In the book of Joshua, we learned how Jehovah God said, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you. But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand”, and in chapter twenty-four and verse eleven of Joshua, Jehovah God said, “you went over Jordan, and came into Jericho”, where we read,
And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you,
the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
The verse reads, “And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, …” Joshua or the writer began with the words, “and you went over Jordan” which means “and you, the people of Israel crossed Jordan whose name means ‘descender’ and was the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approximately 200 miles (320 km)”, “and came unto Jericho” or “and proceeded into and entered Jericho whose name means ‘its moon’ and was a city five miles (8 km) west of the Jordan and seven miles (11.5 km) north of the Dead Sea and the first city conquered by the Israelites upon entering the promised land of Canaan”: “and the men of Jericho” which means “and the male human beings belonging to Jericho whose name means” “fought against you” or “did battle and war in opposition to you, the people of Israel. Joshua or the writer shared how Jehovah God referred to when the people of Israel crossed the “River Jordan” and the male human beings belonging to “Jericho” made war with them.
The verse goes on to say, “the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.” Joshua or the writer continued with the words, “the Amorites” whose name means ‘a sayer’ and was “one of the peoples of east Canaan and beyond the Jordan, dispossessed by the Israelite incursion from Egypt”, “the Perizzites” whose name means ‘belonging to a village’ and was “a people who inhabited southern Canaan prior to the conquest”, “and the Canaanites” whose name means ‘zealous’ and referred “the descendants or inhabitants of Cana”, “and the Hittites” whose name means ‘descendant of Heth’ and was “the nation descended from Heth, the second son of Canaan; once inhabitants of central Anatolia (modern Turkey), later in north Lebanon”, “and the Girgashites” or Girgasite whose name means ‘dwelling on a clay soil’ and was “descendants of Canaan and one of the nations living east of the sea of Galilee when the Israelites entered the promised land”, “the Hivites” whose name means ‘villagers’ and was “sixth generation of descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, who were living in northern Canaan near Mount Hermon at the time of the conquest”, “and the Jebusites” whose name means “threshing place” and were “the descendants of the third son of Canaan who lived in or around the site of Jebus and the early name for Jerusalem”: “and I delivered them” or “and I, Jehovah God, gave, put, set, granted and bestowed them, “the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites and the Jebusites” “into your hand” which means “over to your power, might and authority”. Joshua or the writer shared how Jehovah God said He gave “the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites and the Jebusites” over to the people of Israel.
When we meditate upon the words in this verse, we discover how the people of Israel crossed the “Jordan River” and encountered many enemies including “the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites and the Jebusites”, and God gave the people of Israel victory over all of them. God loves Israel, and He provides for and protects them against all foes. It was through the nation of Israel that God sent His Son Jesus into the world to be crucified on the cross for the sins of all mankind, and when He raised Him from the dead after three days, He made the way through faith and trust in Him to be forgiven of our sins, granted everlasting life and given His Holy Spirit who will guide us into all truth and empower us to live according to that truth so our ways are in alignment with Him and our adversaries are defeated in His presence. (See John 3:16; Isaiah 54:17)
Next time Joshua shares how Jehovah God says, “I sent the hornet before you”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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