The last three chapters of Numbers organizes the Promised Land by Israeli tribes and includes the portion that lay outside of the Promised Land beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward. An interesting set of chapters as it is the final story of the first four books of the Bible talking about the family of Abraham, his son Isaac and his son Jacob's descendants whom God delivered from slavery in Egypt back to the Promised Land of their forefather Abraham. The Creator God has shown the world that He alone is the Creator and He continues to live amongst the Israeli people as said in Chapter 35, Verse 34: "You shall not defile the land in which you live, in which I also dwell for I the Lord dwell among the Israelites."
Deuteronomy is the next book of the Bible. The first chapter is a review of the happenings that caused the fourty years of living in the wilderness outside of the Promised Land. In the second chapter the land of Esau is ahead of them as the Israelites are living in the wilderness and God tells the Israelites to buy food and water from the descendants of Esau and to pass by them. As they continue in the wilderness the Israelities come to Moab but again they are to pass by as this belongs to the descendants of Lot given to them by God. Thirty eight years have passed in their travels in the wilderness and those who had disobeyed God were now dead and it is time once again for the Israelites to follow God's orders and return to the Promised Land. The review is very interesting and reading the Bible in this way one has a better picture than the daily readings. In my old age I am glad that I decided to re-read the Bible from beginning to end instead of just reading the Daily Bible Verse.
The cleaning of the main floor was accomplished yesterday. Today is the basement and I shall soon set the Robot to its task of cleaning the rugs. This is still a warm spell and will likely last most of July if not all. July is our warmest month and the driest so I must water the tomato plants which are doing very well with fruit on them already.
A walk on the beach last evening was most pleasant and it is the busiest that we have seen the beach thus far. It was very difficult to get a parking spot and one just appeared very luckily. We were rather late though as we had done some shopping. I needed a file box and file folders and that was accomplished. A cold dinner of salads (lettuce and broccoli with their extras folded into them) were delicious and cold chicken that we cooked yesterday and will last another day during this heat wave.
Started a letter to my sister but did not complete it yesterday and will do that today. The time passes so quickly in the summer.
Iran must not fire on the tankers and for that they have lost their right to ship oil once again. I agree with the Prime Minister on his statement. The NATO meeting sounds like it is going very well. The idea of NATO was totally defense against aggression. Russia attacked Ukraine once again and killed people. Why do they not return to their borders of the 1990s which they agreed to. They have no right to attack the countries around them. They have plenty of land and there is no excuse for killing the peoples of Ukraine. They are satanists and not obeying the laws of God.
God gave us such a beautiful world and my prayers are always that we can find peace in this world and live together as He commanded with love (respect) in our hearts for our neighbours.
Solitaire puzzles are next.
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