The Conquest of Canaan

1. The conquest of Canaan as described in these two sources has a lot in common. First off both of the accounts show that the people of Israel were invading all kinds of foreign people. They had received instructions from God on how to go about obtaining this land. In both of the two accounts the people are commanded to invade, conquer, and then exterminate all the people living in these cities. There are exceptions to this though; Rehab and the man who showed the spies where to enter are two exceptions. Also they are to put both male and female to the sword. Also many times they are also told by God to burn the cities. The accounts do differ though. In the Joshua account the people are obedient to God's will. (That is killing and burning these conquered cities) In the account from Judges however, the people integrate with the foreigners and begin living among them. They also start to intermarry with the foreign Canaanites and other peoples of the region. This is contradictory to God's will and God uses other nations to carry out judgment on Israel. He also rises up judges to put down these attackers when