The reading today was short, but interesting. The first "miracle" God did during Joshua's leadership of Israel was to halt the waters of the Jordan river, so that the people could cross over into the promised land easily. This mirrored Moses' parting of the Red Sea as the Israelites left Egypt, only this time it was allowing them to invade rather than to flee. It is sort of cool that the whole period of the Exodus was enclosed between these two events.
On a side note, I wonder if any of the local inhabitants were watching this happen. I imagine it would have put further fear into them, since none of their deities would have been able to accomplish such feats.
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