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Podcast Intro Our reading today is Joshua. Chapters 1 through 5, I’ll give you some of my thoughts on those chapters, and then, there’s the “On This Day In Church History” segment, and we will have some “Prayer Requests” at the end of the show. Thoughts on Psalms 3-5 Selah is a word that is most found in the book of Psalms. Habakkuk is the only other book in which it appears, but only three times. Here in Psalms it occurs 71 times. But what does it mean? I would love to give you a definite definition, but the truth is that we don’t know! But here’s what scholars surmise. The Hebrew word calah seems to be related to selah, and it means “to hang” or “to measure or weigh in the balances.” Job says, when speaking of wisdom, “The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold” (Job 28:19). The word translated “valued” in that sentence is the Hebrew word calah. Job is saying that wisdom is beyond comparing even with jewels, and when weighed in the balance against