Jensens survey of the old testament adam 93

Testament, 3:46-104.
Henry, Matthew. Commentary on the Whole
Bible.
Pink, Arthur W. Gleanings in Joshua.
Rea, John. “Joshua.” In The Wycliffe Bible
Commentary.
1. To Abraham, God said, “I will make you a
great nation” (Gen 12:2).
2. Genesis 12:7. God later gave further details
of the promise (Gen 15:18-21).
3. More accurately, there were four eras, when
one considers the restoration period (e.g., under
Nehemiah). Since this was a brief period of
revival, with hearts returning to “stone” by the
time of Malachi, the simpli ed threefold outline
holds.
4. F. F. Bruce, The Books and the Parchments,
p. 92.
5. The “river of Egypt” is either (1) the Wadi


el Arish, or “brook of Egypt” (Josh 15:4,47),
which was the boundary line between Egypt and
the southern deserts of Canaan, or (2) the Nile
River. In either case, the land limit is Egypt.
6. See Denis Baly, The Geography of the Bible,
p. 5.
7. The name Canaan in the Bible, especially
when used in the phrase “land of Canaan” (as in
Num 34:2), usually refers to the combined areas
known today as Palestine and Syria, rather than

to the smaller coastal territory of the heathen
people called Canaanites. Itis in this large sense
that the term “Canaan” is used also in this book,
unless otherwise specified.
8. Here are three representative positions by
conservatives on the Joshua authorship: “yes”:
Gleason L. Archer, A Survey of Old Testament
Introduction, p. 252; “no”: Robert Jamieson, A.
R. Fausset, and David Brown, A Commentary,
Critical and Exploratory on the Old and New
Testaments, 2:210; “possibly”: Merrill F. Unger,
Introductory Guide to the Old Testament, p. 281.


9. Hugh J. Blair, “Joshua,” in The New Bible
Commentary, p. 225.
10. As with all history in the Bible, selectivity,
not exhaustiveness, is the aim. Those events are
recorded which retain the unity of the narrative
and serve the underlying purposes of the divine
revelation. In the book of Joshua, not all the
events but the highlights of the campaigns are
recorded.
11. Blair, p. 223.
12. See The Wycli e Bible Commentary, p. 206;
Howard F. Vos, Genesis and Archaeology, pp. 8591; K. A. Kitchen, “Canaan,” in The New Bible
Dictionary, pp. 183-86; Samuel J. Schultz, The
Old Testament Speaks, pp. 89-93.
13. Leon Wood, A Survey of Israel’s History,
pp. 185-92. Also see Irving L. Jensen, Joshua:

Rest-land Won, Everyman’s Bible Commentary,
pp. 97-115. A chart of land allotments appears
on p. 113.
14. For example, read Blair, p. 225.


9
Judges: Apostasies of God’s People

The book of Judges is one of the saddest
parts of the Bible, humanly speaking. Some
have called it the “Book of Failure.” The last
chapter of the preceding book, Joshua,
anticipates continued blessing upon God’s
people in the rest land of their inheritance.
(Read Joshua 24:19-28.) But one does not
proceed far into the account of Judges
before he senses that all is not well. While
there are deliverances along the way, the
tone of the book is predominantly one of
oppression and defeat because “everyone did
what was right in his own eyes” (21:25).
When the gospel of God’s grace does appear
in the book, it shines forth in sharp
brightness because of the contrast of this