Hello, and welcome
to HIS WORDS ARE LIFE.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank
you for joining again with me
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to read God's Word together.
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Let's pray before we start.
Dear God thank you so much
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for the wonderful
truth that is in your Word.
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Please open our eyes to see
the lessons that you have for us
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to learn today.
We love you. Amen.
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When we left off we were getting
into one of my favorite stories
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in the Bible. It's
the story of Caleb.
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He was one of the original
12 spies, sent over to Canaan.
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He was 40 years old when
he came back and he and Joshua
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were the only two who
were encouraging Moses
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and the Israelites that
God is with us and we can take
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this land because of His power.
The other ten spies were afraid
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they saw the giants and
they were thinking it was just
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too much for them, and
so God sent the Israelites
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and those ten spies
into the wilderness to wander
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until they all passed
away. He said, You won't inherit
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this land because you
didn't believe in my power.
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Only Caleb and Joshua will
go in to take the promised land
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that I have
brought you to, and so now,
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Caleb was 40 years old
at that point. Now he is 85.
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Forty five years had gone
by. And we come to the point
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in the story where Joshua is now
leading the children of Israel.
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Moses had died. And Joshua
is dividing the inheritance
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among the children of Israel.
And Caleb comes to Joshua,
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and he says, Remember? The Lord
had promised something to me.
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He said, I was 40 years old
when we went into that land,
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and now I am 85. We're going
to pick up now in Caleb's speech
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to Joshua, in the
book of Joshua, chapter 14,
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we're going to
pick up in verse 11.
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As yet I am as strong this day
as I was in the day that Moses
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sent me: as my strength was
then, even so is my strength now
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for war, both to go
out, and to come in.
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And now therefore give me this
mountain, whereof the Lord spake
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in that day; for thou heardest
in that day how the Anakims
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were there and that the
cities were great and fenced:
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if so be the Lord will be
with me, then I shall be able
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to drive them
out, as the Lord said.
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And Joshua blessed
him, and gave unto Caleb
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the son of Jephunneh,
Hebron for an inheritance.
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Hebron therefore became
the inheritance of Caleb,
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the son of Jephunneh,
the Kenezite unto this day,
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because that he wholly
followed the Lord God of Israel.
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And the name of Hebron
before was Kirjatharba;
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which Arba was a
great man among the Anakims.
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And the land had rest from war.
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We're going to skip ahead a few
chapters now because from Joshua
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15 up until Joshua 21, it is
the dividing of the inheritance
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among the tribes and the
setting of the various borders
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for each tribe. We're
going to pick up our reading
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in Joshua chapter 21, verse 43.
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Again, we're picking up in
Joshua chapter 21, verse 43.
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And this is the
King James Version.
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And the Lord gave unto Israel
all the land which he sware to
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give unto their
fathers; and they possessed it,
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and dwelt therein. And the
Lord gave them rest round about,
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according to all that he
sware unto their fathers:
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and there stood not a man of
all their enemies before them;
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the Lord delivered all
their enemies into their hand.
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There failed not aught of
any good thing which the Lord
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had spoken unto the house
of Israel; all came to pass.
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We're continuing now
with Joshua chapter 22.
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Then Joshua called the
Reubenites and the Gadites,
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and the half tribe of
Manasseh, And said unto them,
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Ye have kept all that
Moses the servant of the Lord
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commanded you, and have obeyed
my voice in all that I commanded
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you: Ye have not left
your brethren these many days
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unto this day, but have kept
the charge of the commandment
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of the Lord your God. And
now the Lord your God hath given
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rest unto your
brethren, as he promised them:
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therefore now return ye,
and get you unto your tents,
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and unto the land
of your possession,
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which Moses the servant of the
Lord gave you on the other side
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Jordan. But take diligent
heed to do the commandment
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and the law, which Moses the
servant of the Lord charged you,
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to love the Lord your God,
and to walk in all his ways,
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and to keep his commandments
and to cleave unto him.
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and to serve him with all your
heart and with all your soul.
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So Joshua blessed
them and sent them away:
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and they went unto their tents.
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Now to the one half of the tribe
of Manasseh Moses had given
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possession in Bashan: but
unto the other half thereof
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gave Joshua among their
brethren on this side Jordan
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westward. And when Joshua sent
them away also unto their tents,
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then he blessed them, and
he spake unto them, saying,
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Return with much riches unto
your tents, and with very much
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cattle, with silver, and
with gold, and with brass,
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and with iron, and
with very much raiment:
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divide the spoil of your
enemies with your brethren.
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And the children of
Reuben and the children of Gad
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and the half tribe of
Manasseh returned, and departed
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from the children of Israel out
of Shiloh, which is in the land
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of Canaan, to go unto
the country of Gilead,
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to the land of their possession,
whereof they were possessed,
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according to the word of
the Lord by the hand of Moses.
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And when they came
unto the borders of Jordan,
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that are in the land of
Canaan, the children of Reuben
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and the children of Gad
and the half tribe of Manasseh
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built there an altar by
Jordan, a great altar to see to.
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And the children of Israel heard
say, Behold, the children of
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Reuben and the children of Gad
and the half tribe of Manasseh
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have built an altar over
against the land of Canaan,
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in the borders of
Jordan, at the passage
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of the children of Israel.
And when the children of Israel
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heard of it, the whole
congregation of the children
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of Israel gathered themselves
together at Shiloh to go up
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to war against them. And
the children of Israel sent unto
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the children of Reuben
and to the children of Gad,
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and to the half tribe of
Manasseh, unto the land of
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Gilead, Phineas the
son of Eleazar the priest,
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And with him ten princes,
of each chief house a prince
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throughout all the tribes
of Israel; and each one was
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an head of the house of their
fathers among the thousands
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of Israel. And they came
unto the children of Reuben,
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and to the children of Gad, and
to the half tribe of Manasseh,
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unto the land of Gilead, and
they spake with them, saying,
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Thus saith the whole
congregation of the Lord,
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What trespass is this that
ye have committed against God
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of Israel, to turn away this
day from following the Lord,
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in that ye have builded you
an altar, that ye might rebel
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this day against the Lord? Is
the iniquity of Peor to little
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for us, from which we are
not cleansed until this day,
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although there was a plague
in the congregation of the Lord,
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But that ye must turn away this
day from following the Lord?
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and it will be, seeing ye
rebel today against the Lord,
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that tomorrow he will be wroth
with the whole congregation
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of Israel. Notwithstanding,
if the land of your possession
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be unclean, then pass ye over
unto the land of the possession
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of the Lord, wherein the
Lord's tabernacle dwelleth,
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and take possession among us:
but rebel not against the Lord,
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nor rebel against us,
in building you an altar
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outside the altar of the
Lord our God. Did not Achan
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the son of Zerah commit a
trespass in the accursed thing,
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and wrath fell on all
the congregation of Israel?
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and that man perished
not alone in his iniquity.
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Then the children of
Reuben and the children of Gad
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and the half tribe of
Manasseh answered, and said
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unto the heads of the thousands
of Israel, the Lord God of gods,
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the Lord God of gods,
he knoweth, and Israel
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he shall know; if it be in
rebellion or if in transgression
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against the Lord,
save us not this day,
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that we have built us an altar
to turn from following the Lord,
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or if to offer thereon
burnt offering or meat offering,
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or if to offer peace offerings
thereon, let the Lord himself
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require it; and if we have
not rather done it for fear
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of this thing, saying, In
time to come your children
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might speak unto our children,
saying, What have ye to do
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with the Lord God of
Israel? For the Lord hath made
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Jordan a border between us
and you, ye children of Reuben
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and children of Gad; ye
have no part in the Lord:
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so shall your children
make our children cease from
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fearing the Lord. Therefore
we said, Let us now prepare to
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build us an altar, not for burnt
offering, nor for sacrifice:
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but that it may be a
witness between us, and you,
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and our generations after
us, that we might do the service
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of the Lord before him
with our burnt offerings,
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and with our sacrifices,
and with our peace offerings;
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that your children may not say
to our children in time to come,
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Ye have no part in the
Lord. Therefore said we,
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that it shall be, when
they should so say to us
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or to our generations in time
to come, that we may say again,
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behold the pattern of
the altar of the Lord,
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which our fathers made,
not for burnt offerings,
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nor for sacrifices; but it
is a witness between us and you.
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God forbid that we
should rebel against the Lord,
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and turn this day
from following the Lord,
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to build an altar for burnt
offerings, for meat offerings
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or for sacrifices, beside
the altar of the Lord our God
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that is before his tabernacle.
And when Phinehas, the priest,
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and the princes of the
congregation and heads of
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the thousands of Israel which
were with him, heard the words
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that the children of
Reuben and the children of Gad
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and the children of
Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
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and Phinehas the son
of Eleazar the priest
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said unto the
children of Reuben,
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and to the children of Gad
and the children of Manasseh,
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This day we perceive
that the Lord is among us,
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because ye have not committed
this trespass against the Lord:
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now ye have delivered the
children of Israel out of the
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Lord. And Phinehas the
son of Eleazar the priest,
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and the princes, returned
from the children of Reuben,
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and from the children of
Gad, out of the land of Gilead,
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unto the land of Canaan
to the children of Israel,
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and brought them word
again. And the thing pleased
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the children of Israel, and the
children of Israel blessed God,
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and did not intend to go
up against them in battle,
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to destroy the land
wherein the children of Reuben
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and Gad dwelt. And the children
of Reuben and the children of
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Gad called the alter Ed:
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for it shall be a witness
between us that the Lord is God.
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We're continuing now with
chapter 23 of the book of Joshua
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and this is the
King James Version.
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And it came to pass a long time
after that the Lord had given
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rest unto Israel from all
their enemies round about,
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that Joshua waxed
old and stricken in age.
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And Joshua called for all
Israel and for their elders,
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and for their heads,
and for their judges,
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and for their officers, and said
unto them, I am old and stricken
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in age: and ye have seen
all that the Lord your God
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hath done unto all
these nations because of you;
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for the Lord your God is
he that hath fought for you.
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Behold, I have divided unto you
by lot these nations that remain
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to be an inheritance
for your tribes, from Jordan
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with all the nations that I have
cut off, even unto the great sea
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westward, and the Lord
your God, he shall expel them
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from before you, and drive
them from out of your sight;
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and ye shall possess
their land, as the Lord your God
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hath promised unto you. Be
ye therefore very courageous
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to keep and to do all that is
written in the book of the law
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of Moses, that ye turn not aside
therefrom, to the right hand,
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or to the left; that ye
come not among the nations,
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these that remain among
you; neither make mention
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of the name of their gods,
nor cause to swear by them,
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neither serve them, nor
bow yourselves unto them:
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But cleave unto the Lord
your God, as ye have done
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unto this day. For the Lord
hath driven out from before you
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great nations and strong: but as
for you, no man hath been able
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to stand before you unto this
day. One man of you shall chase
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a thousand: for the Lord
your God, he it is that fighteth
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for you as he hath promised
you. Take good heed therefore
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unto yourselves, that
ye love the Lord your God.
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Else if ye do in any
wise go back and cleave unto
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the remnant of these nations,
even these that remain among you
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and shall make marriages
with them, and go in unto them,
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and they to you: Know for a
certainty that the Lord your God
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will no more drive out any of
these nations from before you;
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but they shall be snares
and traps unto you, and scourges
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in your sides, and thorns
in your eyes, until ye perish
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from off this land which
the Lord your God has given you.
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And, behold, this day I am
going the way of all the earth:
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and ye know in all your
hearts and in all your souls,
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that not one thing hath
failed of all the good things
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which the Lord your
God spake concerning you;
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all are come to pass unto you,
and not one thing hath failed
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thereof. Therefore it shall come
to pass, that as all good things
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are come upon you, which
the Lord your God promised you;
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so shall the Lord bring upon you
all evil things, until he have
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destroyed you from off this good
land which the Lord your God
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hath given you. When ye
have transgressed the covenant
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of the Lord your God, which
he commanded you, and have gone
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and served other gods,
and bowed yourselves to them;
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then shall the anger of the
Lord be kindled against you,
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and ye shall perish
quickly from off the good land
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which he hath given you.
Thank you for joining with me
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to read God's word
today. Until we come together
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again, may we be
encouraged by Caleb's example,
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to wait patiently
until the promise of the Lord
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is fulfilled in our lives,
and encouraged by the word of
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Joshua to obey every
word that he has given,
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because of our love for
Him and his love for us.
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Thank you for being with me and
please join me again next time
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to read God's word.
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