01x35 - Josh And The Big Wall

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hi kids and welcome to veggietales i'm bob the tomato and i'm junior asparagus

and we're here to answer your questions yup that's right i bet you're wondering where larry is

he was a little tired after the last show so we decided to let him sleep in today but don't worry he'll be here

pretty soon in the meantime junior asparagus has very graciously agreed to

help out hi now junior yes bob today we got a letter from victor

bartholomew of sausalito california oh hi there

victor has a problem he says there's a kid named louis in his class who hid him yesterday oh my oh my is right now in

church victor just learned that god wants us to be nice to people even when they're not nice to us

but victor doesn't really feel like doing that deep down inside he wants to hit louis back

what should he do should he do it his way or should he do it god's way

oh wow i know how you feel victor sometimes the stuff i learn in church

doesn't sound like very much fun sometimes i feel like doing things my own way too

do you suppose we have a story about that oh do we have i ever told you about

the israelites hmm the israelites oh yeah i remember

those guys weren't they supposed to be god's chosen people that's what the

bible says oh i bet they always followed god's directions

you'd think so wouldn't ya but sometimes god's directions didn't seem to make sense to them you see

well maybe i should just show you huh close your eyes junior and don't open

them until i say so all right

okay [Music] how did we get here we're using our imagination

so these must be the israelites yep

why are they out here in the middle of nowhere oh now that is a good question have you

ever heard of a guy named moses hmm isn't he the one who parted the red sea

right again but we're gonna go back a little further the israelites were living in egypt but

not because they wanted to no the egyptians had taken them c*ptive and we're making them work very hard as

they're sl*ves that was miserable but god cared about the israelites so he

sent moses to lead them out of egypt and into their own land the promised

is land promised land no no no no oh the land god promised them was wonderful you

could grow things and there was lots of food no this is the desert

so why are they here ah yes that is the point when moses and the

israelites left egypt all they had to do was follow god's directions and they'd go right to the promised land but

they didn't always follow god's directions sometimes they went their own way instead

what do you mean well for example moses led them to the promised land right away but when some

of the israelites took a look around they saw people there that looked like giants

that scared him so much they wouldn't go in they got to the land god promised them and then they turned around and ran

away oh my now god was very disappointed in the israelites for not following his

directions so he told them that none of them could go into the promised land for 40 years

you're kidding me nope that's why they're stuck here in the desert

wow by the time 40 years had gone by moses had died

i thought this story was about him no it's about joshua joshua who is he

well he was moses helper when moses died joshua became israel's new leader

do i know you i'm the narrator oh the israelites were very sad about moses

dying because he was a great leader but at last it was finally time

it's time it's time did he just say it's time we didn't have a lot of fun in the

desert we didn't have a lot of fun in the sand we'll settle

[Music] but now we're on our way

cause we're going to the promised land the dining was losing with moses but

really feasting with josh in command i'd like a taco please and some pinots

and cheese [Music]

[Applause] sounds

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so off they went after 40 years the israelites were finally going to their

new home with a big grin joshua led his people into the promised land

unfortunately he overlooked one little detail [Music]

jericho

and now it's time for silly songs with laddie the part of the show where larry comes out and sings a silly song

[Music] ladies and gentlemen boys and girls lady

the cucumber presents in a sequential image stereophonic multimedia event the song of the support

[Music] this is a song about a boy

a thong about a little boy and his cebu a song about a little boy and his three

taboos the little boy who had a sick taboo a sad baboo

and a mute taboo and also a hippo

um um this is me at the airport this is my aunt ruth

[Music] this is me at a bullfight this is me fighting a bull

this is me in the bowl this is me in the bowl and i think

that's the bull's cousin he's a saboo [Music]

you call this a multimedia event this is a slide projector and a bed sheet

and what on earth is a cebu anyway it's kind of like a cow

see yes well very good this could be interesting

carry on [Music]

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and crying [Music]

now [Music]

and grunting [Music]

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what happens next does the hippo see them is the poor mute

cebu successful in communicating the imminent danger to the other passengers is the boy injured

why is the sad cebu sad is the canoe wood or aluminum

oh look there's me and bob at sea world oh wow

forgot about that one there's me in that bull again you can't just start a song and leave it

hanging like that you know i've come to expect a lot more from you

this is quite disappointing i'm going to have to speak to bob about this

oh look

no wait got the water buffalo [Music]

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did you hear something jean-claude mary philly i think someone has bumped

our walls [Music]

who are you who are we i think we should ask who are you oh um

i am joshua and these are the children of israel oh

hello children hi it was nice to meet you now

no you don't understand god has given us this land for our new home

so well you're gonna have to leave

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now listen to me our god said that this land was ours and then all we had to do

was follow his directions so i'm afraid if you don't come out we're going to

have to come in there after you

i'd like to see you try you can never get over our giant one

chinese figure yes dinosaur you are not a mighty deal you are just

as baby i'm a cucumber

maybe we should fall back and regroup

[Music] well things weren't going as smoothly as

joshua had hoped so the israelites decided to pull back and talk things over

that's a big wall this time i really mean it we should go

back to egypt don't you remember snorkeling in the

nile three square meals a day plenty of exercise oh it was

paradise we were in sl*very nothing is perfect listen kids that land

is rightfully ours and the only way we're gonna get it is by checking out

that wall right jerry oh yeah that that's right jimmy so jerry

and i are gonna put our heads together and come up with a plan to check out the

law yeah they are so aggressive

well joshua didn't know what to do and he could see that things were getting a little out of control where did we put

that chemistry set is egypt north or south then he remembered that whenever

moses didn't know what to do he would go and talk to god how did he do that well

moses found the best way was to go off by himself and just listen i'll be right back

so josh went away from the camp to see if he could hear god

after he had gone away he saw a strange man with a sword whoa

josh wondered whether this guy was on his side or on jericho's side

are you for us or for our enemies neither but as commander of the army of

the lord i have now come well josh realized that this was a

messenger from god so he immediately fell face down on the ground in reverence

i'm sorry i couldn't make that out

i said what message does my lord have for his servant oh

really that's what you said yes that's what i said oh all right

i come with directions from the lord great what are they ah yes

the lord says to you joshua see i have delivered jericho into your hands march

around the city once with all your men do this each day for six days have seven

priests carry trumpets of ram's horns in front of the ark on the seventh day

march around the city seven times with the priests blowing the trumpets when you hear them sound a long blast have

all the people give a loud shout and the walls of the city will collapse and

jericho will be yours

well have fun

those were very interesting directions they sure were josh went back to camp

and told the plan to the rest of the israelites the walls of the city will collapse and jericho

will be yours they thought it was interesting too so

we're supposed to hop around the city for seven days blow our little horns

yeah and the walls are just gonna fall down yep those are god's directions

wow i'm sure that would work great if the walls were made out of jello

oh then we could eat them let's call for egypt who's coming with me

[Music] just a minute i think you'll find our plan a bit more

sophisticated blowing the horns in the desert isn't gonna do it what we need is

serious firepower sherry [Music]

[Applause] [Music]

behold our creation the lawmanator 3000.

how are we clapping i have no idea

this is terrible it looks like they're gonna ignore god's directions again

josh has something to say um i think we're forgetting something

ahem [Music] the lord hath given this land to us no

need to fuss he knows what he's doing we know

that he will take care of us if we will follow him

now everyone sing together

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[Music] i think we should try doing it god's way

first well god's way still sounded kind of funny but the israelites agreed to give

it a try and the next morning there they were marching around

jericho it wasn't long before the people of jericho noticed the israelites

what are you doing we're going to knock your wall down

by walking around in circus yes

it's not because we're crazy or anything our god told us to do it this way

oh that's a great idea you go ahead and keep walking

[Music] keep walking but you will knock down our wall keep

walking but she isn't gonna fall it's plain to see your brains are very small to think

walking we'll be knocking down our wall you silly little piggy

you silly little bee you think that walking around will bring

this city to its knees the awesome powers of this world we've

clearly demonstrated ah but out here in the hotdog zone perhaps you're

dehydrated [Music] ah pitties and phillip ah mary

jean-claude may we won't you join me in my irritating

little song

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your brains are very small to sink working we'll

[Music] knocking down

your brains are very small losing weight we'll be knocking down our walls

all right boys let them have it

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double time

well it wasn't a pretty sight but the israelites did make it all the way around jericho

back at their camp that night they talked it over well um that that could have been a lot

worse we made it all the way around so um we only have to do this six more days

and that that'll take care of it well what do you think

i've got slushie in my ear well um time to fire up the laminator

jerry um you think that's a good idea who wants to see the pyramids i'm

organizing a tour no wait things were really falling apart this

time josh needed to do something and quick junior wait

don't you see what you're doing god gave you directions and you're ignoring them

don't you remember what happened when you're supposed to go into the promised land but you got scared and ran away

instead because you didn't follow god's directions you had to stay in the desert

for 40 years well yeah but that was i know god's directions don't

always make sense to us but things work out a lot better when we do them god's way instead of trying to do things our

own way it didn't make sense when god told you to walk right through the red sea but

what happened the water dried up and it didn't make sense when god told you to live in the

desert even though there's no food in the desert but what happened god gave you manna to eat

don't you see sometimes god asks us to do things that don't make sense to us

like walking around the city to make the walls fall down or being nice to someone who hasn't been nice to us but when we

remember that god made us and loves us and always wants what's best for us

we can be sure that his way is the best way

the lord has given this land to us nor need to fuss he knows what he's doing we

know that he will take care of us if we

will follow him god's way is

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tomorrow morning josh and i are going back out there to march around jericho

who's coming with us you can count on me

[Music] all right we're in

hey somebody's gotta carry that arsenal [Music]

well paul do you still want to see the pyramids ah

i've seen the pyramids i built the pyramids let's go to jericho

the next day they all set off again to march around jericho now god never said

it would be easy no the people in jericho hit him with everything they had

but the israelites remembered that they were following god's directions and they kept on marching

six days they marched and nothing could stop them

on the seventh day just like god had told them they marched around jericho seven times while the priests blew their

horns [Music]

and just like that said when they finished marching the priest blew one

long blast and then all the people yelled

oh [Music]

oh

aah [Music]

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hello my name is joshua and god hath given us this land

[Music] so the israelites obeyed god and the walls fell down

wow finally after 40 years they were in their new home

[Music] why did i pick a lousy day to wear my

contacts

[Music] anyone have any saline

[Music] well what'd you think that was amazing

but did they really build a rocket in the middle of the desert and get slushies dropped on their heads ah no

those were some things that we put in our story remember we were using our imaginations

oh but there really was a guy named joshua and the israelites really did walk

around jericho and the walls really did fall down wow

yep if you want to learn more about joshua you can read about him in the bible in the book called joshua

wow he's even got his own book that's right we're over here by qwerty to talk about

what we learned today and so what we have learned applies to our lives today

and god has a lot to say in his book

i'll be right back huh why not so fast

yes we love that song you see we know that god's word is

the israelites learned that since god loved them and was always looking out for them that his way was the best way

that's right and because joshua obeyed god he went on to be a great leader too

just like moses let's see if qwerty has a verse for us

as for god his way is perfect 2nd samuel 22 31a

well gee if god's way is perfect i guess it makes sense to obey him i think

you're right junior so victor i know being nice to someone who hasn't been nice to you doesn't sound like very much

fun but following god's directions is always the best idea and maybe lewis

doesn't need a punch in the nose maybe lewis needs a friend yeah

well we're out of time for today remember god made you special and he loves you

very much bye

is it time for the show ah nuts

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