Sermon Tone Analysis

Thoughts

Joshua makes his first commands to his officers.

Get some food - in other words, “In three days you are going to cross the Jordan River to occupy the land that the LORD your God is giving you.”

To the 3 tribes (V12), Joshua recalls the words of Moses.

V13 The “word of Moses” is a reference to Num. 32:20–24.

Joshua secured the help of the two and one-half tribes that settled on the east side of the Jordan

V13 “beyond the Jordan” refers to the east side.

the point of reference being the land of Israel on the west side of the river.

( Robert G. Bratcher and Barclay Moon Newman, A Translator’s Handbook on the Book of Joshua, UBS Handbook Series (London; New York: United Bible Societies, 1983), 19.)

Quick Analogy.

When someone cashes in a debt that is owed to them.

When someone owes you a favor, and you ask for that favor.

Is there a movie scene?

He calls on them to remember what the Lord said.

The theological roots of Joshua 1 are sunk deeply into the soil of the Genesis 12 and following, and that ancient promise is about to receive contemporary fulfillment.

(p.17, Davis)

Point: The encouragement of Yahweh’s presence.

(p.18, Davis)

Intro: Times of transition in leadership are occasion of potential instability and disaster for the security of any group.

In these opening chapters of Joshua, the reader finds text after texts that legitimates Joshua’s authority and thus guarantees that Moses’ passing would not be the beginning of a struggle for power, as had occurred repeatedly in the wilderness.

(p.81, Hess).