God’s house comes to rest. No more will it be moved about as Israel wanders. Now it’s time for the rest of Israel to find their homes. Seven tribes remain without an assigned inheritance. God chose Shiloh for the resting place of the Tabernacle. It will stay here until David brings it to Jerusalem. This […]
Joseph’s descendants are the next to receive their inheritance. The remaining half of Manasseh and all of Ephraim are up. But they are not satisfied with what they are given. When Jacob blessed Joseph’s sons he put his right hand on Ephraim’s head and his left on Manasseh’s. This was backwards for their birth order […]
Joshua assigns Judah their portion. Caleb, the leader of Judah asked for Hebron and now Joshua deals with the rest of that tribe. Let’s start off by saying I am NOT good with geography. I cannot tell you which map is right in its representation of what Joshua allotted to Judah. I can say that […]
The people are ready for the land to be divided. They approach Joshua to begin this task. Caleb has a special request first. The first thing I noticed is the age difference between Joshua and Caleb. Caleb reminds Joshua that he was 40 years old when Moses sent out the 12 spies. At that time […]
It is time to begin dividing the territory on the western side of the Jordan. We don’t get into the boundaries today but are given a little background on the process. The last verse in our reading, to me, is the most important. “The people of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses; they allotted […]
