Joshua: Rush to Judgment

About this episode

This episode discusses the consequences of rushing to judgment as illustrated in Joshua 22.

They were ready to fight. They thought they knew the truth. They were wrong. Joshua 22 shows how fast things can go wrong when we rush to judgment. As the Israelites were making their way northward toward Canaan, some of the tribes found the land east of the Jordan to be quite attractive. They asked to settle there, and permission was granted for the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh to stake their claims. The only stipulation was that the troops from those tribes...

People in this episode

Host: Dave DeSelm

Topics covered

• judgment
• Israelites
• Canaan
• tribes
• decision making

Keywords

• Joshua 22
• judgment
• Israelites
• Canaan
• tribes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: tribes of Reuben, tribes of Gad, tribe of Manasseh

Books & works: Joshua 22

Places: Canaan, Jordan

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