The Origins of the Ark of the Covenant

The end of numbers chapter 21 is that Sam has already talked to us about. It's military victories of Israel, which is going to prepare us for what we're going to read in Joshua. The next few chapters are this whole Balaam episode. So I would suggest a kind of inspired commentary on this in Deuteronomy 2 and 3. And then they defeat these two kings in the battle with the Philistines,. They're marching toward the promised land again, like, hey, Edom? Can we go through?"