5:12 And the manna ceased the day after, when they started eating the produce of the land, and there was no longer manna for the Israelites. They ate from the crop of the land of Canaan in that year. 5:12 他们吃了那地的出产，第二日吗哪就止住了，以色列人也不再有吗哪了。那一年，他们却吃迦南地的出产。
God provided as much as they needed and no more. This kept them from material security and self-sufficiency and, perhaps, from not trusting in God. Your security and trust must be in God alone.
7:20 And Achan answered Joshua and said, “It is true. I have sinned against Yahweh the God of Israel, and this is what I did: 7:20 亚干回答约书亚说：“我实在得罪了耶和华以色列的神。我所做的事如此如此： 7:21 I saw among the spoil a beautiful robe from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and one bar of gold that weighed fifty shekels; I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, and the silver is under it.” 7:21 我在所夺的财物中，看见一件美好的示拿衣服、二百舍客勒银子、一条金子重五十舍客勒，我就贪爱这些对象，便拿去了。现今藏在我帐棚内的地里，银子在衣服底下。
We need to be aware of the danger of compartmentalising our lives. Like Achan’s tent, everything can look respectable on the surface, but underneath, hidden away, there lurks sin. Other people cannot see the compartments of our lives where sin resides, but God can.
20:9 These were the cities designated for all the Israelites, and for the foreigners dwelling among them, for anyone that kills a person unintentionally to flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until there is a trial before the congregation. 20:9 这都是为以色列众人和在他们中间寄居的外人所分定的地邑，使误杀人的都可以逃到那里，不死在报血仇人的手中，等他站在会众面前听审判。
逃城的恩典不只是为了「以色列众人」预备的，也是为「外人」预备的（9节）。神不偏待人，救恩的大门现在还是开着的，凡愿意逃到基督里去的人，祂绝不丢弃（约六37）。而世人只有两个选择，或者在逃城基督里得平安，或者陷入「报血仇人」（3节）的忿怒中（约三36），因为我们的罪孽早晚会追上我们（诗四十12）。