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JOSHUA’S CHARGE TO ISRAEL’S LEADERS
Joshua’s Charge to Israel’s Leaders. And you have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake; for the LORD your God is He who has been fighting for you. Jos 23:3
THE ALTAR OF WITNESS
The Altar of witness. The report pleased the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel blessed God; and they said no more about going to battle against them to destroy the land in which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were living.
THE EASTERN TRIBES RETURN HOME
The Eastern Tribes Return Home. And now the LORD your God has given rest to your brothers, as He has promised them; so turn now and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the [east side of the] Jordan.
CITIES AND PASTURLANDS ALLOTTED TO LEVI
Cities and Pasturelands Allotted to Levi. Then the heads of the households of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the households of the tribes of the sons of Israel.
They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasture lands for our cattle.”
So the sons of Israel gave the Levites from their inheritance these [forty-eight] cities and their pasture lands, in accordance with the command of the LORD.
THE CITIES OF REFUGE
The Cities of Refuge. The LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,
“Speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘Designate the cities of refuge (asylum), of which I spoke to you through Moses,
so that the person (manslayer) who kills any person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall be your refuge from the blood avenger.
THE ALLOTMENT FOR MANASSEH
The Allotment for Manasseh. Now this was the lot (allotment) for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war.
THE ALLOTMENT FOR EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH
The Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh. Then the lot (allotment) for the sons of Joseph went from the Jordan Valley at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east into the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.
THE ALLOTMENT FOR JUDAH
The Allotment for Judah. Now the lot (allotment) for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families reached [southward to] the border of Edom, southward to the wilderness of Zin at its most southern part.
Their southern border was from the lower end of the Salt (Dead) Sea, from the bay that turns southward.
THE INHERITANCE WEST OF THE JORDAN
The Inheritance West of the Jordan. Now these are the territories which the tribes of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the households of the tribes of Israel apportioned to them as an inheritance,
Jos 14:2 by the lot of their inheritance, as the LORD had commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.
MUCH LAND YET TO BE POSSESSED
Much land yet to be possessed. So Joshua took the whole land [of Canaan], according to all that the LORD had spoken to Moses, and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. So the land had rest from war.