SERIES G --- THE PROMISED LAND --- LESSON 18

MY LAND!

THE LAND ASSIGNED TO SIMEON

From Joshua 19:1-9

When lots were cast again, the tribe of Simeon received the second assignment of land, including an area that had earlier been assigned to Judah. Within this inheritance lay these seventeen cities and their surrounding villages: Beersheba, Sheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual, Balah, Ezem, Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah, Beth-lebaoth, Sharuhen, En-rimmon, Ether and Ashan. The tribe of Simeon was also given cities around Baalath-beer or Ramah of the Negeb. The land assigned to Simeon’s tribe was part of the land previously assigned to Judah, for the tribe of Judah had received too much land. Therefore, Simeon’s inheritance lay within the boundaries of the inheritance of the tribe of Judah.

THE LAND ASSIGNED TO ZEBULUN

From Joshua 19:10-16

The third tribe of the seven to draw a lot for the assignment of land was Zebulun. The boundaries of their assignment went from the south side of Sand to the west, near Mareal and Dabbesheth, to the brook near Jokneam. From Sand the boundary also went eastward to the region of Chisloth-tabor, then on to Daberath and then to Japhia. From there it continued eastward toward the sunrise to Gath-hepher and Ethkazin, then to Rimmon where it went toward Neah. There the border turns north to Hannathon and ends at the Valley of Iphtahel. There were twelve cities with their surrounding villages in this territory, including the following: Kattah, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah and Bethlehem.

THE LAND ASSIGNED TO ISSACHAR

From Joshua 19:17-23

The fourth lot was drawn for the tribe of Issachar. The following sixteen cities and their surrounding villages, were included in the land assigned to this tribe: Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem, Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, Rabbith, Kishiort, Ebez, Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, Beth-pazzez, Tabor, Shahazumah and Beth-shemesh. Its boundary ended at the Jordan River.

THE LAND ASSIGNED TO ASHER

From Joshua 19:24-31

The fifth lot was drawn for the tribe of Asher. The territory assigned to this tribe included twenty-two cities and their surrounding villages, including Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph, Allam-melech, Amad and Mishal. The western boundary included Carmel and Shihor-libnath. As the boundary turned east, it included Beth-dagon and went as far as Zebulun and to the Valley of Iphtahel, then northward to Bethemek and Neiel. It continued northward to Cabul, Ebron, Rehob, Hammon and Kanah, then as far as Great Sidon. At Great Sidon, the boundary turned to Ramah, then went on to the fortified city of Tyre, where it turned to Hosah and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. Also included in this territory were Mahalab, Achzib, Ummah, Aphek and Rehob. These were all included in the total of twenty-two cities, with their surrounding villages.

THE LAND ASSIGNED TO NAPHTALI

From Joshua 19:32-39

The sixth lot was drawn for the tribe of Naphtali. The boundary for their assignment began at Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim, going on to Adami-nekeb, Jabneel and Lakkum, ending at the Jordan River. Naphtali’s western boundary went past Aznoth-tabor, then Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west and Judah at the Jordan River in the east. The following fortified cities were included in this territory: Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth, Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor, Yiron, Migdalel, Horem, Beth-anath and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities in all, including their surrounding villages.

COMMENTARY

SIX TRIBES AND THEIR TERRITORY

Why is such a lengthy account of the dividing of the Promised Land given in the Bible? Think how exciting this was for a people freed from slavery and fresh from wandering in a desert wilderness. Now each one would be able to say, “My land!” Each would know that his children and his children’s children would have a homeland. After the tribe of Benjamin received its inheritance of land, six tribes remained without territory. The next lot fell to the tribe of Simeon. Instead of settling in a new area, Simeon received a section of land in the middle of Judah’s territory, because Judah had more land than it could subdue and occupy. Since it was within another tribe’s boundaries, no borderlines for Simeon were ever recorded. The territory is identified by the cities within it. The major city among those assigned to Simeon was Beersheba. While other landmark cities like Beth-marcaboth {Place of Chariots} and En-rimmon {Pomegranate Spring}, are still identifiable, others; like Hazar-shual {Jackal Court} and Beth-lebaoth {Place of Lions}; have disappeared. The tribe of Zebulun was given the next land assignment, in the rolling hill country far to the north. The description of Zebulun’s wandering border starts in the middle of the southern boundary line. To the west it ran to Dabbesheth {The Hump}, then to the springs of Tel Qeimun. Heading east, it passed through a town called Gath-hepher {Wine-press of Hepher}, north through Rimmon {Pomegranate} and back down through the Valley of Iphrael. Issachar drew the third lot, a small area above Manasseh with the Jordan River as an eastern border. Like Simeon, the boundary lines for this tribe were never recorded; only a list of towns describes the area. Some of the important landmarks included Beth-shemesh {House of the Sun}, and En-gannim, {Spring of the Gardens}. The tribe of Asher settled in a much larger area. Shihor-libnath {Crocodile River} flowed along the southern border to the Mediterranean. The sea then formed the boundary up to the seaport of Tyre, almost the entire length of the land. On the east the border turned toward Beth-dagon {Shrine of Dagon}, and travelled northward through the hot springs at Rehob. This same line formed the western boundary of Naphtali’s territory. In the south it ran past Zaanannim toward the Sea of Galilee, sharing a border with Zebulun, Manasseh and a corner of Issachar. The tribe of Dan received its land last. Some of the towns included in its territory were Shaalabbin {Place of Foxes}, Jalud {Praise} and Bene-berak, {Sons of Lighting}. However, the tribe of Dan was not able to drive out the Amorites living in the area and never settled in its assigned territory

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May the wrath of the heart of my god be pacified!
May the god who is unknown to me be pacified!
May the goddess who is unknown to me be pacified!
May the known and unknown god be pacified!
May the known and unknown goddess be pacified
The sin which I have committed I know not.
The misdeed which I have committed I know not.
A gracious name may my god announce!
A gracious name may my goddess announce!
A gracious name may my known and unknown god announce!
A gracious name may my known and unknown goddess announce!
Pure food have I not eaten,
Clear water have I not drunk.
An offense against my god I have unwittingly committed.
A transgression against my goddess I have unwittingly done.
0 Lord, my sins are many, great are my iniquities!
My god, my sins are many, great are my iniquities! ...
The sin, which I have committed, I know not.
The iniquity, which I have done, I know not.
The offense, which I have committed, I know not.
The transgression I have done, I know not.
The lord, in the anger of his heart, hath looked upon me.
The god, in the wrath of his heart, hath visited me.
The goddess hath become angry with me, and hath grievously stricken me.
The known or unknown god hath straitened me.
The known or unknown goddess hath brought affliction upon me.
I sought for help, but no one taketh my hand.
I wept, but no one came to my side.
I lamented, but no one hearkens to me.
I am afflicted, I am overcome, I cannot look up.
Unto my merciful god I turn, I make supplication.
I kiss the feet of my goddess and [crawl before her] ...
How tong, my god ...I LOVE YOU thank you for having mercy on me, may your grace change my story in your Divine favor that can't be changed. Thank for taken up all of me into your safety and keeping your hand upon me and filling me up with your spirit and surrounding me with the Hedge of Arambraham and saving me from those that would seek to destroy me your kingdom or you choosen ones all while breaking any generation curses out on my family or divine blood line and breaking witchcraft breaking off that which was is not of you and taking back what the theif took from me. Heal me in all in your power restore my Divine favor and position in your Kingdom and more. Hallelujah for I'd be nothing without you. And I combine this with the prayers and declarations and decrees from your THRONE YOUR LIPS AND LOGOS HALLELUJAH AND Minister CINDY TRIMM. This and all other things I pray declaration and decrees IN FOR AND BY YAH WILL WAY NAMES POWER AND RUACH Amen! Amen! Amen!

SERIES G --- THE PROMISED LAND --- LESSON 17

THE TABERNACLE

THE TABERNACLE AT SHILOH

From Joshua 18:1-10

The people of Israel had conquered enough of the new land to feel safe in setting up the tabernacle in a permanent place. They all met together at Shiloh to put their great tent at that place. Joshua spoke especially to the seven tribes that had not yet conquered the land assigned to them. [What are you waiting for?] Joshua asked. [Why don’t you conquer the land which Adonai has given you and drive out the people who live there? Each of your tribes will choose three men to go through the land to make a report. They will divide the land into seven parts and I will choose by lot which tribe shall get each part. Of course, the Levites will not have land assigned to them for they are YHVH’s priests. The tribes of Gad, Reuben and Manasseh will stay where they are, for their land has already been assigned to them east of the Jordan River, the land which Moses, YHVH’s servant, gave them.] The men went from each tribe with these orders from Joshua: [Go through the land and make a description of it. Come back to me and I will assign the land by casting lots here at Shiloh.] They went through the land and wrote a complete description of it, dividing it into seven parts and listing its cities. Then they returned to Joshua at Shiloh with this description. There at Shiloh, Joshua cast lots to decide which tribe should get each of the seven parts.

BENJAMIN’S LAND

From Joshua 18:11-28

Benjamin’s land lay between the land assigned to Judah and Joseph’s family. The northern boundary was described this way: Starting at the Jordan River, the boundary moved westward on the north side of Jericho. Continuing westward, it moved through the hill country, ending at the Wilderness of Beth-aven. From there, the western boundary moved southward to Luz, also known as Bethel, then to Ataroth-addar, in the hills near Lower Beth-horon. It went on past the mountain near Beth-horon and ended at Kiriath-baal, also called Kiriath-jearim, which was a city belonging to the tribe of Judah. The southern boundary moved from the edge of Kiriath-jearim to the Springs of Nephtoah. Then it moved in a south-eastern direction to the hill in the Valley of Ben-hinnoni north of the Valley of Rephaim, and then to the Valley of Hinnom, crossing by the city of Jerusalem, a Jebusite city, to En-rogel. From En-rogel, it went northeast to En-shemesh, then to Geliloth near the slope of Adummim, then down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. The southern boundary continued eastward along the north side of the Arabah, then down into the Arabah. It went on southward past Beth-hoglah, ending at the northern part of the Dead Sea, where the Jordan River empties into it. The Jordan River formed the eastern boundary of Benjamin’s land. The following twenty-six cities lay within the land: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, Zemaraim, Bethel, Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, Geba, Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah, Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, Zela, Haeleph, Jebus or Jerusalem, Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim. This land and its cities and villages formed the inheritance of the tribe of Benjamin.

COMMENTARY

BORDERS OF BENJAMIN

Throughout Joshua’s lifetime, the tabernacle had been moved from place to place with the Israelites. Now with the land conquered, it was located at Shiloh. It remained there for three or four hundred years. Through those years, YHVH’s people would worship Him at Shiloh. The first five Israelite tribes were well on the way to conquering their parts of Canaan and Joshua encouraged the remaining seven to start moving into the land. The lots selected Benjamin as the first. Benjamin’s territory was sandwiched between Ephraim in the north and Judah to the south. The eastern boundary was clearly defined by the Jordan River, but the border to the west was vague since the Philistines lived along the coast. The tribal cities marked on the map do not always fall within the borders as they are described in the Bible. This is for two reasons. One, borders occasionally shifted; two, the city lists were probably made up at a later time than the borders were described. Beth-hoglah or House of the Partridge and Emek-keziz, meaning Cut-Off Valley, were centred around Jericho. Bethel became the central city for seven other towns, including Zemaraim {Double Peak} and Chephat-ammoni {Ammonite Town}. Gibeon served as the main city for the central hill region to the west. The names of the cities in the area; Giba and Gibeah {both Hill}, Mizpeh {Watch-tower} and Ramah {Height}; suggest how hilly the terrain was. Some cities, like Rekem and Irpeel {both meaning YHVH Heals}, are unknown today. The city of Jebus, which later became Jerusalem, for a while was claimed by both Judah and Benjamin.

God judged both Egypt and Israel through Moses. Prophets are like oven mitts. Heed them or be burned.

However, you don't have to be a prophet or theologian to understand God's Law. It's simple enough for slaves, bricklayers, and shepherds, and wisdom isn't only found in churches or synagogues. #yitro, the priest of Midian, had wisdom too. (Exodus 18:19-24)

Good Morning! ?

Moses' father-in-law Jethro (#yitro) was High Priest of Midian, a pagan people. (I know that some disagree about that.) Yet, when he worshiped Adonai with Israel in the Wilderness, they accepted him as one of their own with no complicated conversion process. (Exodus 18:12) Believe, repent, and take a mitzvah (baptism) to commemorate your change in status. Anything more is fine if it's meaningful to you, but definitely not necessary.

I think we'll be surprised who's in and who's out after the Judgment.

GOOD MORNING FAMILY HOW Y'ALL DOING JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY OUTSIDE Y'ALL KNOW ABBA WILL ALWAYS GETS IT RIGHT DON'T COMPLAIN JUST GO WITH IT AND KNOW THAT YOU WON'T GO INSANE ALL RIGHT!

We've made it through "hump day," and we're plugging along to Sabbath. My heart is focused inward toward home today, and I hope you'll enjoy a chance to think about refreshing both yourself and your home.
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