March 26: Joshua 12-15

March 26, Joshua 12-15

Joshua 12 is a summary and brief recap of what Moses and Joshua did in battling against all the Kings. You can’t help but look at the list and admire what the Lord has done. He has taken and fulfilled His promises. Moses and Joshua had different callings, and this chapter affirms that.

Joshua 13 God talks to Joshua and states, although Joshua is old and can’t do much more conquering, that there still is lots more that needs to be done. But even though the enemy is still all in the land, God wants Joshua to divide the land up between the Israelites anyways. God then goes on to explain who gets what land where. And that the Tribe of Levi wouldn’t get any land, as the Lord is their inheritance. Then the Lord goes on about who gets what land and nestled in the middle, talks about Balaam who was killed with a sword. Remember Balaam? The guy with the talking donkey. 

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Joshua 14 The Lord is finishing with allotting the land to the Israelites west of the Jordan river. And then we have Caleb stating that he is now 85 years old, and still ready for war, was still willing to wipe out the enemy and any giants that lived in the land and he asked for that hillside, Hebron, to belong to him. Joshua liked that idea and gave him that land for him and his family. 

Joshua 15 This last piece of dividing the land, is all about the Tribe of Judah and their allotted land lines. There is some time spent on making sure that they knew exactly where their lines where, making sure all future generations knew the boundaries of Judah’s land. Then in verse 13, we jump over to Caleb and his area of land. And how he already came in contact with the giants of the land, and Caleb holds like a fairy tale story of how he offers his daughters hand in marriage for the capture of a city close by. The winner was Othniel, who ended up getting to marry Caleb’s daughter. When the daughter found this out, she asked for a field and springs of water. Then the chapter ends with a list of cities and tribes of Judah, in their new homes. 

To sum it all up:

• God keeps His Word, we can bank on that! Trust in His promises, they are the only things that don’t fail…
• As you can tell, in addition, God is Faithful to see things through…