Bible History - Old Testament

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TABLE OF CONTENTS


PREFACE 4


CHAPTER 1 : Israel About To Take Possession Of The Land Of
Promise -Decisive Contest Showing The Real Character
Of Heathenism -Character And History Of Balaam.
(NUMBERS 22) 8
CHAPTER 2 : The "Prophecies" Of Balaam - The End Of Balaam -
Parallel Between Balaam And Judas (NUMBERS
22:36-31:1-20) 17
CHAPTER 3 : The Second Census Of Israel - The "Daughters Of
Zelophehad" -Appointment Of Moses' Successor -
Sacrificial Ordinances - The War Against Midian -
Allocation Of Territory East Of The Jordan - Levitical
And Cities Of Refuge. (NUMBERS 26-36) 24
CHAPTER 4 : Death And Burial Of Moses. DEUTERONOMY 3:23-
29; NUMBERS 27:15-23; DEUTERONOMY 34 31
CHAPTER 5 : The Charge To Joshua - Despatch Of The Two Spies To
Jericho -Rahab. (JOSHUA 1, 2) 35
CHAPTER 6 : Miraculous Parting of the Jordan, and the Passage of the
Children of Israel - Gilgal and its meaning - The First
Passover on the soil of Palestine. (JOSHUA 3-5:12) 41
CHAPTER 7 : The "Prince of the Host of Jehovah" appears to Joshua -
The miraculous fall of Jericho before the Ark of
Jehovah. (JOSHUA 5:13; 6:27) 45
CHAPTER 8 : Unsuccessful Attack upon Ai - Achan's Sin, and
Judgement - Ai attacked a second time and taken.
(JOSHUA 7-8:29) 50
CHAPTER 9 : Solemn Dedication of the Land and of Israel on Mounts
Ebal and Gerizim - The Deceit of the Gibeonites
(JOSHUA 8:30, 9:1-27) 56
CHAPTER 10 : The Battle of Gibeon - Conquest of the South of
Canaan - The Battle of Merom - Conquest of the North
of Canaan - State of the land at the close of the seven-
years' war. (JOSHUA 10-12) 62
CHAPTER 11 : Distribution of the land - Unconquered districts -
Tribes east of the Jordan - "The lot" - Tribes west of the
Jordan - The inheritance of Caleb - Dissatisfaction of the
sons of Joseph -The Tabernacle at Shiloh - Final
division of the land. (JOSHUA 13-21) 67


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