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Joshua Becomes Israel’s Leader After Moses

Joshua Becomes Israel’s Leader After Moses

Joshua had already been appointed by God to become Israel’s leader after Moses died.  (Numbers 27: 18-23)   We first met Joshua when Moses sent a man from each tribe to spy on the land of Canaan!  Hoshea, son of Nun,  from the tribe of Ephraim, was one of the chosen men. (Numbers 13:8)  Moses changed his name to Joshua.  (Number 13:10)  Joshua is a Hebrew name, but means Jesus in Greek. Joshua and Caleb were the only men from the twelve spies to…

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“Moses” Part 2

“Moses” Part 2

God told Moses that he would not be allowed to go into the Promised Land.   When God commanded Moses to “take the rod and speak to the rock” to get water for the people, Moses disobeyed God and struck the rock twice with his rod!  (Numbers 20:6-14)  Now that the Israelites had finally received the word to go into the land, Moses made one final request to cross over and see the “good  land”!  “Then I pleaded with the Lord at that…

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“Moses” Part 1

“Moses” Part 1

We have been following Moses for so long and through so many experiences; it’s hard for me to say goodbye to him!  I  have been reading some reference books about the life of Moses and I realized what an extraordinary man he was.  “So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend”  (Exodus 33:11)   It’s important to me to have the highlights of this prophet’s life as part of my blog’s record for future reference whenever I should need…

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