28th October – Joshua #3 – Ai (and Achan)

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Today we tackle the serious issue of the total destruction of the populations of both Jericho and Ai, and the often expressed sentiment, “How can a God of love command such a thing to be done?! This is surely not the God we know!”

Then, too, there is the matter of Achan carrying off some of the forbidden plunder – and the consequences for the Israelites as well as for Achan and his family.