The land was never won by clever hands. It fell to families by lot, God himself deciding who got which…The land was never won by clever hands. It fell to families by lot, God himself deciding who got which hillside. But these men took fields by force, so the sentence fits: "Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in the assembly of Yahweh." Grab, and you forfeit the gift. What are you holding that was never handed to you?
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Daily curiosity · Wednesday, October 21
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Why did the angel at the empty tomb say "and Peter"?
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