about 1010 BCE A sigh escaped her lips. Head bent, she sat carefully weaving the needle. In and out. Forward, backward. Nabal had demanded she prepare his robe for the upcoming harvest celebration.  Nabal. Her husband. How strange that sounded. Abigail looked up from her work as a sparrow flew by the door. The little bird reappeared, and flew to the foot of...

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1355-1245 BCE Based on Numbers 13-14 The sound of trumpets sounded. Once, twice. Three times. The eerie sound echoed and re-echoed throughout the valley. A gathering was being called. Joshua looked up from the papyrus he was busy transcribing. This was the call. He knew what it meant. He had been called. He, Joshua, the son of Nun, had been called to spy...

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