“And as soon as those bearing the ark had come as far as the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest), the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap . . .” (Joshua 3:15-16, ESV). The trip should never have taken that long. Not at all! The journey from Egypt to the Promised Land that should have been eleven days had stretched into four decades of wilderness living. (Read Deuteronomy 1:2-3.) The…

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