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

We officially passed the one-third mark in our reading plan today. Congratulations. Every year when I get

to this day in the reading plan, it makes me laugh.

I don't know why the people who put the plan together did it this way, but some of you are glad

because it gives you a chance to catch up if you're behind. Even though it's short, there's a lot

more to Psalm 133 than meets the eye. First, this is one of the songs of Ascent, so this would be

a song the Israelites sing as they travel on

foot from wherever their tribal alopin happens to be all the way to Jerusalem three times a year.

These are all hopeful, triumphant praise songs, but they each have a bit of a different angle on what

they're praising God for. So what were they singing about this time? Here's a little bit of a background on where this psalm likely came from.

Do you remember back in Genesis 13 when Abram and Lott had to part ways because the land

wouldn't support them both?

This happened again in Genesis 36 with Jacob and Esau.

They had made up after years of fighting and being estranged from one another,

but they had so many family members in such large flocks that the amount of land required to

feed everyone was too much, so they had to separate. In both instances, the phrase used is the

same one used here to say, dwell in unity. When David says how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in

unity, it's not just a nod to a peaceful situation between the brothers. It's also a nod to

God's provision. This isn't a desert land that can't feed many people like Abram and Lodd and Jacob and

Esau encountered. This land is flourishing and can provide

for everyone. This doesn't just point to the good relationship between brothers. It also

points to the good relationship between them and God and his faithfulness and giving them the land

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