{"id":1787,"date":"2015-10-24T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/?p=1787"},"modified":"2022-08-30T21:35:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T01:35:08","slug":"joshua-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/joshua-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chapter twelve<\/strong> brings us to the halfway point of the book and summarizes the end of the desert wandering (Numbers 21)&nbsp;and the first half of Joshua. In Joshua 12:1-6 Joshua recounted the defeat of <em>\u201cthe kings of the land\u2026on the east side of the Jordan.\u201d<\/em> These were taken care of while Moses still led the nation, before they crossed into Canaan. These included primarily the Amorites and Rephaites. This land was given to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh.<\/p><p>Joshua 12:7-24 lists <em>\u201ca total of thirty-one kings\u201d<\/em> whom Joshua led the people in defeating <em>\u201con the west side of the Jordan.\u201d<\/em> These nations included <em>\u201cthe Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizites, Hivites, and Jebusites.\u201d<\/em> It is important to note that they conquered only the main fortified strongholds in these regions, not each individual village or even entire nations. It was left to the tribes to clear their lands completely.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter twelve brings us to the halfway point of the book and summarizes the end of the desert wandering (Numbers 21)&nbsp;and the first half of Joshua. 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