Joshua 5, 6

Thus far

We have seen Joshua take the work from Moses

Follow the Law

Conquer the land

We have seen the spies in the land

Better than what happened in Numbers

Non-Israelites invited to covenant care

We have seen preparations to cross

12 Tribes elevated

The arc has special instructions

Today: We arrive in the Land, Jericho is conquered.

Joshua 5:1-5

Remember what Rahab knew, the greatest fears of the residence confirmed.

At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.” So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth. And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them:

Covenantal renewal with the next Gen

Stop and be under God’s care while vulnerable.

all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way after they had come out of Egypt. Though all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people who were born on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised.

Joshua 5:6–9

Repetitive poetry for memorizations

Joshua 5:10–15

The means of God’s provision has changed. Back to the Garden of Eden

The leader of Hosts: Quick Angelology

Messengers, hierarchy, Purposes, Volitional, Non-corporal, Non Eternal

Presence of the Bush, presence of the Angel, the Holy Spaces of God.

The Conquest of Jericho...

It has proclomation

It has God as Primary actor

It has salvation by grace through fatih