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  1. What isn\u2019t told<\/span><\/i>. In the broad historical survey in verses 2-13, noticeably absent are the events at Sinai and the giving of the Torah. Interesting, then, that the words of the people in verse 24: \u201c\u201cWe will serve none but the LORD our God, and we will listen to His voice\u201d are reminiscent of \u201cwe shall do and we shall listen\u201d of Exodus 24:7.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Shechem<\/span><\/i>. Why specifically Shechem? This may be connected to the removal of foreign gods there, that occurred 176 chapters ago in Genesis 35, and also the ceremony of the blessing and the curse on Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal, overlooking Shechem.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Me and mine<\/span><\/i>. Joshua suggests that \u201cIf you are loath to serve the LORD, choose this day which ones you are going to serve\u2026.but I and my household will serve the LORD\u201d (v. 15). This is very different from Moses who, after the sin of the Golden Calf, explicitly rejected the possibility of continuing himself, without the people: \u201cNow, if You will forgive their sin [well and good]; but if not, erase me from the record which You have written!\u201d (Exodus 32:32).<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Let\u2019s get these burials over with<\/span><\/i>. As long as we\u2019re dealing with the burial of Joshua (v. 29), let\u2019s get all the deets about the burial of Joseph\u2019s bones (32) and also the burial of Elazar (33).<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Servant of the Lord<\/i>. At his death (v 29), Joshua becomes worthy of the title that til then had been reserved for Moses: \u201cservant of the Lord.\u201d Respect!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","image":{"ID":86314,"id":86314,"title":"Points to ponder","filename":"Points-to-ponder.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/points-to-ponder-psalm-84\/points-to-ponder\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"points-to-ponder","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":86166,"date":"2021-01-09 20:56:58","modified":"2023-12-28 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