Thursday, August 09, 2007

Joshua 14

1 - 5 The Distribution of the Territory West of the Jordan

6 - 15 Hebron Allotted to Caleb

As promised by Moses . . .

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The land west of the Jordan was divided by lot among the 9 1/2 tribes. Eleazar, son of Aaron, was high priest and supervised the casting of the lots. Since Jacob had adopted Manasseh and Ephraim, sons of Joseph, there was a total of 12 tribes.

Caleb is given his own land (25 miles south of Jerusalem) as promised by Moses 40 years earlier.

Question: What did Caleb do to deserve his own land?

Karlton said...

"So Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he whole-heartedly followed the Lord, the God of Israel." (14)