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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:00 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday March 4 > Joshua 4-6 (The Message) > > Joshua 4 > 1-3 When the whole nation was finally across, God spoke to Joshua: "Select > twelve men from the > people, a man from each tribe, and tell them, 'From right > here, the middle of the Jordan where the feet of the priests are standing > firm, take twelve stones. > Carry them across with you and set them down in the > place where you camp tonight.'" > > 4-7 Joshua called out the twelve men whom he selected from the People of > Israel, one man from each > tribe. Joshua directed them, "Cross to the middle of > the Jordan and take your place in front of the Chest of God, your God. > Each of you heft a stone to > your shoulder, a stone for each of the tribes of the > People of Israel, so you'll have something later to mark the occasion. > When your children ask you, > 'What are these stones to you?' you'll say, 'The flow > of the Jordan was stopped in front of the Chest of the Covenant of God as > it crossed the > Jordan-stopped in its tracks. These stones are a permanent memorial > for the People of Israel.'" > > 8-9 The People of Israel did exactly as Joshua commanded: They took twelve > stones from the middle > of the Jordan-a stone for each of the twelve tribes, > just as God had instructed Joshua-carried them across with them to the > camp, and set them down > there. Joshua set up the twelve stones taken from the middle > of the Jordan that had marked the place where the priests who carried the > Chest of the Covenant had > stood. They are still there today. > > 10-11 The priests carrying the Chest continued standing in the middle of > the Jordan until > everything God had instructed Joshua to tell the people to do > was done (confirming what Moses had instructed Joshua). The people > crossed; no one dawdled. When the > crossing of all the people was complete, they watched > as the Chest of the Covenant and the priests crossed over. > > 12-13 The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had crossed > over in battle formation > in front of the People of Israel, obedient to Moses' > instructions. All told, about forty thousand armed soldiers crossed over > before God to the plains of > Jericho, ready for battle. > > 14 God made Joshua great that day in the sight of all Israel. They were in > awe of him just as they > had been in awe of Moses all his life. > > 15-16 God told Joshua, "Command the priests carrying the Chest of The > Testimony to come up from the > Jordan." > > 17 Joshua commanded the priests, "Come up out of the Jordan." > > 18 They did it. The priests carrying God's Chest of the Covenant came up > from the middle of the > Jordan. As soon as the soles of the priests' feet touched > dry land, the Jordan's waters resumed their flow within the banks, just as > before. > > 19-22 The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first > month. They set up camp at > The Gilgal (The Circle) to the east of Jericho. Joshua > erected a monument at The Gilgal, using the twelve stones that they had > taken from the Jordan. And > then he told the People of Israel, "In the days to come, > when your children ask their fathers, 'What are these stones doing here?' > tell your children this: > 'Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry ground.' > > 23-24 "Yes, God, your God, dried up the Jordan's waters for you until you > had crossed, just as God, > your God, did at the Red Sea, which had dried up before > us until we had crossed. This was so that everybody on earth would > recognize how strong God's > rescuing hand is and so that you would hold God in solemn > reverence always." > > Joshua 5 > 1 When all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and the Canaanite kings > along the seacoast heard > how God had stopped the Jordan River before the People > of Israel until they had crossed over, their hearts sank; the courage > drained out of them just > thinking about the People of Israel. > > 2-3 At that time God said to Joshua, "Make stone knives and circumcise the > People of Israel a > second time." So Joshua made stone knives and circumcised > the People of Israel at Foreskins Hill. > > 4-7 This is why Joshua conducted the circumcision. All the males who had > left Egypt, the soldiers, > had died in the wilderness on the journey out of Egypt. > All the people who had come out of Egypt, of course, had been circumcised, > but all those born in the > wilderness along the way since leaving Egypt had not > been. The fact is that the People of Israel had walked through that > wilderness for forty years until > the entire nation died out, all the men of military > age who had come out of Egypt but had disobeyed the call of God. God vowed > that these would never > lay eyes on the land God had solemnly promised their > ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. But their > children had replaced them. > These are the ones Joshua circumcised. They had never been > circumcised; no one had circumcised them along the way. > > 8 When they had completed the circumcising of the whole nation, they > stayed where they were in camp > until they were healed. > > 9 God said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt." > That's why the place is > called The Gilgal. It's still called that. > > 10 The People of Israel continued to camp at The Gilgal. They celebrated > the Passover on the evening > of the fourteenth day of the month on the plains of > Jericho. > > 11-12 Right away, the day after the Passover, they started eating the > produce of that country, > unraised bread and roasted grain. And then no more manna; > the manna stopped. As soon as they started eating food grown in the land, > there was no more manna > for the People of Israel. That year they ate from the > crops of Canaan. > > 13 And then this, while Joshua was there near Jericho: He looked up and > saw right in front of him a > man standing, holding his drawn sword. Joshua stepped > up to him and said, "Whose side are you on-ours or our enemies'?" > > 14 He said, "Neither. I'm commander of God's army. I've just arrived." > Joshua fell, face to the > ground, and worshiped. He asked, "What orders does my Master > have for his servant?" > > 15 God's army commander ordered Joshua, "Take your sandals off your feet. > The place you are > standing is holy." > > Joshua did it. > > Joshua 6 > > Jericho > 1 Jericho was shut up tight as a drum because of the People of Israel: no > one going in, no one > coming out. > > 2-5 God spoke to Joshua, "Look sharp now. I've already given Jericho to > you, along with its king > and its crack troops. Here's what you are to do: March > around the city, all your soldiers. Circle the city once. Repeat this for > six days. Have seven > priests carry seven ram's horn trumpets in front of the > Chest. On the seventh day march around the city seven times, the priests > blowing away on the > trumpets. And then, a long blast on the ram's horn-when you > hear that, all the people are to shout at the top of their lungs. The city > wall will collapse at > once. All the people are to enter, every man straight > on in." 6 So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and told them, "Take up > the Chest of the Covenant. > Seven priests are to carry seven ram's horn trumpets > leading God's Chest." > > 7 Then he told the people, "Set out! March around the city. Have the armed > guard march before the > Chest of God." > > 8-9 And it happened. Joshua spoke, the people moved: Seven priests with > their seven ram's horn > trumpets set out before God. They blew the trumpets, leading > God's Chest of the Covenant. The armed guard marched ahead of the > trumpet-blowing priests; the rear > guard was marching after the Chest, marching and blowing > their trumpets. > > 10 Joshua had given orders to the people, "Don't shout. In fact, don't > even speak-not so much as a > whisper until you hear me say, 'Shout!'-then shout away!" > > 11-13 He sent the Chest of God on its way around the city. It circled > once, came back to camp, and > stayed for the night. Joshua was up early the next morning > and the priests took up the Chest of God. The seven priests carrying the > seven ram's horn trumpets > marched before the Chest of God, marching and blowing > the trumpets, with the armed guard marching before and the rear guard > marching after. Marching and > blowing of trumpets! > > 14 On the second day they again circled the city once and returned to > camp. They did this six days. > > 15-17 When the seventh day came, they got up early and marched around the > city this same way but > seven times-yes, this day they circled the city seven > times. On the seventh time around the priests blew the trumpets and Joshua > signaled the people, > "Shout!-God has given you the city! The city and everything > in it is under a holy curse and offered up to God. > > "Except for Rahab the harlot-she is to live, she and everyone in her > house with her, because she > hid the agents we sent. > > 18-19 "As for you, watch yourselves in the city under holy curse. Be > careful that you don't covet > anything in it and take something that's cursed, endangering > the camp of Israel with the curse and making trouble for everyone. All > silver and gold, all vessels > of bronze and iron are holy to God. Put them in God's > treasury." > > 20 The priests blew the trumpets. > > When the people heard the blast of the trumpets, they gave a > thunderclap shout. The wall fell at > once. The people rushed straight into the city and > took it. > > 21 They put everything in the city under the holy curse, killing man and > woman, young and old, ox > and sheep and donkey. > > 22-24 Joshua ordered the two men who had spied out the land, "Enter the > house of the harlot and > rescue the woman and everyone connected with her, just > as you promised her." So the young spies went in and brought out Rahab, > her father, mother, and > brothers-everyone connected with her. They got the whole > family out and gave them a place outside the camp of Israel. But they > burned down the city and > everything in it, except for the gold and silver and the > bronze and iron vessels-all that they put in the treasury of God's house. > > 25 But Joshua let Rahab the harlot live-Rahab and her father's household > and everyone connected to > her. She is still alive and well in Israel because she > hid the agents whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. > > 26 Joshua swore a solemn oath at that time: > Cursed before God is the man > who sets out to rebuild this city Jericho. He'll pay for the > foundation with his firstborn > son, > he'll pay for the gates with his youngest son. > > 27 God was with Joshua. He became famous all over the land. > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. 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