Entries from April 2009

April 29, 2009

Joshua 17-18: From Shiloh to Jerusalem

Joshua 17
Manasseh
1Then allotment was made to the people of Manasseh, for he was(BQ) the firstborn of Joseph. To(BR) Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead,(BS) were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war.
When we look at the first verse we wonder about the allotment being made to [...]

April 27, 2009

Joshua 15-16: Judah and Joseph

Joshua 15

(Courtesy of ESV Study Bible)
After being done with the allotment east of Jordan, we now turn to the allotment west of Jordan.
1. The Allotment for Judah

Side

Specific boundaries

South

1The allotment for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans reached southward(A) to the boundary of Edom, to(B) the [...]

April 25, 2009

Joshua 13-14: The New Heaven and Earth of all saints

Joshua 13
Land Still to Be Conquered (for the 9 tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh):

(COURTESY OF THE ESV STUDY BIBLE)

Joshua 12 was just a taster of these remaining chapters, as Joshua 13 opens with the statement that there remains much land to possess. What is more important is the LORD’s statement that [...]

April 23, 2009

Joshua 11-12: Firstfruits

Joshua 11
2. Conquests in Northern Canaan
1When Jabin, king of Hazor, heard of this, he(A) sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, 2and to the kings who were in the northern hill country, and in the(B) Arabah south of(C) Chinneroth, and in the lowland, [...]

April 21, 2009

Joshua 9-10: The suffering of the true King

Joshua 9
1As soon as all the kings who were beyond the Jordan(CV) in the hill country and in the lowland all along the coast(CW) of the Great Sea toward Lebanon,(CX) the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, heard of this, 2they gathered together as one to fight against [...]