Heather Lindsey is the wife to Cornelius Lindsey, christian author, speaker, and founder of Pinky Promise.MUI0NUE4MEU4ODE0NUZFQjQ4RjU6YTcyNzJiZWY2ZWY5NjFlNzI0ZjVlZDg3NzU3N2U1ODU6Ojo6OjA=' alt='Severed Ties New Canaan' title='Severed Ties New Canaan' />Recently, interest in the archaeology of ethnogenesis has surged.This renewed interest stems from innovations in the historical study of ethnogenesis, theoretical.Search the worlds information, including webpages, images, videos and more.Google has many special features to help you find exactly what youre looking for.The Ephraimites of the Old Testament.The Ephraimites and the Judges.Severed Ties New Canaan' title='Severed Ties New Canaan' />The battle with the Amalekites may shed light on one fact.Ephraim from the desert wandering.The tribe. experienced a decrease in numbers between the first and second census.In the first census of the 1.Israel, taken in Numbers 1 3.Ephraim numbered 4.However, in Numbers 2.Israelites. This was to be the generation which would begin the.Canaan. These men were infants or not even born when Moses had led Israel.Egypt. The Ephraimites numbered only 3.Though it may be presumptuous to say so, it is likely Israel was.Amalekites. Perhaps many conflicts were not as intense as the one with the.Amalekites, but raids and skirmishes seem likely.Joshua would have been.EPHRAIMITES PAGE CONTENTSClick on a link below to view that section.Ephraimites During the Judges.Ehud and Eglon. Map of Ehuds Assasination.Deborah and Barak.Gideon. Jephthah.The Time of the Monarchy.Jeroboam I, first king of Israel.Exile. The Syro Ephraimite War.Map of the Deportation of Israel.The Ephraimites, thus, would have been on the front lines of Israels.Perhaps their low numbers in the second census.Joshua, an Ephraimite himself, as the primary.Israel. When studying the Ephraimites from the Old Testament, it becomes evident they played a signficant role throughout all of ancient Israel.However, their role changes drastically between the period of.Judges to the Monarchy.The tribe of Ephraim during the.Judges is one of bravery in battle, haughtiness in nature and spirit at.Israel and God. In the opening verse of Deuteronomy 3.Moses stands atop.Mount Nebo as God shows him the Promised Land.Fascinatingly, God.Himself buried Moses somewhere on Mount Nebo.He did this so that no man may ever know his burial place.The opening verse of Joshua 1 officially passed the torch from Moses to Joshua, son of Nun, an Ephraimite from the tribe of Ephraim.Ephraimites were sure to have played a significant role in.Joshuas reign. To have one from your tribe ascend to the leadership of.President of the United States, or a similar position in other world.Joshuas first test was the battle of Jericho.God showed Himself faithful once again as the Israelites triumphed over Jericho.Throughout the book of Joshua the Israelites engage in one.Canaanite conflict after another.After Joshuas victory at Hazor, the.Jewish settlement.The nation of Israel, thus, began their settlement of the land promised them by the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.Under the leadership of Joshua, it is conceivable Ephraimites.Throughout the rest of the Old.Testament, Ephraim is seen striving after the leadership of the tribes.Joshua. It was upon the death of Joshua in chapter 2.Israel lost the unifying personality of their mighty warriorking.Joshua had held the 1.Israel together, however loosely that.However, now each tribe began to exercise control of its own.Each tribe was responsible for cleansing its allotment from. Change Language In Windows Live Movie Maker . Canaanite influence.In many instances, the tribes failed to drive.God had instructed.This sort of tribal.Judges, appointed by God, to rule over.The story of these Judges can be found primarily in the Book of Judges.Old Testament. One must keep in mind each Judge ruled at varying.This was no elected position, with an established succession.These were individuals called and inspired by God to settle disputes and.Israel from oppressors.The narratives concerning each Judge is.Bible. Certain judges likely overlapped each other, occurring.These judges vary.Deborah is called a prophetess, Samson seems more like a playboy.Jephthah practiced human sacrifice which he dedicated to God.These. were difficult times for the Israelites, and the Philistine presence.The Philistines were a major force which contributed to Israel.Canaanites completely from the land.War with the. Philistines, coupled with complacency and spiritual idolatry, led to the.Israelites intermixing with much of the Canaanite population.It was foes such as these Philistines and Canaanites, even desert.Judges fought against throughout the Old Testament.The Ephraimites failed to drive out the Canaanites of Gezer.Whether they became spiritually complacent, intermarrying and mixing.Scripture does not say.The more familiar they became, however, the more likely they were.Canaanite religious beliefs and gods.The Old Testament is not.God, united. with each other.It is often quite the opposite, yet, they remain united at heart.God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.However, at. times God would have to remind them of His promise.He would send. foreign invaders to enslave and oppress the Israelites.In such instances, men from various tribes would rise up and.Gods call to deliver His people.These were the Judges of.It was during this time the tribe of Ephraim continued to exert a.It is by association the Ephraimites would have.Judges 3 1. 5 3. This incident involves Ehud the left handed Benjamite.Though. Israels deliverer is from Benjamin, this passage reveals the close.Benjamin and the Ephraimites.EHUD EGLONIn Judges 3 1.Israelites are said to have done evil in the sight of the Lord.God, in turn, gave Eglon King of Moab power and authority over the Israelites in that region for 1.Eglon captured and controlled the strategically important city of.Jericho. His dominion in the area would have had dire consequences on.Israels most powerful tribal leaders.From ancient Jericho.This would have put.Benjamin and the immediate hill.Ephraim. The Ephraimites would have been directly involved.The Bible tells us that Eglon sought the assistance of the.Ammonites and Amalekites to join him in his conquest.This would have. been a natural alliance, as Moabites, Ammonites, and Amalekites all.Israel. The Moabites and Ammonites are descended from the same line.After. Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed, Lot, the nephew of Abraham, fled with.Dead Sea. His daughters, afraid of dying without any sons, schemed together.Lot into sleeping with them.The incestuous. relationship produced two male children.The oldest daughter bore Moab, the progenator of the Moabites.Benammi, the ancestor of the Ammonites.The. Amalekites were descendants of Esau.Esau was the eldest son of Isaac, and had a younger brother named Jacob.Twice in the Bible Jacob manipulates Esau, once taking his.Jacob would later produce.Israel. were founded as a result of this deception.It has already been established the Amalekites felt a deep seeded.Israel. They had not lost heart despite their defeat by.Joshua years earlier.With the assistance of Eglon and Moab, they saw an.Judges 3 1. 3 reveals that this alliance, under the leadership of Eglon, King of Moab, attacked Israel, and drove the Israelites back.They reclaimed land north of the Argon River, and seized control.Jordan River. They took possession of Jericho and enslaved.Ephraimites and Israel for 1.The heartland to Israel lay.Eglon and his allies.God would once again send an unlikely deliverer.This man was Ehud, described in Judges 3 1.But when the sons of Israel cried to the Lord, the Lord.Ehud the son of Gerar, the Benjamite, a.Ehud belonged to the tribe of Benjamin.The Benjamites and.Ephraimites shared a close tribal bond.In fact, together with the tribe.Manasseh, these three tribes are sometimes referred to as the tribes.The Ephraimites, thus, would have been closely impacted by the.Moabite oppression.They, too, would have suffered at Eglons hands.Ehud would have been known amongst the Ephraimites of the area as well.His name translates, he that praises, thus, he was a seemingly.However, the fact Scripture indicates he was left handed.The more literal.The implication is one of an inability to used the right hand.Ehud, thus, was disabled in the right hand.He possessed a handicap of.The Bible tells us the sons of Israel had sent.Eglon by the hands of Ehud.The text implies Benjamin was.The Ephraimites were likely intimately.Manasseh was also likely involved.At this point in Israels history, the tribe of Judah.Jericho was a strategic city, important to the.Jerusalem sat mere miles from.Jericho. Jerusalem was the seat of the tribe of Judah, and later the.Judah. This is why the selection of Ehud is especially interesting.As a. one handed, crippled man, Ehud posed no threat to the King.He seemed. to be an unlikely deliverer.God works in just such ways.He takes the lame and insignificant.Ehud, however, had trained himself secretly and.Deuteronomy Wycliffe Bible Commentary Meredith G.Kline Resource Site.Meredith G. Kline, Deuteronomy in Wycliffe Bible Commentary, ed.C. F. Pfeiffer and E.F. Harrison. Chicago Moody Press, 1.Title. The English title of the book of Deuteronomy is apparently based on the LXXs mistranslation of the phrase, a copy of this law Deut 1.The Jewish title, devarim, words, arises from the custom of using the opening words of a book as its name.Deuteronomy opens with the statement, These are the words which Moses spake 1 1 a, ASV.Since ancient suzerainty treaties began in precisely this way, the Jewish title draws attention to one of the clues which identify the literary character of this book.Date and Authorship.The origin of Deuteronomy is of crucial significance in modern higher critical study of the Pentateuch and, indeed, in studies of Old Testament literature and theology in general.According to the older Developmental Hypothesis, Deuteronomy originated in the seventh century B.C. and was the basis for Josiahs reform cf.Kings 2. 2 3 2. Commentary on Deut 1.That view in modified forms continues among negative critics but some would suggest a post Exilic date, and others trace the Deuteronomic legislation to the early monarchic and even pre monarchic period.Significant for the dating of the several alleged documents of the Pentateuch is the tendency to explain the supposed conflict of their codes not by resort to a long chronological evolution but by positing different geographic cultic sources for them.Deuteronomy, in particular, is then traced to a Shechemite sanctuary.Instead of associating Deuteronomy with the first four books of the Pentateuch, one modern approach thinks in terms of a Tetrateuch and of a Deuteronomic literary historical tradition comprising all the books from Deuteronomy through 2 Kings.Current orthodox Christian scholarship joins older Christian and Jewish tradition in accepting the plain claims of Deuteronomy itself to be the farewell, ceremonial addresses of Moses to the Israelite assembly in the plains of Moab.Deut 3. 1 9 and 2.Moses wrote as well as spoke the words of this law.Some theocratic officer, in all likelihood, completed the document by recording Moses death ch.Moses witness song ch.Possibly he also added certain other brief skeletal elements to this legal document.The unity and authenticity of Deuteronomy as a Mosaic product are confirmed by the remarkable conformity of its structure to that of the suzerainty type of covenant or treaty in its classic, mid second millennium B.C. form. See further below and consult Commentary for details.See also M. G. Kline, Dynastic Covenant, WTJ, XXIII Nov.Historical Occasion.It is only within the framework of the administration of Gods redemptive covenant that Deuteronomy can be adequately interpreted.The promises given to the patriarchs and finally and truly fulfilled in Christ had a provisional and typical fulfillment in the covenants mediated to Israel through Moses.In the Sinaitic Covenant the theocracy was established, with Moses as earthly representative of the Lords kingship over Israel.Then, when the rebellious exodus generation had perished in the wilderness and Moses own death was imminent, it was necessary to renew the covenant to the second generation.The central, decisive act of the ceremony was the consecration of the servant people by an oath to their divine Lord.In particular, Gods reign as symbolically represented in the earthly, mediatorial dynasty must be confirmed by securing from Israel a commitment to obey Joshua as the successor to Moses in that dynasty.Part of the standard procedure followed in the ancient Near East when great kings thus gave covenants to vassal peoples was the preparation of a text of the ceremony as the treaty document and witness.The book of Deuteronomy is the document prepared by Moses as a witness to the dynastic covenant which the Lord gave to Israel in the plains of Moab cf.Deut 3. 1 2. 6. Deuteronomy.I. Preamble Covenant mediator.II. Historical prologue Covenant history.A. From Horeb to Hormah.B. Advance to the Arnon.C. Conquest of Trans Jordania.D. Summary of the covenant.III. Stipulations Covenant life.A. The Great Commandment.Gods covenant Lordship.The principle of consecration.The program of conquest.The law of the manna.The warning of the broken tablets.A call to commitment.B. Ancillary commandments.Cultic ceremonial consecration.Allegiance to Gods altar.Resistance to apostasy.Filial obligations.Tributary pilgrimages.Judicial governmental righteousness.Judges and Gods altar.Kings and Gods covenant.Priests and prophets.Guarantees of justice.Judgment of the nations.Authority of sanctuary and home.Sanctity of the divine order.The ordinances of labor and marriage.The congregation of the Lord.Protection for the weak.Sanctity of the individual.Confession of God as Redeemer King.IV. Sanctions Covenant ratification.A. Ratification ceremony in Canaan.B. Proclamation of the sanctions.Blessings. 2. 8 1 1.Curses. 2. 8 1. 5 6.C. Summons to the covenant oath.D. Ultimate restoration.E. Radical decision.V. Dynastic disposition Covenant continuity.A. Final arrangements.B. The song of Witness.C. Moses testament.D. Dynastic succession.Deuteronomy. Bibliography Commentary on DeuteronomyDriver, S.R. A. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Deuteronomy International Critical Commentary.New York Charles Scribners Sons, 1.Kiel, C. F. Commentary on the Pentateuch.Vol. III. Edinburgh T.T. Clark, 1. 88. 0 Grand Rapids Wm.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, reprinted 1.Manley, G. T. The Book of the Law.Grand Rapids Wm. B.Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1.Reider, J. Deuteronomy.Philadelphia The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1.Wright, G. E. The Book of Deuteronomy, The Interpreters Bible.Vol. 1. New York Abingdon Press, 1.Deuteronomy. I. Preamble Covenant Mediator.Ancient suzerainty treaties began with a preamble in which the speaker, the one who was declaring his lordship and demanding the vassals allegiance, identified himself.The Deuteronomic preamble identifies the speaker as Moses v.Moses as the earthly, mediatorial representative of the Lord v.Suzerain and ultimate Sovereign of this covenant.Deuteronomy 1 1. These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.These are the words v.ASV. With this introductory formula the extra biblical treaties began.The site of the covenant renewal ceremony to which Deuteronomy witnesses was the Jordan area in the land of Moab vv.Deut 4 4. 4 4. 6.The time was the last month of the fortieth year after the Exodus v.Trans Jordan was accomplished v.Moses death was at hand.It was especially this last circumstance that occasioned the renewal of the covenant.God secured the continuity of the mediatorial dynasty by requiring of Israel a pledge of obedience of his new appointee, Joshua cf.The ceremony is described as a declaration or exposition of this law v.The location of this assembly is apparently further described in verse 2 b.Although the mention of otherwise unknown localities makes interpretation uncertain, the purpose of the notation in verses 1 b,2 seems to be to orient the Moab assembly historically as much as geographically by indicating that it lay at the end of the journey from Horeb via the Arabah wilderness.For Israel, the journey to Canaan by this route proved to be of forty years duration v.Paran was normally only an eleven day trek v.At Paran, on the southern border of Canaan, however, Israel had rebelled, refusing to enter the land Num 1.Now their children had arrived via the Arabah route from Suph presumably the Gulf of Aqabah for an eastern approach to Canaan through the land of Moab.Both the direction of approach to Canaan and the length of the wanderings spoke of a history of covenant breaking and of postponed inheritance.There is, thus, an interesting contrast between the preambles look south from Moab into the past of failure and curse and Moses closing look north from Moab into Israels future of fulfillment and blessing Deut 3.II. Historical Prologue Covenant History.The preamble in the international suzerainty treaties was followed by a historical survey of the relationship of lord and vassal.
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