40 years earlier but the people were afraid of the inhabitants of that land and they doubted Yahweh. Thus, they were doomed to wander the desert for forty years and therefore not enter the Promised Land that their children would inherit in Joshuas time. Joshua was hand picked by God to lead the people into Canaan. Way back in Numbers chapter 13, God shows that he is special by having Moses change his name from Hoshea to Joshua which means Yahweh saves. When Moses died the Lord told Joshua to take the people and go into the land that he had chosen for them. This is Yahwehs call for the obedience of Joshua and his people. What is Joshuas reaction? His reaction is found in Joshua 1:10-11, So Joshua ordered the officers of the people: Go through the camp and tell the people, Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the LORD you God is given you for your own. So Joshua does not question, he does not doubt, he does not hesitate and he does not falter in the task given to him. He simply goes and does it. This is an example of his great faith in God which we must assume is based on his time with Moses and his experience in Egypt since Joshua definitely was one of the ones who was present and would remember the events in Egypt and at the Reed Sea. So the children of Israel go forth into the land of Canaan and there they are met with the challenge of the great city of Jericho. Joshua, therefore, sends two spies to investigate Jericho. These two spies would have been found out, put to death and their accounts never heard if it were not for a Canaanite prostitute named Rahab, whose story we will look into later. In order, to show the children of Israel that this victory will be by Yahwehs own hand He gives them a very peculiar method to go about razing the city. He says in Joshua chapter 6 verse 3:March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. Have seven priests carry trum...
