Joshua 1

• Deuteronomy 34:5, 9

Joshua 1:1-9 – “the Lord spoke to Joshua”

• Joshua 1:2-4 – See Genesis 12:7. This promise will be fulfilled in the book of Joshua, but this plan started before Creation (I Corinthians 2:7).
• Joshua 1:5-9 – God repeatedly told Joshua to be “strong and courageous.” See Ephesians 6:10-11. We are also in a battle – a spiritual one.

Joshua 1:10-18 – Get ready to cross the Jordan River.

• Joshua 1:14 – This would take faith for the fighting men to leave their wives and children and go off to fight, but God would protect them.

Joshua 2

Joshua 2:1-24 – Rahab and the spies

• Joshua 2:10-11 – See Exodus 14-15. Exodus 15:14-16 tells of the terror that other people would have of them. See also Exodus 23:23, 27-30.
• See Matthew 1:5. Rahab ends up in the lineage of Jesus.
• See Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25. Rahab is commended for her faith in welcoming the spies and sending them out safely. She is not commended for lying.