The book of Joshua is dealt with. Thumosis III was the leader of the
global world of his time and when he died in the Red Sea that morning in 1450
BC, the whole Levant heard about the shame.
The SA.GAZ or ha-bi-ru or Hebrews caused
the death of the greatest general of the strongest on earth! So no Egyptian
pharaoh afterwards wanted to travel through Israel. They travelled on the sides
long the Tranjordan highway to Beth-shean and then to the Hittite world above
Damascus. But they preferred to stay away from the country between 1450-1410
BC. Scarabs here and there exists as copies. But they had police centers in cities
still to collect taxes. When the SA.GAZ people or Hebrews arrived at Jericho in
1410 BC, all nations squatting in the country as migrants and all in Levant was
excited. Finally the overthrow of the empire of
Egypt colonialism is on its way in their area. So the Amarna war period letters were
send to the pharaoh’s palace, Thutmosis IV who was the grandson of Thutmosis
III. Please come and help us the SA.GAZ ha-bi-ru people are attacking us. But
they did not. Letter after letter were sent. Why? Yahweh was helping them. It was God
Who led them to drive out the squatters in the region. Some SA.GAZ people or ha-bi-ru were
secular and not religious. They only want to live a rich life in business so
they moved to Ugarit or Rash Shamra and texts there showed that they style of
worship at Baal and Dagon temples was influenced by Israelite content of Moses.
So now the religious SA.GAZ was
following the Lord in the country for five years. It helps a lot to follow God. With faith
in His Word and not with feelings and self-created ritual models. Borrowing
from surrounding worship styles. Right?