The Landover Baptist Church Forum - Day 68. Joshua 19-21

Joshua 19-21

Today we get:

The rest of the inheritances.
Slayer cities
Levite cities

Joshua 19

Simeon
1 And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

Apparently they either miscalculated the size of the promised land, or miscalculated the needs of Judah.

Zebulun
10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:

This is interesting.

15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.

Pay attention later (a couple months from now), remember, the city of Bethlehem is in the borders of Zebulun.

Issachar
17 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.

Asher
24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.

Naphtali
32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

Dan
40 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

After they got done, they gave a city to Joshua, he's earned it.

49 When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:

50 According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.

Joshua 20

God reminds Joshua that he's supposed to set up the cities for the man-slayers.

2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

Remember 3 were already set up on the other side of Jordan, and now they were to pick 3 on the east side.

7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

Kedesh, Shechem and Kirjatharba on the east.

Bezer, Ramoth and Bashan on the west.

9 These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

Remember, it's for accidental killings, and not for murder.

Joshua 21

1 Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

Hey, we want our cities too.

So they divided up 48 cities among the Kohathites, the Gersonites, and the Merari.

43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

PRAISE JESUS!!!

44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

Except for the ones they let live and pay tribute.

45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

God fulfills His promises. He's like that.

So what have we learned today?

1. All the tribes got their land.
2. The Levites got their cities.
3. If you accidentally kill someone, run to one of the 6 cities. (But we learned that earlier)

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