(b) The Mission of the spies to Jericho. Section II. The Passage of the Jordan. (a) The Divine Guidance. (a) The Preparations of Joshua.. (b) The Consecration to the Holy War. .ii. I-7. .ii. 8-21. ....ii. 22-24. .iii. 1-13. .iii. 14—17. ....iv. 1-18. ....iv. 19—24. (a) Renewal of the Rite of Circumcision......V. I-9. ..V. IO-12. (7) Appearance of the Prince of Jehovah's host ..V. 13-15. (8) Instructions as to the capture of Jericho vi. 1—5. Section III. The Conquest of Southern and Central Canaan. (a) The Capture of Jericho. (a) The Preparations .vi. 6—14. (B) Capture and Destruction of the City ......vi. 15—27. (b) First Advance against Ai. (a) The sin of Achan (8) The repulse from Ai.... (7) Joshua's Prayer....... ...vii. I. ..vii. 2-5. ..vii. 6—15. (8) Detection and Punishment of Achan......vii. 16—26. (c) Second Advance against Ai. (a) Stratagem of Joshua....... .viii. 1-13. (B) Capture and destruction of the city ......viii. 14—29. (7) Renewal of the Covenant at Ebal (d) The Battle of Bethhoron. ...viii. 30-35. (B) The Fraud of the Gibeonites (7) The League with Gibeon .ix. 1, 2. ....ix. 3-15. ..ix. 16-27. (8) Investment of Gibeon by the Five Kings x. 1-5. (e) Relief of the city by Joshua .....x. 6—15. (5) Flight and destruction of the Five Kings x. 16—43. Section IV. The Conquest of Northern Canaan. (a) The Northern League. (a) The Gathering of the Kings (6) The Battle of the Waters of Merom......xi. 7—9. ..xi. 10. (8) Subjugation of the North.. .xi. 11-23. ..xii. 1-6. ..xii. 7-24. PART II. THE DIVISION OF CANAAN. xiii.--xxi. Section I. The Partition of Eastern Canaan. (a) The Mosaic Settlement. (a) The Divine Command to divide the land xiii. 1—7. (Y) Possessions of the tribe of Reuben.. .xiii. 8-14. .xiii. 15-23. .xiii. 24-28. (e) Possessions of the half tribe of Manasseh xiii. 29-33. (b) Commencement of the Distribution ....................xiv. 1—5• ...xiv. 6—15. (b) Territory of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. (a) Boundaries of the Territory....... ((8) Territory of the tribe of Ephraim .xvi. 5-10. .xvii. 1-13. Complaint of the sons of Joseph............xvii. 14-16. 1 Matt. xxvii Reply of Joshua .xvii. 17, 18. .xvi. 1-4. Section IV. Appointment of the priestly and Levitical cities. Section I. Release of the Two Tribes and a half. N I-9. THE BOOK OF JOSHUA. The Command of God to Joshua. ow after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD 1 it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, Moses my servant 2 is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and CH. I. 1-9. THE COMMAND OF GOD TO JOSHUA. 1. Now] Rather, And. The usual connective particle. It implies that something has gone before, of which it is the continuation. Compare the opening words of the Books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Judges. Here, as often afterwards, the Book of Joshua presupposes that of Deuteronomy. after the death of Moses] in the land of Moab on the eastern side of the Jordan, where he was buried over against the idol sanctuary of Beth-Peor (Deut. xxxiv. 6). Through thirty days of stillness, the camp had been full of weeping and mourning for the great Lawgiver. Joshua the son of Nun] For an outline of his life see Introduction. Moses' minister] Joshua is not spoken of as Moses' "servant," but as his " minister." Comp. Ex. xxiv. 13; Deut. i. 38. For his formal appointment to the office see Num. xxvii. 15 ff. 2. Moses my servant] Comp. Deut. xxxiv. 5. The highest possible title under the theocracy. Joshua as yet is but the "attendant” of Moses. The higher title is given him in Josh. xxiv. 29. this Fordan] one of the most singular rivers in the world, which "has never been navigable, and flows into a sea that has never known a port." Observe (a) Its name. It is never called "the river" or "brook," or by any other name than its own, "the Jordan"="the Descender." (b) Its sources. Far up in northern Palestine, the fork of the two ranges of Anti-Libanus "is alive with bursting fountains and gushing streams," every one of which sooner or later finds its way into a swamp between Baniâs and Lake Hûleh. Two of these streams deserve special attention, (i) one at Bâniâs, (ii) the other |