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Exodus 3:1-15

Joshua 5:1-15

This sermon continues our examination of the book of Joshua and identity by first examining the rituals of circumcision and Passover. However, things get bonkers when Joshua meets this mysterious figure known as the Commander of the Lord’s Army. That means we get to talk about the divine warrior motif in the Ancient Near East and a really cool literary technique called ellipsis or gapping. We also discuss the divine name revealed in the Tetragrammaton and one of my favorite verses in the Bible in Amos 9 of all places.