Joshua. Caleb waited forty years for his inheritance, knowing that conquering it would take a war. I hope you don't read past his story without pondering it. In a way, it makes me think of the character Strider in Lord of the Rings, who is really Aragorn. He journeys up and down the highways, watching the world. He seems but a tough traveler, yet he knows he is waiting for his place as King of Gondor. If you love those books and movies as I do, try to see Caleb through that lens and imagine what he must have been like.
Many Scripture passages tell us history. This section of Joshua is about geography. It would be easier to understand if we were looking at an ancient map.
I often think about the millenia-old conflict that resulted from the inability to drive out the Jebusites. Jebus the name comes from a root meaning "hatred." Jerusalem is supposed to be a city of peace, but instead has been full of bloodshed all these years.
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