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Days 75 and 76
Death of Moses (120 years old) - wow! 40 years in Egypt, 40 years banished, 40 years wandering with a bunch of grumblers. I wonder if he would say as Jacob, "few and evil have the days of my pilgrimage been." Will I?
Thirty days of mourning for Moses - Joshua, the new leader - and then the following Psalms are listed:
Psalm 78, 105, 106 and 135.
From the Crossing into Cannan to the Reign of Saul - 1422-1065 B.C.
The conquest of Cannan (Israel prepares to invade and God instructs Joshua) - be strong and courageous (or of good courage) - 3 times in the 1st chapter of Joshua. Father tells this to Joshua - listen, listen, listen. Feed my sheep Peter - anytime I see something 3x, especially repeated in close proximity I think about Peter.
Rahab protects spies - which reminds me of the Hebrew midwives (gasp) LYING to Pharaoh - and Father commends them for lying because it was to save someone else. A willingness to put their lives on the line so that someone else would be spared. True sacrifice.
A scarlet thread (another sister and I had a discussion on this today) - hmmm, is that how the red light district came to be? Rahab - a harlot, gentile, in the lineage of our Savior Jesus Christ. Only by the grace of a Sovereign and Holy God - and thanks be to Him for the encouragement by saving those who are outside the 'box' of who is and who is not acceptable for salvation.
Spies hidden 3 days - three, again? Hmmm....most know that 5 is grace, but what is 3? Resurrection, divine completeness and perfection (from the book, Biblical Mathematics by Ed F Vallowe).
Joshua instructs people - Move closer to Jordan - Crossing the Jordan - stop. The priests bearing the Ark dipped their foot in the brim of the water (brim? H7097 border, brink, edge). Everyone passed over on dry ground. This amazes me (why I continue to be amazed at God's provision amazes me too). We have had a LOT of rain - and the ground squishes (think wet soggy sponge) when walked upon (or sinking into, depending on the water content) and they walked upon dry ground. Thousands and thousands and thousands of people. Not MUD - dry ground.
Memorial stones placed - ahhh, is this the same thing that Moses told them that Father instructed? Place stones and plaister over and write the words? [Lev 14:42, Deu 27:2, 4]
Psalm 114
Camp at Gilgal - Circumcision (all those who were born in the wilderness wanderings) - First Passover in Canaan - Israel eats old corn of Canaan - manna ceases as Canaan's fruit available.
The did not circumcise during the wilderness wanderings...and there is Passover, again. 71x the word Passover is used in the Writ.
H6453 - pesach ~ peh'-sakh - From H6452; a pretermission, that is, exemption; used only technically of the Jewish Passover (the festival or the victim): - passover (offering). (46x OT)
G3957 - pascha - pas'-khah - Of Chaldee origin (compare [H6453]); the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it): - Easter, Passover. (27x NT)
So, do I ask people if they have been 'eastered'? or Pass(ed)over? Which one is more Biblically accurate?
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