Daily reading
Today’s reading is: Josh. 15:20-17:18
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Joshua Chapter Fifteen
(Outline continues from yesterday)
- The cities are denoted.
- 29 towns plus their villages in the Negeb (south) (Josh. 15:21-32).
- 36 towns are actually named in the passage.
- 7 of these are later given to Simeon (Josh. 19:1-7).
- 42 towns plus villages in the Shephelah (Josh. 15:33-47).
- 38 towns plus villages in the hill country (Josh. 15:48-60).
- 6 towns plus villages in the wilderness of Judah (Josh. 15:61,62).
- 29 towns plus their villages in the Negeb (south) (Josh. 15:21-32).
- The Jebusites in Jerusalem remained as a snare (Josh. 15:63), although at one point the city was ravaged (Jdg. 1:8).
- Jerusalem was on the border between Judah and Benjamin (Josh. 15:8), which tribe was also unsuccessful in driving out the Jebusites (Jdg. 1:21).
- Jerusalem will finally be taken by David, and made into his capital (1st Chr. 11:4-9).
- Other cities besides Jerusalem would also be a thorn (Jdg. 1:19).
Joshua Chapter Sixteen
- The second lot for land distribution fell to the tribe of Joseph (Josh. 16:1-4).
- Ephraim received their land-grant (Josh. 16:5-10).
- Manasseh received their land-grant (Josh. 17:1-18).
- Ephraim’s territory was north of Judah’s, between the Jordan and the Mediterranean.
- Some of Ephraim’s cities will fall within land boundaries designated for Manasseh (Josh. 16:9).
- Ephraim fell short in driving out all the Canaanites in their portion of the land (Josh. 16:10).
Joshua Chapter Seventeen
- ½ Manasseh receives their land-grant within the land of Canaan, and ½ Manasseh has their Gilead land-grant confirmed.
- The clan of Machir received the land of Gilead & Bashan (Josh. 17:1).
- Ten clans of Manasseh received their land within the land of Canaan (Josh. 17:5).
- The daughters of Zelophehad were provided for, as Moses had promised them (Josh. 17:3,4; Num. 27:1-7).
- The territory of Manasseh was north of Ephraim (Josh. 17:7-10).
- Ephraim had some cities within Manasseh borders (Josh. 17:9).
- Manasseh had cities within the borders of Issachar and Asher (Josh. 17:11).
- Manasseh fell short in driving out all the Canaanites in their portion of the land (Josh. 17:12,13).
- The two tribes of Joseph (Ephraim & Manasseh) filed a complaint with Joshua that their land grant was too small (Josh. 17:14).
- Joshua suggested that they could clear some of the forests in their land grant and found additional cities (Josh. 17:15,18a).
- Joshua also suggested that they should finish destroying the Canaanites, and take those cities (Josh. 17:18b).