CHAPTER 14 DISTRIBUTION OF THE LAND - THE LOT ALLOCATED TO CALEB. This chapter commences the account of the distribution of land to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan itself. However, prior to that distribution it describes the claim of Caleb to Hebron, through a promise made to him by Mo... [ Continue Reading ]
‘ And Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes, and the half tribe Beyond Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.' The repetition of this for the third time in a short space (see Joshua 13:14; Joshua 13:33) illustrates the importance that the writer laid on it. The in... [ Continue Reading ]
‘For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, and they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, except for cities to dwell in with their suburbs, for their cattle and for their substance.' With the separation of Levi to the service of YHWH the twelve tribes had been maintaine... [ Continue Reading ]
‘ As YHWH commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.' The obedience of the people at this point is stressed. They carried out Moses' commands as given by YHWH. They divided and allocated the land.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SPECIAL ALLOCATION TO CALEB (JOSHUA 14:6). Joshua 14:6 ‘ Then the children of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, said to him, “You know what it was that YHWH spoke to Moses the man of God, concerning me and concerning you, in Kadesh-barnea.” '... [ Continue Reading ]