Don’t Put ‘Cherem’ Among Your Own Stuff!

We’ve been seeing that God declared Jericho (the first city Israel would conquer in the Promised Land) as “cherem” which means devoted to God or devoted [doomed] to destruction (Josh. 6:17). After defeating the strong city of Jericho, Israel lost a battle to the much...

The Tithe – Give It or Lose It

We’ve been seeing that God declared Jericho (the first city Israel would conquer in the Promised Land) as “cherem” which means devoted to God or devoted [doomed] to destruction (Josh. 6:17). Jericho was the first fruits or tithe of the Promised Land (see Lev. 27:30,...

Is the Tithe ‘Cherem’?

But all the silver and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are consecrated to the LORD; they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.” (Josh. 6:19) We’ve been seeing that God declared Jericho (the first city Israel would conquer in the Promised Land) as...

The Principle of ‘Cherem’

“Now the city shall be doomed by the LORD to destruction, it and all who are in it.” (Josh. 6:17) God told Joshua that Jericho, the first city in the Promised Land that they were to conquer would be doomed by the Lord to destruction (Josh. 6:17). The Hebrew word for...

Submitting Logic to the Word of the Lord

“By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days.” (Heb. 11:30) We’ve been looking at God’s strategy for Israel to take possession of Jericho (Josh. 6:1-9). Notice that the people had to be willing to do something for a week that...