Daily Thoughts From God's Word

Once again, Israel sinned and the consequences were pretty bad: “And the hand of Midian overpowered Israel, and because of Midian the...

Deborah, a prophetess, was judging Israel. She summoned Barak and reminded him that he was to go out and fight against Sisera, the...

A really mixed bag of results. Israel dispossessed many of the Canaanite peoples and took their lands, but a goodly number of Canaanites...

“Joshua summoned the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh and said to them, ‘You have kept all that Moses the...

These chapters continue the story of the dividing of the land among the Israelite tribes. The largest portion of land went to the family...

The Lord said to Joshua, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to possess” (13:1). Nevertheless, the...

Attacked and defeated by the men of Ai, “the hearts of the people melted and became as water” 7:5). That’s what happens when we walk...

Moses is dead. Now, Joshua takes the reins of leadership. But it is clear that all that is about to take place is the Lord’s doing. He...

After all Moses and Israel had gone through, Moses began to sing. On December 25, 1887, Charles Spurgeon preached a sermon from the text...

Moses continues to instruct Israel and to remind them that to obey God is to enjoy his blessings but to disobey is to face his wrath. ...

“When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance and have taken possession of it and live in it . ....

Israel set up the refuge cities to which a manslayer could flee in order to await the working of the legal system and, thus, to receive...

Moses has warned the people against false prophets and those who would lead the people away from God. Now, there are warnings against...

God said to Moses, “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to me on the mountain and make an ark of wood. And...

I just get so encouraged when I read through all this history of God's dealings with Israel. Moses says to Israel: “He will love you,...