Joshua and Jericho

Joshua 1-5

Scripture Notes

Be strong, and of a good courage (Joshua 1:5)

Do according to all the law, turn not to the right, nor to the left (Joshua 1:7)
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest (Joshua 1:9)
Wives and children stay while men go in (14-15)
All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.(16)
Two spies sent out, stay at Rahab's house (2:1)
King of Jericho sends to Rahab to apprehend the spies (2-3)
Rahab hides men in flax stalks on roof (4-6)
Guards sent away (7)
She asks for the preservation of her family (9-13)
She lets them down by cords from the window – they flee to the mountain for 3 days (16)
Scarlet Thread hung from window for protection (18-19)
Spies return to tell Joshua that all faint before them (23-24)

Israel comes to Jordan and camps. After 3 days, they are told to follow well behind the ark (1-4)

Sanctify yourselves (5)
Lord to magnify Joshua in the sight of the people, As He was with Moses, so shall He be with Joshua (7)
People come to the edge of the river Jordan (8)
One of each tribe to come forward (12)
Priests bearing the arc go into the water – the river stands upon an heap (15-16)
Priests stand in River while Israelites cross over (17)

Twelve men pick up stones from Jordan to carry with them for a memorial (1-9)

40,000 from Tribes of Reuben, Gad and ½ Manasseh arm themselves & prepare for battle(10-13)
Joshua is magnified before the people (16)
Joshua calls priests from the river, it returns – (15-18)

All male children born in the wilderness circumcised (1-9)
Keep passover at Gilgal (10-11)
Manna ceases (12)
Joshua by Jericho – sees man with drawn sword – are you for us or for our adversaries?(13)
Man announces that he is captain of the Lord's host (14)
Joshua falls and worships...the place he is standing is holy ground (14-15)

Jericho shut up because of approaching Israelites (1)

Lord instructs Joshua to compass the city once a day for 6 days (3)
Seven priests walk before the ark blowing trumpets of rams horns. (4)
On seventh day compass city seven times, blow trumpets, then all shout, and walls will come down flat (5)
People commanded not to speak until it is time to shout (10)
People commanded to keep themselves from accursed thing (18)
People do as commanded, wall falls down, armed men utterly destroy city (20)
Joshua sends two spies to bring out Rahab the harlot and her kindred (23)
City burnt, gold, silver, brass, iron brought out and put into treasury of the Lord.(24)
Rahab is saved, Jericho is cursed (25-26)
The Lord is with Joshua (27)

The Verse:

Be strong, and of good courage,

Be not afraid, nor be dismayed
The Lord thy God is with thee
Where e'er thou goest, He will aid

The Israelites did promise
All thou commandest we will do
And where the Lord would send them
Was just the place they'd go into

In Jericho lived Rahab

A woman with a harlot's guise
Within her house she sheltered
And hid well two of Israel's spies

The king to apprehend them

Sent soldiers out to get some proof
Of men that came to see her
But she did hide them on her roof

“Away they've gone,”said Rahab
Guards went away the spies to find
Then she did go and get them
And made them promise to be kind

To her and to her household

The spies were bound to spare her kin
When Israel did invade them
And Jericho was theirs to win

And so they left her dwelling

With cords she let them down to go
A window was their exit
So all the people would not know

For three days in the mountains

They hid away and made their bed
And Rahab for protection
Hung from her window scarlet thread

The spies returned to Joshua

And let him know that all would faint
Before him and his armies
It was the picture they did paint

Then Israel came to Jordan

To sanctify themselves three days
The ark would go before them
And direct them in God's ways

They came up to the river

One from each tribe did come up front
Then priests went in the water
To put in place a river shunt

The Israelites crossed over

The water stood upon an heap
The ark they followed closely
A promise symbol they would keep

Twelve men from tribes did get stones
To carry with them from that place
To act as a memorial
They were the tokens of God's grace

Then tribes prepared for battle

One half Manasseh, Reuben, Gad
They numbered forty thousand
All well prepared and armor clad

The river then again ran

While Passover was at Gilgal
Young boys were circumsized there
And manna ceased at their locale

Then Joshua met a man there

With sword unsheathed he held his post
When asked which side he favored
He said “I'm Captain of God's host”

Then Joshua fell and worshipped

The place he stood was holy ground
God's angel was before him
The awe he felt was so profound

Old Jericho was shut up

As Joshua and his men came near
But God was right there with him
And gave instructions very clear

For six days they should march there

Around the city once each day
With seven priests a-blowing
The horns of rams along the way

Before the ark the priests walked

For six days they performed the task
And then the seventh day came
For them to do just what God asked

The word they got from heaven
“Walk round about the city wall
Don't speak until you've finished
Then shout and watch the city fall”

They followed the commandment

And Jericho did not avoid
The impending destruction
The town was utterly destroyed

Two spies were sent to Rahab

To bring the harlot and her kin
Away from all the carnage
That Jericho contained within

The city burned with fire

And was consumed by brightened flame
Their silver, brass, and iron
In Israel's treasury was contained

So-

Be strong, and of good courage,

Be not afraid, nor be dismayed
The Lord thy God is with thee
Where e'er thou goest, He will aid