Quotes About Identity

His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.

You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.

Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”

At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”

So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.

Though all who had come out were circumcised, none of those born in the wilderness on the journey from Egypt had been circumcised.

And Joshua raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones he circumcised. Until this time they were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way.

And after all the nation had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they were healed.

Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.

Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”

When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”

“We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”

Amam, Shema, Moladah,

Arab, Dumah, Eshan,

Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,

On the east side the border was the Jordan. These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon,

(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them, they went up and fought against Leshem, captured it, and put it to the sword. So they took possession of Leshem, settled there, and renamed it after their father Dan.)

But in fact we have done this for fear that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ëWhat have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?

That is why we said, ëLet us take action and build an altar for ourselves, but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.

Therefore we said, ëIf they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.í