Larry Barnes

11/12/2025 Judges 4 NKJV: It is sad to see that after this time of evil-doing by Israel, it took 20 years for them to cry out to the Lord. Again, they seemed to do fine while God's judge was around, but once he died, they went

11/11/2025 Judges 3 NKJV: the chapter opens with an explanation of the nation's left in the land whom God chose not to drive out, but rather use as training for those of Israel who have not tasted war, and as tests against Israel to see if

11/07/2025 Judges 2 NKJV: Obviously, this chapter, just as with chapter 1, is not written chronologically from the end of Joshua. These two chapters seem to be a blended narrative to tie the rest of Judges to Joshua which came before. Clearly, before Joshua died, the Angel of

11/06/2025 Judges 1 NKJV: The start of this book seems to be an overlap of the book of Joshua. The part telling of Caleb and his daughter seems to be lifted straight from Joshua, and many of the accounts seem to be a retelling from Joshua. The chapter

11/05/2025 Joshua 24 NKJV: this chapter wraps up the book of Joshua. Joshua had the people gather at Shechem where he compels them to chooses whom they will serve: Jehovah God of their fathers or other gods. He declares, "As for me and my house, we will

11/04/2025 Joshua 23 NKJV: This is Joshua's final address to the people before he dies. He has had the opportunity to live a long life in the promised land, similar to Caleb. He stresses the importance of continued obedience to God else God's anger

11/3/2025 Joshua 22 NKJV: This chapter tells of the tribes of Reuben, Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh fulfilling their pledge to fight with their brothers until all the land is conquered. Joseph commends them on a job well done and sends them off to their inheritance

10/31/2025 Joshua 21 NKJV: This chapter covers the inheritance of the Levites, and the cities they received from all the tribes, as God commanded. Question: Were all the cities of refuge given to the Levites? I noticed several were listed as cities of refuge, but I didn'

10/30/2025 Joshua 20 NKJV: this is an interesting chapter. It has the people choose 6 cities of refuge as places someone can flee to if he accidentally killed someone. It will be a safe place to stay until he can face judgment from the congregation. This makes sense

10/29/2025 Joshua 19 NKJV: This chapter finishes off the division of the land to the tribes and Joshua gets his inheritance as well. God is faithful. I find it interesting that Judah's inheritance was too big for them, so Simeon got a portion of that. Also,