“And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work that the LORD had done for Israel” (Judges 2:7 ESV). The book of Judges recorded that Israel served the LORD not only during the lifetime of Joshua,
“But Joshua said to the people, ‘You are not able to serve the LORD, for he is a holy God.’” (Joshua 24:19 ESV). In the closing chapter of Joshua, he addressed the people of Israel as they renewed their covenant with the LORD at Shechem. After the people confidently declared their intention to serve the
“Jesus said to them, ‘The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.’” (Luke 20:34–35 ESV). In Luke, Jesus responded to the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection and
“So by command of the LORD the people of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance these cities and pasturelands” (Joshua 21:3 ESV). Joshua recorded how the people of Israel responded in obedience to the Lord’s command to give the Levites cities out of their inheritance. This command from the Lord was both
“And he was teaching them and saying to them, ‘Is it not written, My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers.’” (Luke 19:46 ESV). In the gospel of Luke, he recorded that Jesus entered the temple and publicly rebuked those who had corrupted its purpose. In
“Glorious things of you are spoken, O city of God” (Psalm 87:3 ESV). The sons of Korah wrote this psalm, celebrating Zion as the city God had chosen for His dwelling. They declared that glorious things were spoken about this city, not merely by human admiration but by God Himself. These words pointed beyond the
“But the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the people of Judah could not drive out, so the Jebusites dwell with the people of Judah at Jerusalem to this day” (Joshua 15:63 ESV). Joshua recorded that Judah received a rich inheritance, yet they did not fully drive out the Jebusites from Jerusalem. Even within the promised
“Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? Show us your steadfast love, O Lord, and grant us your salvation” (Psalm 85:6–7 ESV). The sons of Korah wrote this psalm after Israel’s return from exile, reminding them that although God had restored them to the land, they were still spiritually
“So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war” (Joshua 11:23 ESV). Joshua recorded this verse as a concluding summary of Israel’s conquest under his leadership, written
“As soon as Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had captured Ai and had devoted it to destruction, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them, he feared greatly” (Joshua 10:1-2 ESV).