March 22: Deuteronomy 33:1 – Deuteronomy 34:12; Joshua 1:1 – Joshua 2:24

Moses' Final Blessing on Israel – Deuteronomy 33

• In his final blessing on Israel, Moses individually blesses each tribe (with the exception of Simeon's tribe).

The Death of Moses – Deuteronomy 34

• Moses goes up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo (the top of Pisgah, opposite Jericho). God shows him all of the Promised Land, which He promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 
• Moses dies, and is buried in the valley of Moab, his eyes "undimmed" and his vigor "unabated." The people weep for him for thirty days.
• The people of Israel now obey Joshua, who has been commissioned to lead them.

God Commissions Joshua – Joshua 1

• God tells Joshua that Moses has died and that he will lead the people into the land promised to them. He promises Joshua that He will be with him, and that he is to be strong and courageous because He will be with him wherever he goes.

Joshua Assumes Command

• Joshua tells the tribe leaders to have the people ready themselves to travel for three days. He tells the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh that God has prepared a place for them and they are to stay there until they're commanded to move. The tribe agrees.

Rahab Hides the Spies – Joshua 2

• Joshua sends two spies to Shittim to view the land. They go there and stay in the house of Rahab, a prostitute.
• When the king of Jericho hears about this, he sends word to her to bring out the spies, but she tells him that the men came to her but then left, going out of the city gates around dark. She had hid the spies on the roof, and she goes to them and tells them that she knows God has given the land to the Hebrew people, as she has heard all that God has done for them.
• She asks the spies to deal kindly with her, since she has dealt kindly with them. The men promise, and she lets them down out of her house (on the city wall) by a rope. She tells them to hide in the hills for three days so the pursuers won't find them.
• The spies tell her to place a scarlet cord in the window that she let them out of, and to gather all her family into the house, then head into the hills. After three days they return to Joshua and tell him that surely the Lord has given the city over to them.