To Chephirah...

I went on a hike last night with some friends from Moody Bible Institute. We set out to have a view of Chephirah, a biblical site that is in hiking distance from Kiriath Jearim (near where I am living) at least it looks like it in the student map manual (SMM). This city was one of the three cities of the Gibeonites who fooled Joshua and Israel into believing that they were from a distant country (Josh 9:17). It was also later given to the tribe of Benjamin as part of their inheritance in the land (Josh 18:26). It ended up getting too dark and too far to walk in the dark. We found out that all of Israel goes on walks on erev shabbat (evening of the sabbath day)--not really everyone but it seemed like it.

So...we turned around and found another place to make a fire with a good view of the shephelah and Tel Aviv in the distance. It was a great to spend time with other believers just singing praise choruses and hymns.