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Bookmark or Share- What does the Bible say about the idolatrous tribe of Dan?When the Israelites entered the Promised Land, the tribe of Dan was given the seventh opportunity to select their territory (Joshua 19:40-51). However, they were not able to occupy their selected territory due to a lack of faith and later moved north (Judges 18:1-31).
- Why did God command the Israelites to destroy entire nations?Previously we referred to Habakkuk 1:2-11 where the prophet complained about the evil in the land. How God was going to remove the wickedness from the land? Read Habakkuk 1:5-11. Yahweh announced to the prophet that the Babylonians army would invade Judah and destroy it. That is how God planned to remove the evil in the land.
- How old was Joshua when he entered the Promise Land?So, how old was Joshua when he entered the Promised Land? If we estimate Joshua’s age to be 30-40 years of age when the land was spied out, then Joshua would have been 68-78 years of age when Israel entered the Promised Land after wandering for 38 years. That is, 30-40 years of age plus 38 years of wilderness wanderings equals 68-78 years.
- Does the Bible reveal how the Middle East conflict started?And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness, and became an archer. And he lived in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt. Genesis 21:14, 20-21 (NASB) Later in Genesis 25:12-16 we discover that Ishmael had twelve sons. One of them was Kedar.
- How wide and deep was the Jordan River where Israel crossed?Israel crossed the Jordan River from the plains of Moab (Joshua 13:22) into the land of Canaan, the Promised Land, about 1406 B.C. 1 Archaeological data supports a date of about 1400 B.C. 2 The dates developed by Kenyon have been discredited. The record of their crossing is given in Joshua 3:14-17.
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