Joshua: Baker Commentary on the Old Testament: Historical Books
- Grand Rapids, Michigan Baker Academic 2023
- 507p 24 cm.
- Baker Commentary on the Old Testament: Historical Books .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-479) and indexes.
Part One: The Israelites Gain Control of Canaan (1:1-12:28) 49 1. Introduction: How Yahweh Issued an Exhortation to Joshua and Joshua Issued One to Israel (1:1-18) 59 2. How Joshua Checked Out the Land (2:1-24) 80 3. How the Israelites Crossed the Jordan (3:1-5:1) 106 4. How the Israelites Arrived in Canaan (5:2-12) 128 5. How Yahweh Gave Over Jericho (5:13-6:27) 136 6. How the Israelites Got into Trouble at The Ai (7:1-26) 159 7. How the Israelites Succeeded at The Ai (8:1-29) 178 8. How Joshua Built an Altar and Read the Torah (8:30-35) 190 9. How Joshua Fell for a Trick (9:1-27) 198 10. How Joshua Kept His Word (10:1-43) 218 11. How Joshua Repeated a Ploy (11:1-23) 240 12. How Joshua Dealt with the Kings of Canaan (12:1-24) 254 Part Two: Joshua and Eleazar Distribute the Land (13:1-24:33) 263 13. Introduction: How Yahweh Commissioned Joshua to Allocate the Land (13:1-7) 271 14. How Moses Had Started the Process (13:8-33) 280 15. How Eleazar and Joshua Are to Set About Allocating the Land, and How Joshua Started (14:1-15) 290 16. The Lot for Judah, with a Story about Caleb, Aksah, and Othniel (15:1-63) 302 17. The Lot for Joseph, with a Story about Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirzah (16:1-17:18) 318 18. How Eleazar and Joshua Set About Determining the Allocations for the Other Clans (18:1-10) 332 19. The Endowments for the Seven Clans (18:11-19:51) 341 20. Asylum Towns and Levitical Towns (20:1-21:45) 359 21. Conclusion (1): How the Israelites Are to Get By When the Clans Are Separated (22:1-34) 378 22. Conclusion (2): Joshua Says Farewell (23:1-16) 399 23. Conclusion (3): Witnesses! (24:1-33) 412
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