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Sometimes we put off claiming what’s ours.

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Joshua 18 and 19.

I’m reading Young’s Literal Translation (YLT) and the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV).

Joshua accuses the remaining seven tribes of “slack” in settling the land (Reuben, Gad, Judah, Ephriam, and Manasseh settled in their portions). Sometimes we are too comfortable where we are and delay changing our lives. After all, this generation of Israelites had known nothing except the mobile camp they had lived in all their lives.

But Joshua sent out surveyors and apportioned land by each tribe by lot. Of note in Joshua 18 is that two of the most famous towns from the Bible, Jericho and Jerusalem, are found in the land allotted to Benjamin.

Speaking of famous towns, we see that in Joshua 19 that Bethlehem is allotted to Zebulun.

Although Israel had conquered the entire area, it seems that the land given to Dan had to be re-conquered, but that tribe conquered it without help from the other tribes.

James Leroy Wilson writes Daily Miracles, The Daily Bible Chapter, JL Cells, and The MVP Chase. Thanks for your subscriptions and support! You may contact James for your writing, editing, and research needs: jamesleroywilson-at-gmail.com.

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