Author: Explaining the Book

But we move on to chapter 18. Verses 1 through 10 find all Israel in Shiloh. They set up the tabernacle. And then Joshua has something to say to the last seven tribes who haven’t received their land yet. I’ll warn you. It doesn’t relieve the concern we’ve had. It actually continues it. Let’s read…

Verses 1 through 13 tell us about Manasseh’s possession of land. Let’s read about something a little unusual that the author feels he needs to explain in verses 1 through 6. Joshua 17:1-6 [Joshua 17:1 ¶ There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for…

But the narrator moves right along to talk about the two (or I suppose 1 ½ tribes) of Joseph next. Verses 5 to 10 describe the territory allotted to Ephraim. We won’t read it, but it talks about the borders of Ephraim. Basically, if Judah was southernmost in Israel, Ephraim and Manasseh were to the…

Alright, so we’ve seen the allotment to Caleb, a man in the tribe of Judah. Now for the entirety of chapter 15 we deal with the allotment of land to that whole tribe. And they get a lot of land, really. In fact they get so much land that another tribe, Simeon, later just needs…

Now, from chapter 14 on through the end of chapter 19 we have the land of Canaan being distributed. Joshua 14:1-5 The first 5 verses serve as an introduction to the section. Now, you may wonder how we get 12 tribes when Levi didn’t get an inheritance of land. It’s in these verses that we’re…

Let’s open our Bibles to the 13th chapter of the book of Joshua. Joshua chapter 13. This is our tenth lesson in the book of Joshua. I suspect we’ll have maybe 3 more at most. We’ll see. And then the plan is to move on to the book of Judges. Now by opening your Bible…

Alright. The land is Joshua’s. The strife is o’er, the battle done. Now we start approaching the second half of the book, which I might add contains very little action. But maybe action isn’t your thing. Maybe you’re more interested in geography and lists of kings, cities, and other things. Anyone like that here? Well…