When living in Israel, one gets so accustomed to seeing biblical sites at every turn that you can almost start taking it for granted. Some are well known, others less so.
'And the border circled from the top of the mountain to the fountain of the Mei (water of) Neftoach, and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border circled to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim' (Joshua 15:9)
How is it possible the men chosen by Moses, who witnessed the miracles of Egypt and the Red Sea, did not have the same unwavering faith as a Canaanite harlot?
'And it will be, when the Lord, your God, will bring you to the land to which you come, to possess it, that you shall place those blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and those cursing upon Mount Ebal (Deuteronomy 11:29)'
The Palestinian Authority damaged the area where the Book of Joshua describes its namesake builing an altar on Mount Ebal after the Israelites had crossed into the Holy Land. By Aryeh Savir, TPS The Palestinian Authority (PA) wreaked havoc on the Biblical-era site of Yehoshua ben Nun’s Altar on Mount Ebal and ground stones from... Read more »