Post Counting Jacob’s Blessings Before he leaves the world, Jacob blesses his sons. Similarly, Moses also blesses the tribes before he dies. But the two sets of blessings are very different. Not all of… Read More
Post Serve God in the Land! Joshua’s final speech to the nation includes a review of their history. He starts from before the birth of Abraham, continues through the enslavement in Egypt and the subsequent exodus… Read More
Post Making Something out of Nothing As the leader of the people, Joshua waits until the end of the process of dividing the land before receiving his own inheritance. Just like Caleb, he requests and is… Read More
Post Sacrifice for the Holy Land After the Children of Israel fight and conquer parts of the Land of Israel, the land is then divided up into tribal allotments. The allotments were allocated through divine lottery… Read More
Post The Golan Heights: Indispensable Part of the Holy Land Joshua chapter 12 summarizes the wars fought by the Children of Israel to take possession of the Promised Land. In this chapter, we are also reminded of the wars that… Read More
Post Lessons from the Daughters of Tzelophchad After the plague which God sends to punish the Children of Israel for worshipping Baal-peor (Numbers 25), God instructs Moses to count all of the Israelite men aged 20 and… Read More
Post Why Wasn’t Joseph Immediately Buried in the Land of Israel? Like his father Jacob who also died in Egypt, Joseph wanted to be buried in the Promised Land. But unlike his father whose body was embalmed and taken to Hebron… Read More
