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stands, and rest assured that ?He led them forth by the right way? (Psalm
107:1-7, 33-35). (See WILDERNESS.)
Another Bible Timeline fact –>WAR The Israelites had to take possession of the Promised Land by
conquest. They had to engage in a long and bloody war before the
Canaanitish tribes were finally subdued. Except in the case of Jericho and
Ai, the war did not become aggressive till after the death of Joshua. Till
then the attack was always first made by the Canaanites. Now the measure
of the iniquity of the Canaanites was full, and Israel was employed by
God to sweep them away from off the face of the earth. In entering on this
new stage of the war, the tribe of Judah, according to divine direction, took
the lead.
In the days of Saul and David the people of Israel engaged in many wars
with the nations around, and after the division of the kingdom into two
they often warred with each other. They had to defend themselves also
against the inroads of the Egyptians, the Assyrians, and the Babylonians.
The whole history of Israel from first to last presents but few periods of
peace.
The Christian life is represented as a warfare, and the Christian graces are
also represented under the figure of pieces of armour (Ephesians 6:11-17; 1
Thessalonians 5:8; 2 Timothy 2:3, 4). The final blessedness of believers is
attained as the fruit of victory (Revelation 3:21).
Another Bible Timeline fact –>WARD a prison (Genesis 40:3, 4); a watch-station (Isaiah 21:8); a guard
(Nehemiah 13:30).
Another Bible Timeline fact –>WARS OF THE LORD, THE BOOK OF THE (Numbers 21:14, 15),
some unknown book so called (comp. Genesis 14:14-16; Exodus 17:8-16;
Numbers 14:40-45; 21:1-3, 21-25, 33-35; 31. The wars here recorded
might be thus designated).
Another Bible Timeline fact –>WASHING (Mark 7:1-9). The Jews, like other Orientals, used their
fingers when taking food, and therefore washed their hands before doing
so, for the sake of cleanliness. Here the reference is to the ablutions
prescrib
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