🔥 Joshua 14

Joshua 14 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “These are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed to them,” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “Nevertheless, my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Yahweh my God.” Joshua 14 opens with these words: “These are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and…” The line to keep is Joshua 14:8: “Nevertheless, my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Yahweh my God.” Carry the word “neverthele” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Joshua 14:8: “Nevertheless, my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Yahweh my God.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Joshua 14? Then try this: Read “Nevertheless, my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.