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

Yesterday the Israelites won a lot of wars and took a lot of land, so today we open with

the summary of what land they've acquired, with lots of boundaries that are probably

unfamiliar to you and that seem unimportant.

Rest assured that these boundaries were very important to the people at the time, and

not only that, but these lists have also served our faith historically and archeologically.

So hang in there when we're in these dry patches, know that they serve a purpose greater than

you.

We started out with the land they conquered when Moses was still alive, all the stuff

east of the Jordan River where the 2.5 trans-Jordan tribes live, Gad, Ruben, and East

Manassah.

Then we cross the Jordan River heading west into the Promised Land and read about the

areas conquered by Joshua.

After all this conquering, Joshua is pretty old, but God says he's not done with him, there's

still more land to take, so he's not allowed to die yet.

But God will do the heavy lifting for them and drive out the inhabitants himself.

Then Joshua will give the land to the remaining 9.5 tribes, and the Levites, of course, have

God himself as their inheritance, and they're divvied up to live among each of the tribes.

One of the problems with the 2.5 trans-Jordan tribes to the East is that they didn't

drive out all the people who live there, which is not okay, according to God.

We'll continue to see how this act of disobedience causes them trouble through the years.

Then we have an encounter with Caleb.

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