This map shows the location of Acacia, which is mentioned in Hosea.<BR>As the Israelites prepared to enter the Promised Land from the plains of Moab, the Lord commanded the Israelites to completely drive out all the pagan people living there.<BR>Two spies left the Israelite camp at Acacia, crossed the Jordan River, and slipped into Jericho. The city was built around an oasis in the midst of a hot and desolate valley 840 feet below sea level. Jericho was the first major city the Israelites set out to conquer.<BR>Because of his disobedience in the wilderness, Moses was allowed only to climb the mountains east of the Jordan River and look at the Promised Land from a distance. He would die before being able to enter it.<BR>After the Israelites crossed the Jordan River and entered into the Promised Land, they celebrated the Passover at Gilgal, remembering how the Lord rescued them from slavery in Egypt.