The handing out of the territory continues. There seems to be little fuss over it - enough for everyone, perhaps?
The cities of Judah
Joshua 15:48-63, Judges 1:21
The portion of Joseph’s sons
Joshua 16:1-10
Manasseh’s portion
Joshua 17: 1-6
The boundaries of Manasseh
Joshua 17:7-13
Joseph desires a larger portion
Joshua 17:14-18
The tabernacle set up
Joshua 18:1
The remainder of the land divided
Joshua 18:2-10
The lot of Benjamin
Joshua 18:11-28
The lot of Simeon
Joshua 19:1-9, 1 Chronicles 4:28-33
Interestingly, as I read through the lists of names, there are a few people who could not be dislodged, and continue living among the Israelites. God had commanded that everyone should be driven out, but perhaps the Israelites didn’t have the stomach for the fight. In the case of Jerusalem, it was a heavily fortified city, and could hold out against a siege indefinitely. It seems that in several cases the Israelites reached an accommodation with the people already living in the land. Interesting. When modern day Zionists use these passages to claim that Jews should have the entire land of Israel, are they overlooking these?
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