Joshua 6

I have a few thoughts rambling around in my head after reading this chapter. Here they are in no particular order:

Everytime I read about Jericho, I can't help now but think of the fine VeggieTales production "Josh and the Big Wall." I did a little searching for a link to the video of the French Peas (who, oddly, are inhabitants of Jericho) but instead found an amusing little game. :)

So, y'know, the people of Jericho are pretty darn scared at this point. They've shut themselves in...we know from Rahab that they were freaking out. God's been doing some mighty things for Israel and here's poor little Jericho right in their way. I have to wonder what THEY were thinking during the "healing time" from the circumcision. They were probably wondering where in the heck Israel WAS!

...and then along comes Israel. Big production. Priests and trumpets and ark in front, followed by all the men. And yet...they come. They do nothing except walk around the city. A lot. They don't even make noise.

and my last point has to do with Rahab. She was a harlot. I wonder if she was married and I'm guessing NOT. But we know she later married someone named Salman and had Boaz. The book of Ruth says Boaz was of the tribe of Judah, so Rahab's husband must've been. I find this beautiful, that this woman is in the lineage of Christ, that despite her path and her past, she came to saving faith.