March 10 Joshua 11:10
– 14:15
Lots
of place and people names in today’s reading! After all the battles, the land
finally had rest from war.
I’m
still wondering about details, though. What happened to all the bodies? I’m
presuming they weren’t buried – it would take way too long. Very few of the
cities were burned, but did they perhaps burn the bodies? All the people were
killed, so there was no one left in those cities to take care of them. I’m sure the smell pervaded the land. When
the Israelites finally moved into these cities, did they have to clean up all
the bones? Did animals run wild through the towns? I’m sure the women had a lot
of work to do to clean out the houses that were left; I can’t comprehend what a
difficult job that must have been.
It’s
nice to see Caleb again! At 85 he was still able to fight and he finally got
the land he was promised. We don’t know exactly how long all the battles took,
but at this point Caleb has been in the Promised Land for 5 years.
TOMORROW’S
TEXT: Joshua 15 – 17
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