Joshua

It had less stories than I thought it would have. It was mostly military conquests and land divisions. It is interesting to note that Israel never owned the whole Promised Land, only part of it. I wonder what would be different if they had obtained all of it. I think they wouldn't have been as good examples of God's grace, forgiveness, and patience as they are. This begs the question: Why does the book make it sound like they conquered more than they actually did? Maybe part of it is to emphasize how God was in control of it all, but maybe we think it was more land thant it actually was because we're modern readers and we don't go to a map to see for ourselves how much land was Israel's.