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drive many of these idol worshippers ou t of th e land, ,so it was a safe place for people Israel to have th e irj homes, and live w ith th e ir fam ilies. One day Joshua called all th e people of Israel together, for he wished to have a good ta lk w ith th em ; ’Joshua was getting qld and he knew he could not be th e ir lead-, er much longer. The people were now. settled in th e ir new land, so they could set up th e Tabernacle, which was their, church. It was made so they could take it down, fold up and carry w ith them, when they were moving from place, to
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place. They had carried it all th e way from Mount Sinai, tak ing it down when they jo u r neyed and setting it up when they made th e ir camp. Now they were in Canaan to stay and journey no more, so they set up th e Tabernacle in the place the Lord had chosen for it. Joshua divided th e land of Canaan among th e people so every fam ily had th e ir own and all th e land they needed. Jo shua told the people how good th e Lord had been to them in driving out th eir enemies, and in giving them cities and fields and a land of th e ir own to live in. He told them th e Lord had done all th is for (Describe Tabernacle.)
been hearing a g reat deal about Joshua, who was such a good and brave leader of God’s people Israel. These people have been living in th e new land of Ca n aan now for some tim e, and God has been doing many wonderful things for them , for Joshua has done ju st as God asked him to do in every way, and God has been w ith Joshua, ju st as He prom ised him He would be when He asked him to lead these people when Moses died. You know, the people who were living in Canaan were wicked people and worshipped idols, and they were enem ies to God’s people Israel, b u t God was w ith His people and helped them to
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