Daily Readings in the Bible Numbers 33-34

Taking possession of the Promised Land wasn’t going to be easy for Israel. They were going to have to drive out all the inhabitants of the land (Ex. 23:20-33). Not only were they to drive the inhabitants out, they would also need to destroy any semblance of the people’s religions and lifestyles. The Lord said, “destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places” (Num. 33:52). Israel had shown a fondness for the Egyptian way of life, and...