“Moshe gave land to the tribe of the descendants of Re’uven by clans. Their territory included ‘Aro‘er on the edge of the Arnon Valley, the city in the middle of the valley, all the plateau near Meidva, Heshbon and its villages on the plateau, Divon, Bamot-Ba‘al, Beit-Ba‘al-M‘on, Yahatz, K’demot, Mefa‘at, Kiryatayim, Sivmah, Tzeret-Shachar at the […]

“Only to the tribe of Levi did Moshe give no inheritance; because the offerings made by fire for Adonai the God of Israel are its inheritance; as [Adonai] had said to Moshe.”-Joshua 13:14 Yesterday, we broached the topic of why the Levites were to receive ZERO land inheritance and instead… …why they were to receive […]

“Only to the tribe of Levi did Moshe give no inheritance; because the offerings made by fire for Adonai the God of Isra’el are its inheritance; as [Adonai] had said to Moshe.”-Joshua 13:14 From verse 14, we’re told the Levites were NOT to receive any land inheritance. Now let me pause for a second and […]

“With the half-tribe of M’nasheh, the Re’uveni and the Gadi received their inheritance, which Moshe had given them, beyond the Yarden eastward, just as Moshe the servant of Adonai had given them — from ‘Aro‘er on the edge of the Arnon Valley, the city in the middle of the valley, all the plateau between Meidva […]

So let’s take a quick breather from our text study to ponder an important lesson we can take away from Joshua 13. The Lord has given orders to Joshua to divide and distribute the Promised Land among the 12 tribes of Israel. However, we need to keep in mind these instructions came at quite an […]