land they began to chase after the gods of the inhabitants before them. God then sent judges to deliver them which ...
Once God freed the Israelites, they disobey him and created a false god called the "golden calf". In Exodus 32-33, explains how God was angry with the people for worshipping other gods and upset with Aaron for creating the golden calf. The Lord provided Moses with the Ten Commandments, which the covenant with Moses and the Israel was made.
This is because the Judean and Assyrian kings were against the work of Deuteronomists, which was the central focus of Joshua in his efforts to make one “central shrine” in Jerusalem where all could gather to worship the Lord. Joshua had to wait until the kings fell out of power before his work could be available. Joshua and the Deuteronomists determine that the shrine will be located in Jerusalem, whereas the The Book of Deuteronomy does not make reference to a central shrine being located in Jerusalem. This inconsistency caused for the higher critics to determine that the central shrine would have already been created when the author was writing this because the Deuteronomy or any books before it do not
In this essay I will take the position that the book of Jonah was intended to follow the unfinished journey of a prideful christian, and to show the involvement of an altruistic God. One of the major themes found in the book of Jonah is the relationship between God and Jonah. First, Jonah flees from God’s will, then he turns back to God, and finally, Jonah preaches God’s message of repentance to the people of Nineveh, but sadly, it doesn’t end there. Jonah was called as a prophet for God, but he had a detrimental problem in his character; Jonah was prideful. This causes Jonah to lose sight of his mission, and thus the unfinished journey of Jonah’s life is left in the hands of the reader.