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Thursday, April 2, 2026

"Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they camped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho." Joshua 4:19; "Now the children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight on the plains of Jericho." Joshua 5:10

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When Israel came up out of the Jordan River, Scripture marks the moment with precision: it was the tenth day of Nisan. This detail is not in...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

"At that time the LORD said to Joshua, "Make flint knives for yourself, and circumcise the sons of Israel again the second time." 3 So Joshua made flint knives for himself, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. 9 Then the LORD said to Joshua, "This day I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." Therefore the name of the place is called Gilgal to this day." Joshua 5:2-3

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After Israel crossed the Jordan and stepped into the land of promise, something unexpected happened. Before a single battle was fought, befo...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

"that this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying, 'What do these stones mean to you?' 7 Then you shall answer them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. And these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever." Joshua 4:6–7

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After Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground, the Lord gave Joshua a surprising instruction. Twelve men—one from each tribe—were told to re...
Monday, March 30, 2026

"So it was, when the people set out from their camp to cross over the Jordan, with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people, 15 and as those who bore the ark came to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks during the whole time of harvest), 16 that the waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a heap very far away at Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan. So the waters that went down into the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho. 17 Then the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel crossed over on dry ground, until all the people had crossed completely over the Jordan." Joshua 3:14-17

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Israel stood at the edge of the Jordan River, and it was overflowing its banks. The wilderness was finally behind them, yet the promise of G...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

"Now therefore, give me this mountain of which the LORD spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fortified. It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall be able to drive them out as the LORD said." Joshua 14:12

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When Caleb finally stood in the land God had promised, he was eighty-five years old. Forty-five years had passed since he first spied the la...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

"I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back word to him as it was in my heart. 8 Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I wholly followed the LORD my God. 9 So Moses swore on that day, saying, 'Surely the land where your foot has trodden shall be your inheritance and your children's forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.' 10 And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, as He said, these forty-five years, ever since the LORD spoke this word to Moses while Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this day, eighty-five years old." Joshua 14:7-10

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When Caleb finally stood in the land of promise, forty years had passed since the day he first spied it. An entire generation had lived and ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

"'Surely none of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and above, shall see the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they have not wholly followed Me, 12 except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the LORD.'" Numbers 32:11-12

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When the wilderness generation failed to enter the land, God made a striking declaration. Only two men from that generation would inherit th...