CHAPTER XXIII.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE LAND.
Joshua Chs. 15-19.
WE come now in earnest to the distribution of the land. The two and a
half tribes have already got their settlements on the other side of
Jordan; but the other side of Jordan, though included in the land of
promise, was outside the pa... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XXV.
THE INHERITANCE OF JOSEPH.
Joshua Chs. 16, 17.
NEXT to Judah, the most important tribe was Joseph; that is, the
double tribe to which his two sons gave names, Ephraim and Manasseh.
In perpetual acknowledgment of the service rendered by Joseph to the
family, by keeping them alive in th... [ Continue Reading ]