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This volume, The History of Israel, surveys the events of Israel’s history from the crossing of the Jordan to the exile beyond the Euphrates. Noting the victorious conquest of the land, the dark days of the judges, the glory of the united kingdom, and the downward spiral of the divided kingdoms, the book gives a broad overview of Israel’s leaders and their influence, for good or bad, on the...

B. Call to Obedience (vv. 7, 8) 7“Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Victory was not going to be given unconditionally to Joshua. He needed to be careful to obey all the law given by God’s servant Moses. He must not turn from it in any way; only then could he and the people be successful as they advanced into the promised land. 8“Do not let this Book of
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