Tag: joshua
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Why is Jude 1:5 translated ‘Jesus’ instead of ‘Joshua’?
Jude 1:5 has major textual variants. One reads "Ὑπομνῆσαι δὲ ὑμᾶς βούλομαι, εἰδότας ὑμᾶς ἅπαξ πάντα, ὅτι Ἰησοῦς λαὸν ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου σώσας τὸ δεύτερον τοὺς μὴ πιστεύσαντας ἀπώλεσεν" Why is Ἰησοῦς translated as ‘Jesus’ instead of …..
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Naphtali touching the border of Juda?
In describing the borders of every inherited piece of land in the book of Joshua it is said that the border of Naphtali touches Judah at the Jordan on the east. Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukk…
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Is casting lots considered prophecy?
In Joshua 18:6 (NASB) And you shall write a description of the land in seven divisions, and bring the description here to me. Then I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God. or in Jonah 1:7 (NASB) (could’ve referenced even mo…
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Which stones “are there to this day” in Joshua 4:9?
Joshua 4:8-9 read 8 So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord had told Joshua; and they carried them over wi…