Sunday, June 27, 2010

Joshua 5

When the Amorite and Caananite kings heard what God had done, allowing the Israelites to cross over the Jordan on dry ground, "their hearts melted and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites."

"On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Passover. The day after the Passover, that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain. The manna stopped the day after they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate of the produce of Canaan."

Joshua noticed a man with a drawn sword and asked him if he was an enemy or foe, but found that he was actually the commander of the army of the Lord who had come with a message, " Take off your sandals,for the place where you are standing is holy".