So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished. So their descendants went in and possessed the landThis phrase highlights the fulfillment of God's promise to the Israelites. The Hebrew root for "descendants" is "zera," meaning seed or offspring, emphasizing the continuity of God's covenant with Abraham. The act of "possessing the land" signifies not just a physical occupation but a divine inheritance. Historically, this reflects the Israelites' entry into Canaan, a pivotal moment in their history, symbolizing God's faithfulness and the realization of His promises. You subdued before them the Canaanites
The term "subdued" comes from the Hebrew "kana," meaning to bring into subjection. This indicates God's active role in ensuring Israel's victory. The Canaanites were a collection of tribes inhabiting the Promised Land, known for their idolatrous practices. God's subduing of these people underscores His sovereignty and the importance of Israel's spiritual purity. Archaeological evidence of Canaanite cities supports the biblical narrative of conquest and settlement. who lived in the land
This phrase acknowledges the pre-existing inhabitants of Canaan, emphasizing the historical reality of the conquest. The Canaanites' presence in the land serves as a backdrop for understanding the challenges Israel faced and the miraculous nature of their victories. It also highlights the moral and spiritual battles, as Israel was called to remain distinct from the surrounding pagan cultures. You delivered them into their hands
The word "delivered" is derived from the Hebrew "nathan," meaning to give or hand over. This conveys the idea of divine intervention, where God actively grants Israel victory over their enemies. It reflects the biblical theme of God as a warrior fighting on behalf of His people, ensuring their success in fulfilling His purposes. along with their kings and the peoples of the land
This phrase emphasizes the comprehensive nature of Israel's victory. Not only were the common people subdued, but also their leaders, symbolizing a total overthrow of Canaanite power structures. Historically, this would have been crucial for establishing Israelite control and preventing future rebellions. It also signifies the dismantling of pagan influences that could lead Israel astray. to deal with them as they pleased
The phrase "as they pleased" suggests a level of autonomy granted to Israel by God in dealing with their enemies. This reflects the trust God placed in His people to execute His justice and maintain the purity of the land. It also serves as a reminder of the responsibility that comes with divine favor, as Israel was expected to act in accordance with God's laws and purposes. Persons / Places / Events 1. Descendants of IsraelThe Israelites, descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who were led by God to possess the Promised Land. 2. CanaanitesThe inhabitants of the land of Canaan, whom God subdued before the Israelites. 3. The LandRefers to the Promised Land, a central theme in the Old Testament, representing God's promise and faithfulness. 4. Kings and Peoples of the LandThe various rulers and inhabitants of Canaan who were delivered into the hands of the Israelites. 5. God's InterventionThe divine act of subduing the Canaanites and delivering them into the hands of the Israelites, demonstrating God's sovereignty and faithfulness. Teaching Points God's FaithfulnessGod fulfills His promises, as seen in the Israelites' possession of the land. We can trust in His faithfulness in our lives today. Divine SovereigntyThe subduing of the Canaanites illustrates God's control over nations and history. We should recognize His sovereignty in our circumstances. Obedience and TrustThe Israelites' success was contingent on their obedience to God's commands. We are called to trust and obey God, even when facing daunting challenges. Spiritual InheritanceJust as the Israelites received a physical inheritance, believers have a spiritual inheritance in Christ. We should live in light of this eternal promise. God's Justice and MercyThe conquest of Canaan reflects God's justice against sin and His mercy towards His chosen people. We should seek to understand and emulate God's character in our interactions. Bible Study Questions 1. How does Nehemiah 9:24 demonstrate God's faithfulness to His promises, and how can this encourage us in our personal walk with God? 2. In what ways does the conquest of the Canaanites reflect God's sovereignty, and how should this influence our view of current world events? 3. What lessons can we learn from the Israelites' obedience in possessing the land, and how can we apply these lessons to our own spiritual battles? 4. How does the concept of a spiritual inheritance in Christ compare to the physical inheritance of the Promised Land, and what implications does this have for our daily lives? 5. How can we balance understanding God's justice and mercy as seen in the conquest of Canaan, and how should this shape our approach to justice and mercy in our communities? Connections to Other Scriptures Joshua 21:43-45This passage highlights the fulfillment of God's promise to give Israel the land, emphasizing His faithfulness. Deuteronomy 7:1-2Provides context for God's command to Israel to conquer the Canaanites and the reasons behind it. Psalm 44:1-3Reflects on how God, not the Israelites' own strength, gave them victory over their enemies. Hebrews 11:30-31Connects the faith of the Israelites in conquering Jericho, a key event in possessing the land. People Abram, Amorites, Bani, Bunni, Canaanites, Chenani, Egyptians, Ezra, Girgashite, Girgashites, Hashabniah, Hittites, Hodiah, Hodijah, Israelites, Jebusites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Levites, Og, Perizzites, Pethahiah, Pharaoh, Shebaniah, Sherebiah, SihonPlaces Assyria, Bashan, Egypt, Gate of Ephraim, Heshbon, Mount Sinai, Red Sea, UrTopics Along, Canaanites, Deal, Descendants, Desired, Entered, Gavest, Givest, Handed, Hands, Humblest, Inhabitants, Kings, Overcame, Peoples, Pleased, Pleasure, Possess, Possessed, Possession, Sons, Subdue, Subdued, Subduedst, WhateverDictionary of Bible Themes Nehemiah 9:24 5607 warfare, examples Nehemiah 9:16-29 5170 neck Nehemiah 9:16-31 6223 rebellion, of Israel Library The Joy of the Lord is Your Strength. Neh 9:10
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John Newton—Olney HymnsQuestions About the Nature and Perpetuity of the Seventh-Day Sabbath.
AND PROOF, THAT THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK IS THE TRUE CHRISTIAN SABBATH. BY JOHN BUNYAN. 'The Son of man is lord also of the Sabbath day.' London: Printed for Nath, Ponder, at the Peacock in the Poultry, 1685. EDITOR'S ADVERTISEMENT. All our inquiries into divine commands are required to be made personally, solemnly, prayerful. To 'prove all things,' and 'hold fast' and obey 'that which is good,' is a precept, equally binding upon the clown, as it is upon the philosopher. Satisfied from our observations …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 Ten Reasons Demonstrating the Commandment of the Sabbath to be Moral.
1. Because all the reasons of this commandment are moral and perpetual; and God has bound us to the obedience of this commandment with more forcible reasons than to any of the rest--First, because he foresaw that irreligious men would either more carelessly neglect, or more boldly break this commandment than any other; secondly, because that in the practice of this commandment the keeping of all the other consists; which makes God so often complain that all his worship is neglected or overthrown, …
Lewis Bayly—The Practice of Piety The "Fraternity" of Pharisees
To realise the state of religious society at the time of our Lord, the fact that the Pharisees were a regular "order," and that there were many such "fraternities," in great measure the outcome of the original Pharisees, must always be kept in view. For the New Testament simply transports us among contemporary scenes and actors, taking the then existent state of things, so to speak, for granted. But the fact referred to explains many seemingly strange circumstances, and casts fresh light upon all. …
Alfred Edersheim—Sketches of Jewish Social Life Fragrant Spices from the Mountains of Myrrh. "Thou Art all Fair, My Love; There is no Spot in Thee. " --Song of Solomon iv. 7.
FRAGRANT SPICES FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF MYRRH. HOW marvellous are these words! "Thou art all fair, My love; there is no spot in thee." The glorious Bridegroom is charmed with His spouse, and sings soft canticles of admiration. When the bride extols her Lord there is no wonder, for He deserves it well, and in Him there is room for praise without possibility of flattery. But does He who is wiser than Solomon condescend to praise this sunburnt Shulamite? Tis even so, for these are His own words, and were …
Charles Hadden Spurgeon—Till He Come The Personality of the Holy Spirit.
Before one can correctly understand the work of the Holy Spirit, he must first of all know the Spirit Himself. A frequent source of error and fanaticism about the work of the Holy Spirit is the attempt to study and understand His work without first of all coming to know Him as a Person. It is of the highest importance from the standpoint of worship that we decide whether the Holy Spirit is a Divine Person, worthy to receive our adoration, our faith, our love, and our entire surrender to Himself, …
R. A. Torrey—The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit The Early Life of Malachy. Having Been Admitted to Holy Orders He Associates with Malchus
[Sidenote: 1095.] 1. Our Malachy, born in Ireland,[134] of a barbarous people, was brought up there, and there received his education. But from the barbarism of his birth he contracted no taint, any more than the fishes of the sea from their native salt. But how delightful to reflect, that uncultured barbarism should have produced for us so worthy[135] a fellow-citizen with the saints and member of the household of God.[136] He who brings honey out of the rock and oil out of the flinty rock[137] …
H. J. Lawlor—St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh The Prophecy of Obadiah.
We need not enter into details regarding the question as to the time when the prophet wrote. By a thorough argumentation, Caspari has proved, that he occupies his right position in the Canon, and hence belongs to the earliest age of written prophecy, i.e., to the time of Jeroboam II. and Uzziah. As bearing conclusively against those who would assign to him a far later date, viz., the time of the exile, there is not only the indirect testimony borne by the place which this prophecy occupies in …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament The Preface to the Commandments
And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God,' &c. Exod 20: 1, 2. What is the preface to the Ten Commandments? The preface to the Ten Commandments is, I am the Lord thy God.' The preface to the preface is, God spake all these words, saying,' &c. This is like the sounding of a trumpet before a solemn proclamation. Other parts of the Bible are said to be uttered by the mouth of the holy prophets (Luke 1: 70), but here God spake in his own person. How are we to understand that, God spake, …
Thomas Watson—The Ten Commandments Of Immediate Revelation.
Of Immediate Revelation. [29] Seeing no man knoweth the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son revealeth him; and seeing the revelation of the Son is in and by the Spirit; therefore the testimony of the Spirit is that alone by which the true knowledge of God hath been, is, and can be only revealed; who as, by the moving of his own Spirit, he disposed the chaos of this world into that wonderful order in which it was in the beginning, and created man a living soul, to rule and govern it, so by …
Robert Barclay—Theses Theologicae and An Apology for the True Christian Divinity Influences that Gave Rise to the Priestly Laws and Histories
[Sidenote: Influences in the exile that produced written ceremonial laws] The Babylonian exile gave a great opportunity and incentive to the further development of written law. While the temple stood, the ceremonial rites and customs received constant illustration, and were transmitted directly from father to son in the priestly families. Hence, there was little need of writing them down. But when most of the priests were carried captive to Babylonia, as in 597 B.C., and ten years later the temple …
Charles Foster Kent—The Origin & Permanent Value of the Old Testament The Holy War,
MADE BY SHADDAI UPON DIABOLUS, FOR THE REGAINING OF THE METROPOLIS OF THE WORLD; OR, THE LOSING AND TAKING AGAIN OF THE TOWN OF MANSOUL. THE AUTHOR OF 'THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS.' 'I have used similitudes.'--Hosea 12:10. London: Printed for Dorman Newman, at the King's Arms in the Poultry; and Benjamin Alsop, at the Angel and Bible in the Poultry, 1682. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. Bunyan's account of the Holy War is indeed an extraordinary book, manifesting a degree of genius, research, and spiritual …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 Ezra-Nehemiah
Some of the most complicated problems in Hebrew history as well as in the literary criticism of the Old Testament gather about the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. Apart from these books, all that we know of the origin and early history of Judaism is inferential. They are our only historical sources for that period; and if in them we have, as we seem to have, authentic memoirs, fragmentary though they be, written by the two men who, more than any other, gave permanent shape and direction to Judaism, then …
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