Alright folks, there’s something really important you’ve got to understand concerning the divvying up of the territory among the Israelites. The truth is… …it was a long, drawn-out and serious pain-in-the-neck process. Understand the Bible at times moves forward at breakneck speed with simple paragraph transitions actually representing a whole decade or more passing by. […]

“In Asher and Yissakhar, M’nasheh had Beit-Sh’an and its villages; Yivle‘am and its villages; and the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, of ‘Ein-Dor and its villages, of Ta‘anakh and its villages, and of Megiddo and its villages — three districts in all.”-Joshua 17:11 Let’s take a look at a controversial part of verse 11 […]

“The border of M’nasheh began at Asher and went to Mikhm’tat, which is across from Sh’khem; next the border went along to the right, to the people of ‘Ein-Tapuach.”-Joshua 17:7 From verse 7, we’re given a description of the borders for the Tribe of Manasseh and as I mentioned yesterday, boy was it huge! The […]

The last time we met, we were dealing with the thorny issue of Tz’lofchad and his five daughters. Or to be more clear, we were dealing with the problem that Tz’lofchad had never given birth to a son to whom he could pass on his inheritance. Well, contrary to popular opinion, the Torah actually does […]

“So the lot was drawn for the other descendants of M’nasheh according to their families — for the descendants of Avi‘ezer, Helek, Asri’el, Sh’khem, Hefer and Sh’mida; these were the male descendants of M’nasheh according to their families.”-Joshua 17:2 Let’s move forward with our text study of Joshua Chapter 17 starting from verse 2. Rapid […]