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Kalev Creative
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Exodus 22:21 "You must not wrong a resident foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. Exodus 23:9 "You must not oppress a resident foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. Leviticus 19:33 When a resident foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress him. Leviticus 19:34 The resident foreigner who lives with you must be to you as a native citizen among you; so you must love the foreigner as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God. Leviticus 23:22 When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and the resident foreigner. I am the Lord your God.'" Leviticus 24:22 There will be one regulation for you, whether a resident foreigner or a native citizen, for l am the Lord your God." Numbers 15:15 One statute must apply to you who belong to the congregation and to the resident foreigner who is living among you, as a permanent statute for your future generations. You and the resident foreigner will be alike before the Lord. Numbers 15:16 One law and one custom must apply to you and to the resident foreigner who lives alongside you" Deuteronomy 10:19 So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. Deuteronomy 24:14 You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages. Deuteronomy 24:17 You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow's garment as security for a loan. Deuteronomy 27:19 'Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.' Psalms 146:9 The Lord protects the resident foreigner. He lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked. Jeremiah 7:6 Stop oppressing resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin. Ezekiel 22:6-7 "See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood. They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the resident foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you. Malachi 3:5 "I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination; those who commit adultery; those who break promises; and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the resident foreigner and in this way show they do not fear me," says the Lord of Heaven's Armies.
October 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
the poor, the wido
August 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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#Bible #Joshua 14 #land #Caleb
(artwork by Benlin Alexander)
Eleazar the priest and Joshua assign the tribal allotments on the west side of the Jordan by lot, presumably emphasizing both fairness and God’s sovereignty over the process.
A map of conquest-era Judah Artwork by Benlin Alexander, https://www.benlinalexander.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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#Bible #Joshua 11 cont #war #Anakim
To end the summary, the author emphasizes victory over the Anakim, who we first met in Numbers 13-14 as figures of horror to the Israelites, part of their reason for refusing to go up into the land.
August 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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#Bible #Joshua 11 #war
Kings in the north under the influence of the major city in the region, Hazor, gather at the Waters of Merom to fight Israel. “[T]hey were as numerous as the sand on the seashore and had a large number of horses and chariots.”
July 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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July 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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July 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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#Bible #Joshua 10 #war
Five Amorite kings – of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon – coordinate to attack Gibeon for its alliance with Israel and in response to Israel’s destruction of Ai and Jericho. Although scholars sometimes present this attack as absolving Israel of culpability,
July 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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"Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner..."
July 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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July 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
the poor, the wido
June 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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June 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Exo 23:9 "You must not oppress a resident foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. Lev 19:33 When a resident foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress him. Lev 19:34 The resident foreigner who lives with you must be to you as a native citizen among you; so you must love the foreigner as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God. Lev 23:22 When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and the resident foreigner. I am the Lord your God."" Lev 24:22 There will be one regulation for you, whether a resident foreigner or a native citizen, for I am the Lord your God.'" Num 15:15 One statute must apply to you who belong to the congregation and to the resident foreigner who is living among you, as a permanent statute for your future generations. You and the resident foreigner will be alike before the Lord. Num 15:16 One law and one custom must apply to you and to the resident foreigner who lives alongside you." Deu 10:19 So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. Deu 24:14 You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages. Deu 24:17 You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or|take a widow's garment as security for a loan. Deu 27:19 'Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
June 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
the poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
the poor, the wido
June 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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The poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
The poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
The poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
The poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
The poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
The poor, the widow, the orphan, the foreigner
The poor, the wid
June 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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God defines Canaan in geographical terms reminiscent of earlier promises. Here, the dimensions are roughly north-south and northeast-southwest. This territory, assuming we understand it well, is significantly larger than land united Israel ever occupied in Joshua – Kings.
Map showing an approximation of Joshua 1's description of the land the Israelites will inherit
May 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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A micro version of Blackland Prairie restoration
May 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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and…extreme measures are directed against them. Deuteronomy emphatically calls for the annihilation of the land’s indigenous populations and repeatedly warns that they will lead the nation to destruction if allowed to survive (6:14-15; 7:1-5, 25-26; 12:1-3; 20:16-18; 29:17-21 [MT 16-20]; 31:16-21).
When the Lord your God brings you to the land that you are going to occupy and forces out many nations before you—Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you— and he delivers them over to you and you attack them, you must utterly annihilate them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy! You must not intermarry with them. . . Instead, this is what you must do to them: You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, cut down their sacred Asherah poles, and burn up their idols. Deuteronomy 7:1-5 He, the God who leads you, will expel the nations little by little. You will not be allowed to destroy them all at once lest the wild animals overrun you. The Lord your God will give them over to you; he will throw them into a great panic until they are destroyed. He will hand over their kings to you, and you will erase their very names from memory. Nobody will be able to resist you until you destroy them. You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent to the Lord your God. You must not bring any abhorrent thing into your house and thereby become an object of divine wrath along with it. You must absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is an object of divine wrath. Deuteronomy 7:22-26 You must by all means destroy all the places where the nations you are about to dispossess worship their gods—on the high mountains and hills and under every leafy tree. You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, burn up their sacred Asherah poles, and cut down the images of their gods; you must eliminate their very memory from that place. You must not worship the Lord your God the way they worship. But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.…
May 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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October 9, 2023 at 1:50 AM
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concept art for project in progress
serpent on tree branch overlooking fruit tree Cain with rock standing over Abel’s body, red flowers/blood on the ground and a hint of a serpent
October 2, 2023 at 8:37 PM