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Sep 20, 2024 · The Israelites occupied and conquered Palestine, or Canaan, beginning in the late 2nd millennium bce, or perhaps earlier; and the Bible justifies such occupation by identifying Canaan with the Promised Land, the land promised to the Israelites by God.
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6 days ago · The miraculous account of crossing the Jordan River takes place in Joshua 3–4. After wandering in the desert for 40 years, the Israelites finally approached the boundary of the Promised Land near Shittim. Their great leader Moses had died, and God had transferred power to Moses' successor, Joshua.
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2 days ago · The part of Moses that died was his outer role, his public persona, his position. Eved Adonai, the servant of God, died on Mount Nebo. But, ha-ish Moshe, the man Moses — he still lived, and it ...
Sep 16, 2024 · Following the conquest of Canaan, the Promised Land, the Ark resided at Shiloh, but from time to time it was carried into battle by the Israelites. Taken to Jerusalem by King David, it was eventually placed in the Temple by King Solomon.
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- The Ark of the Covenant is a gold-plated wooden chest that, in Jewish and Christian tradition, houses the two tablets bearing the Ten Commandments...
- According to Jewish and Christian tradition, ancient Israelites carried the Ark of the Covenant through the wilderness and occasionally into battle...
- Jewish and Christian holy scriptures dictate that the Ark of the Covenant can be carried only by Levites, who constituted the ancient Jewish priest...
- The Ark of the Covenant’s final fate is unclear. Jewish tradition maintains that the Ark disappeared during the Babylonian sack of Jerusalem in 586...
2 days ago · The name "Canaan" appears throughout the Bible as a geography associated with the "Promised Land". The demonym "Canaanites" serves as an ethnic catch-all term covering various indigenous populations—both settled and nomadic-pastoral groups—throughout the regions of the southern Levant. [3]
3 days ago · Israel’s importance begins with the Old Testament. God made covenants with Israel, marking them as His chosen people. These covenants often focused on land, blessings, and a future restoration. Prophecies, such as those in Moses’ writings (Deuteronomy 30:1-5), emphasize this restoration.
Sep 14, 2024 · The possession of the “promised land” as an enduring inheritance passed from generation to generation is an object lesson about the permanence (and the conditions) of our eternal inheritance ahead. When God's people will be given life itself as a permanent possession.
