Old Testament 301 Day 10

Thought:

 “What-e'er thou art, act well thy part."

“Never suppress a generous thought."

“It is better to look up."

"Stop it!"

“Come what may and love it."

“Lift where you stand.” 

"Moments are the molecules that make up eternity!

“Decisions determine destiny.”

“The Lord is in the details of our lives.”

“Try a little harder to be a little better.”

“Raise the bar.”

“It’s true, isn’t it? Then what else matters?”

"Live by faith and not by fear.”

“Dad, are you awake?”

 “You can change anything you want to change.”

“Trust in God, then go and do.”

“The future is as bright as your faith.”

“The Lord sees weaknesses differently than he does rebellion.”

"Selfishness suffocates spiritual senses."

“All honest work is the work of God.” 

“Choose your love; love your choice.”

“Assume the good and doubt the bad.”

“Faith in God includes faith in God’s timing.” 

“When you save a girl, you save generations.”

"Sunday will come."

“Family time is sacred time.

“Faith in God includes faith in God’s timing.” 

“When you save a girl, you save generations.”

 “Prayer is your personal key to heaven.

“Obedience to law is liberty.” 

“What thinks Christ of me?” 

"First Observe-Then Serve"

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Joseph B. Wirthlin

Boyd K. Packer

Jeffrey R. Holland

D. Todd Christofferson

Quentin L. Cook

L. Tom Perry

F. Melvin Hammond

Linda K. Burton

Richard G. Scott

Robert D. Hales

Neil A. Andersen

David O. McKay

Gordon B. Hinckley

Neal A. Maxwell

Henry B. Eyring

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Mary N. Cook

Carl  B. Cook

Thomas S. Monson

Julie B. Beck

“Choose your love; love your choice.”

“Assume the good and doubt the bad.”

Books of the Week: Unlocking the Old Testament, Victor L. Ludlow and 400 Questions & Answers about the Old Testament, Susan Easton Black.

Joshua: "Joshua, whose name means 'Jehovah is salvation,' was the son of Non (Noon), an Ephraimite (1 Chr. 7:27). He was named Oshea (Hoshea), signifying 'saved.' before Moses changed his name to Joshua (Num. 13:16). The Greek form of the name, Iesous, became Jesus in English.He was born about the time Moses fled to Midian. He labored as a slave in Egypt before the Exodus. Joshua joined the exodus from Egypt and became one of 12 spies sent from the camps of Israel to the land of Canaan. He was one of two spies to survive 40 years of wandering in the wilderness and he entered Canaan (Num. 14:30) Joshua was publicly ordained the successor of Moses in front of a congregation. Before Moses departed, Joshua received his charge from the Lord to lead the Israelites into the promised land (Num. 27:18-23). He was the military leader who conquered Jericho and other towns, breaking the power of the Canaanites. The land he conquered was sparse in vegetation, just as the Israelites had been warned. It was not like Egypt, where 'you sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs' (Dt. 11:10)." (Black p. 93-94)

The Book of Joshua, the 1st of the historical books is a sequel to the Pentateuch much like the Book of Acts is a sequel to the Gospels.    What is the longest you have ever waited for anything?

It's not enough to leave Egypt-You've got to enter the promised land. - How does that apply to us?

1- A guide for accepting Church callings Vs. 5, 7, 8, 9, 16, 18 - How would you like to replace Moses?

Vs. 4- Not until David and Solomon- 200 years later did this happen

Vs. 7-8- The prophet told to search the scriptures daily. Vs. 10-15-Joshua's charge to Israel.

2- Why would good Israelite spies go stay with an harlot?

              "Rahab may not have been a harlot. The Hebrew word used for harlot is zonah, which is from the same root ass mazon meaning food. A more correct translation might be to call her a woman of zonah or food, that is a woman innkeeper. Ancient inns often did provide harlots. However, Just because a woman operated a tavern or inn did not necessarily mean she was a prostitute."  (Ludlow p. 55)

The student manual refers to her as a repentant harlot. See also Hebrews 11:31.

3:4- Sabbath day's journey was supposed to be a distance of 2,000 cubits, or less than half-a-mile, the distance to which, according to Jewish tradition, it was allowable to travel on the Sabbath day without violating the law (Acts 1:12; comp. Ex. 16:29; Num. 35:5; Josh. 3:4).

Vs. 13&15- You gotta get your feet wet!

Vs. 17- They passed over on the 1st day of Passover (4:19)

How many Israelites are crossing the Jordan? "George E. Mendenhall, taking the Hebrew word eleph to mean a subsection of a tribe, then, by extension, a military unit, rather than the numerical unit 'one thousand.' arrive at a total of 5,550 men levied from the tribes for military duty in Numbers 1 and at 5,750 men levied for military duty from the tribes in the census list of Numbers 26. These figures contrast with 603,550 men for Num. 1, and 601,730 for Num. 26" (Lundquist in Jackson p. 227)

4- The Israelites left historical marker of 12 stones from the river. Temple Square has one with a big bird.
5-

Vs. 1- A great moral victory. They had only to conquer those people physically who were already defeated mentally.

Vs. 2-9- Circumcision updated.
Vs. 12- Manna no more. Food stamps stopped after 12,000 days of freebies! (1 Nephi 17:28; Mosiah 7:19),
Vs. 13-15 - Captain of the Lord's host appeared to Joshua. (Joshua knelt and removed shoes)
6- Vs. 1- A siege. 
Vs. 4, 6, 8, 13, 15, 16, The number 7 is significant in this chapter.
Vs. 18-19- Don't take stuff for yourselves.
Vs. 20-How did the walls fall? (D&C 59:21)
Vs. 25- Rahab is listed as a "possible" ancestor of Jesus.
7-A story to remind us of Acts 5- Ananias and Sapphira.
Vs. 6 - Alma 46
Vs. 7-26 -1 Nephi 4:13
Vs. 10-13- No one sins in Isolation (vs. 13) D&C 82:10*******
8-2nd attempt successful  and they could keep the spoil.
Vs. 30-35 - Joshua followed the instructions given him in Dt. 27:11-26 announcing the blessings and cursings between the mountains of Ebal and Gerizim. Mt. Gerizim became the holy mountain for the northern tribes and by the Samaritans after the Babylonian Captivity when a large schism between the Samaritans and Judaism developed. Subsequently, in the Persian Period, the Samaritans built a temple there probably in the middle of 5th century BCE. The religious tension between the Jews and the Samaritans led to the temple on Gerizim being destroyed by either John Hyrcanus in the 2nd century BCE (according to Josephus) or by Simeon the Just (according to the Talmud). The mountain continued to be the holy place of the Samaritans, and is mentioned as such by the Gospel of John  when Jesus visited there (John 4:3-42) Modern day Samaritans still celebrate the Passover on top of Mt. Gerizim.
9- Who made the biggest goof in this chapter, the Gibeonites or the Israelites? See vs. 14 & 15.
10-Joshua led the Israelites in defeating the combined 5 king led city-states. The Lord showed his involvement by prolonging the day (Vs. 12)and sending hail stones (vs. 11) which killed more Amorites than the Israelites had. See Helaman 12:13-17; D&C 29:14; 45:40-42; 88:87; 133:49 - that what the critic did not know-could not have been. Putting your foot on someone's neck was a sign of triumph and conquest.
Vs. 1 - Adoni-zedek
Vs. 28-43- The victories over the 5 nations took 5 days not 1 day
11:15- We do well when we leave nothing undone of all that the Lord commands. (See 13:1)
Vs. 21-22- The Anakims cut off here are the same "giants" or their descendants who scared off  the spies sent out by Moses 40 years before. (Num. 13:33) Note that the Anakims of Gath were not conquered, which set up the David and Goliath story in 1 Sam. 17.
12-Here we get a list of the kings conquered by Moses and Joshua; 33 of them in an area 40-50 miles wide and 150 miles long. About the same distance as from the Capitol Building in Salt Lake to Fillmore.
11-13 - The Israelites were not successful in conquering the land of Canaan as they set out to do. Some of the most fertile parts of the country (then and now) remained unconquered until the days of David and Solomon. Unconquered lands included the area of the Philistines, the Jezreel Valley, Megiddo and Beth-shan. (Map 4)
14- 85 year old Caleb,"Give me this mountain!" You have got to love Caleb. SWK-(Ensign Nov. 79 p. 79)
15: 55 & 62 should be especially interesting to people in Utah.
16-17- Ephraim and Manasseh- See Bible Map 3
18- Tabernacle set up in Shiloh- Capital until Jerusalem
20- Cities of refuge- a little bit like a change of venue.
21:43-44- A summation of the conquest
22- A misunderstanding between friends.  2 1/2 tribes - It wasn't really an idolatrous altar.
23:7-12- warnings against 3 things. Vs. 7 social intercourse; Vs 7-11- worship their Gods; Vs. 12- Intermarriage.  Joseph F. Smith in early 20th century warned against 1) False Educational ideas, 2) immorality and 3) the praise of the world. What would you warn the next generation against?
24:14-16
Vs. 27 - Can a stone be a witness? Plymouth Rock
"As the dust settles at the opening of the book of Judges, the Israelites had been pushed back into the spiny hill country of Judea and Samaria, while their enemies-primarily Philistines-occupied the coast, the valleys, both Jezreel and Jordan, and certain crucial cities. Thus Israel, during the period of the Judges, existed as a peasant farming culture in small villages (some of them fortified), while its Philistine adversaries controlled more prosperous cities, trade routes, and possessed technological advantages such as superior metal technology." (Lundquist p. 234)

Church History by the Decade 1930's

1930	Church Membership	670,017
1930	Comprehensive History	Of Church Published.- BH Roberts
1930-Apr. 6	Church celebrates a	Century since the church was organized. 4 day Gen. Conf.
1931-33	Church Jr. colleges	Except Ricks, transferred to states.
1932	Pioneer Stake	Storehouse established by Harold B. Lee
1932	Deseret Club organized	At UCLA
1932	Unemployment in Utah	Reached 35% compared to a national peak of 24.9%
1933	Churchwide program to	Reactivate Aaronic Priesthood adults.
1933	Tithing receipts at	$2.4 million compared to $4 million in 1927
1933	Gordon B. Hinckley is	called to serve a mission to England. One of 525 called that yr.
1933	Prohibition of alcohol is	Repealed.21st amendment repealed the 18th. Utah last vote.
1933-Apr. 6	J. Reuben Clark Jr. sustained as 2nd Couns. in 1st Presidency.	1st since Brigham Young to ask non-general authority to serve as Presidency counselor, Position vacant for 16 months to allow Clark to complete his service as Ambassador to Mexico.
1933- June 3	LDS gain equal right in applying to be military chaplains.	This is decision of recently appointed Secretary of War George H. Dern, non-Mormon and former governor of Utah.
1933-Jun 7	Heber J. Grant tells BYU's graduating class:	"If every other state in the Union repeals the Eighteenth Amendment, I hope Utah is the one bright star that remains."
1833-July 11	Anthony C. Lund called	Heber J. Grant Diary] B and plead that we make arrangements to retain Alexander Schreiner as the Tabernacle organist.
1933-Sept. 10	Sponsored by funds from Henry Ford, Mormon Tab. Choir	arrives at the "Century of Progress" fair in Chicago. The choir sang in the Ford Symphony Gardens during a week of open-air concerts, two of which were broadcast nationally by CBS. 2.3 million persons visited the Church's booth.
1933-Sept. 27	B.H. Roberts died in SLC	of diabetes age of seventy-six. Buried in Centerville, Utah.
1934	1st Stake in NYC.	Honolulu-35, Chicago- 36-Portland & Seattle-38, Denver & DC-40
1935	Radio, Publicity &	Mission Literature Committee formed. GB Hinckley as secretary.
1835-June 21	Pres. Grant dedicated	The monument on the Hill Cumorah.
1936	New Deal grew Nat. Debt to	$33.8 billion. Previous peak $25.5 after WW1- Low $16-in 1930.
1936-April	Church Security Program instituted to assist poor	during Depression; became Church welfare program. Program grew out of a revelation received previously by President Heber J. Grant
1936-April	Stake Missions to be	Organized in each stake under direction of 1st Council of 70
1937	Heber J. Grant visited	Missions in Europe
1937	Members challenged	To store a year's supply of food by J. Reuben Clark
1937	Hill Cumorah pageant	Began. Harold Hansen, a missionary worked w/ program 40 yrs.
1938	Harold B. Lee called to	Establish Churchwide Welfare program.
1938	LeGrand Richards called	As Presiding Bishop-emphasized youth work
1938-Apr. 12	Joseph Fielding Smith	Married Jessie Ella Evans. (-26 yrs.) Ethel died Aug. 26, 1937
1938-Aug. 8	J. Reuben Clark, Jr	Set forth the Chartered Course for Church educators.
1938-Aug. 12	1st D.I. opens	There are now 42 in the Western USA
1938-Sept.14	1st Pres. ordered the	Evacuation of missionaries from Germany & Czechoslovakia.
1939-Feb. 9	Luis Constantini	From Buenos Aires called on mission. 1st from So. America
1939-Feb. 18	Church exhibit debuts at Golden State Intern. Expo	(World's Fair) in San Fran. The exhibit drew 320,000 visitors over 13 months. (GBH creator)- 50 seat tabernacle
1939-June 24	1st Pres. ordered	Evacuation of missionaries from Europe.
1939-Sept. 1	Hitler's invasion of	Poland marked beginning of WW II in Europe