2. How could this talent be used in our American life? For example, in
the matter of moving picture shows?

3. Read Leviticus 19. This chapter contains laws which were made
during the period of the settlement in Canaan. Which of them seem to
you to be in the spirit of Moses?




CHAPTER XI

LESSONS IN COOPERATION


After the Hebrews began to be settled in Canaan, not only were they
tempted to neglect the poor and unfortunate; they also failed to stand
together against their enemies. Each tribe and clan seemed to care
only for its own safety.

The men of Judah in the south, the Ephraimites in central Canaan, and
the Naphtalites in the northern hills, and Gilead and Reuben across
the Jordan--each group tried to fight its own battles. Often they
fought with each other. There was a bloody war between the men of
Gilead, and their cousins, the Ephraimites on the opposite side of the
Jordan. The Ephraimites crossed the river and attacked the Gileadites,
and were badly beaten; when they tried to get back home again, they
found the Gileadites holding the fords of the river. Each fugitive was
asked, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said "No," they would order him