Numbers 33

Today's reading chronicles the route that the Israelites took from Egypt to Canaan, the Promised Land. Due to some poor behavior in the wilderness they took a rather long and complicated journey, but forty years after the Exodus they now stand on the doorstep of their inheritance. The last warning that God gives them before entering is that they are to completely drive out the current inhabitants of the land - and that should they fail, those left will become thorns in their side. I guess we will see how well they keep that command; the description alone though makes me wonder if they did not, and if they might still be reaping the results in the current conflicts.