Today, I am reading and commenting on  Joshua 12-14.

I am not sure that this is of particular note, but it struck me that the kings east of the Jordan whom the Israelites conquered (Sihon and Og) controlled much more land than those whom they conquered on the west side of the Jordan River.  This reveals that while Sihon and Og controlled multiple cities, most, if not all, of the cities west of the Jordan were independent of each other.   This also suggests that the areas that the Israelites did not conquer under Joshua were controlled by more unified groups (such as the Philistines).

There are many passages in the Bible which encourage young people to serve God with fervor.  Today’s passage provides similar encouragement to those who are older.  Caleb had served God his entire life.  When he was forty, he was one of the twelve spies who spied out the Land of Canaan for Moses and the people of Israelites.   Unlike ten of the twelve, Caleb counseled the Israelites to go into the land, because he could see how God would give them victory.  Now, forty-five years later, he was ready to go to battle to claim his inheritance in the land which God had promised him.  He was not prepared to go into retirement and leave it to younger men to carry on God’s plans.  So, God still has a use for those of us who have a few years on us.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.