Week 12 Joshua 24
I finished Joshua today.
In chapter 24 the Lord summarized Israel’s history:
Long ago your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods. But I took Abraham from that land and led him into the land of Canaan. I gave him many descendants through his son Isaac.
Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
Then I sent Moses and Aaron and I brought terrible plagues on Egypt. Afterward I brought you out as free people. But the Egyptians chased after them. When your ancestors arrived at the Red Sea they cried out to me. I put darkness between them and the Egyptians. Then I brought the sea crashing down on the Egyptians, drowning them.
You lived in the wilderness for many years.
But finally I brought you into the land of the Amorites. They fought against you but I gave you victory and you took possession of their land.
When you crossed the Jordan River and came to Jericho the men of Jericho fought against you. So did the Amorites the Perizzites the Canaanites the Hittites the Girgashites the Hivites and the Jebusites. But I gave you victory over them.
This is a pretty good condensed version of the bible covering Genesis 12 to Joshua 24. 335-pages collapsed into ~20-lines.
It would’ve saved me a lot of time if I’d just read it. But I would have missed quite a bit.
Note: paraphrased from Joshua 24:2-11 (NLT)