Week 57, Day 2: The History of Israel
Today’s Reading: Deut 1:1-13
Some thoughts from today’s reading…
Moses recounts what has happened to Israel in their past. It is interesting to note the additional comments made here regarding events that we read about in Numbers. For example, it is noted that when they came to Kadesh-Barnea, Moses tells the people to go up into the land to take it (vs. 21). The people asked that they be able to send the 12 spies into the land first (v. 22). This information is something that we were not told about in Numbers 13. Also we are told more details about what Moses said to the people when they rebelled about going into the land to take it (vs. 29-31). Some of these additional detail are interesting to note and consider. As we go through the book of Deuteronomy pay attention to the additional details given and see how much more can be learned about the history of Israel.
Question: Why should the people of Israel been confident to go and fight against people who were bigger, more numerous than they and living in well fortified cities?
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