Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Today Moses continues revisiting the history of the Israelites to the younger

generation making sure they remember where they came from. He's giving Cliff's notes of

things we've read about at length.

Yesterday he mostly touched on things this generation hadn't personally experienced, but today

he's touching on more recent history, stuff they've lived through.

Since it's not our first trip through these stories,

try to look for something new about God's character

than what you learned the first time we read them.

Moses begins by recounting their victories over King Og of Bation and King

Saihon of the Amorites. The cities of Bation were fortified with high walls, gates, and

bars, but God granted them victory. God is bigger than what keeps us from what he has called us to.

And here we also learn that King Ag was a refiate, a giant, perhaps of demonic origin,

and Israel defeated him. He had a bed that was 13. of that was the only thing strong enough to hold him up.

If this guy was as tall as his bed was long,

he would dwarf Shaquille O'Neill.

He would be almost twice his height.

That's bonkers. After Israel defeated King's Aug and Saigon, they acquired the trans-jordan land

that God gave to the 2.5 tribes, Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manassa. Remember how Moses repeatedly appealed to God to

retract punishment for the Israelites and God did? Moses also appeals to God to

retract the punishment for striking the rock twice when God told him to speak to it.

But God doesn't. We don't know why, but it probably has something to do with the leaders being held to a higher standard.

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