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Day 100 and 70
now that the land was under Israelite
control, the entire community of
Israel gathered at Shiloh and set up
the tabernacle, but there remained
seven tribes who had not yet been
allotted their grants of land.
Then Joshua asked them, how long
are you going to wait before taking
possession of the remaining land?
The Lord, the God of your
ancestors has given to you?
Select three men from each tribe.
I will send them out to explore
the land and map it out.
They will then return to me with
a written report of their proposed
divisions of their new homeland.
Let them divide the land into
seven sections, excluding Judah's
territory in the south, and
Joseph's territory in the north.
And when you record the seven divisions of
the land and bring them to me, I will cast
sacred lots in the presence of the Lord
our God, to assign land to each tribe.
The Levites, however, will not
receive any allotment of land.
Their role as priests of the Lord is
their allotment and the tribes of Gadd,
Reuben and the half tribe of Manassa
won't receive any more land for.
They have already received their
grant of land, which Moses, the
servant of the Lord, gave them on
the east side of the Jordan River.
As the men started on their way to map
out the land, Joshua commanded them.
Go and explore the land and write
a description of it, then return
to me and I will assign the land to
the tribes by casting sacred lots
here in the presence of the Lord.
At Shiloh, the men did as they
were told, and mapped the entire
territory into seven sections,
listing the towns in each section.
They made a written record and then
returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh.
And there at Shiloh, Joshua
cast sacred lots in the presence
of the Lord to determine which
tribe should have each section.
The first allotment of land went to
the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
It laid between the territory assigned
to the tribes of Judah and Joseph.
The northern boundary of Benjamin's
land began at the Jordan River,
went north of the slope of Jericho,
then west through the hill country,
and the wilderness of Beth Aven.
From there, the boundary went
south to Luz, that is Bethel, and
proceeded down to Terro adder on
the hill that lies south of Lower.
Beth Horan the boundary, then made a
turn and swung south along the western
edge of the hill facing Beth Horan
ending at the village of Keth Bale.
That is Kieth Jiram, a town
belonging to the tribe of Judah.
This was the Western boundary.
The southern boundary began
at the outskirts of eth Jira
from that Western point.
It ran to the spring at the waters
of Nto and down to the base of the
mountain beside the valley of Ben Hin
at the northern end of the valley of em.
From there, it went down the
valley of hin crossing south of
the slope where the Jebusites
lived and continued down to Rogel.
From Rogel, the boundary proceeded
in a northerly direction and came
to Hamish and onto Galof, which is
across from the slopes of a Dham.
Then it went down to the stone of Bohan.
Bohan was Reuben's son.
From there, it passed along the north
side of the slope overlooking the
Jordan Valley, the border then went
down into the valley, ran past the
north slope of Beth, Hola, and ended
at the North Bay of the Dead Sea.
Which is the southern
end of the Jordan River.
This was the southern boundary.
The Eastern boundary was the Jordan River.
These were the boundaries of
the homeland allocated to the
clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
These were the towns given to the
clans of the tribe of Benjamin Jericho.
Beth Hola, IMEC Keys,
Beth Aba, ZEMA, Bethel.
Ra, ARA Fer, Amini, Afna, and Gba.
12 towns with their surrounding villages.
Also, Gibbon Rama Biro mpa.
Kra, MOA Chem, ear Peel.
Tara.
Hey ef, the Jebusite Town that
is Jerusalem, GIA, and Kth, JIRA.
14 towns with their surrounding villages.
This was the homeland allocated to
the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.
The second allotment of land went
to the clans of the tribe of Simeon.
Their homeland was surrounded
by Judah's territory.
Simeon's homeland included
Beersheba, Sheba, Moda Hazer,
shul, Bayla, Zu, El Tolad, Bethel.
Homa Ziklag Beth Marba, Haar
Sousa, Beth Labbe, and Han 13 Towns
with their surrounding villages.
It also included a Remen Ether and
Asian four towns with their villages,
including all the surrounding villages
as far south as Baal Ath beer,
also known as Rama of the Negev.
This was the homeland allocated to
the clans of the tribe of Simeon.
Their allocation of land came from part
of what had been given to Judah because
Judah's territory was too large for them.
So the tribe of Simeon received an
allocation within the territory of Judah.
The third allotment of land went
to the clans of the tribe of Zein.
The boundary of Zeins
homeland started at Srid.
From there, it went west.
Going past Marla, touching DHA
and proceeding to the brook east
of Jom in the other direction.
The boundary went east from Srid
to the border of Kilo Tabor, and
from there to Draf and up to Giah.
Then it continued east to gaff, Heer,
f Cain, and Ri, and turned toward Nia.
The northern boundary of Zein passed
hon and ended at the valley of Ifta El.
The towns in these areas included Ka,
TAF, Neal, Shiran, IAH, and Bethlehem,
12 towns with their surrounding villages.
The homeland allocated to the clans
of the tribe of Zebulon included these
towns and their surrounding villages.
The fourth allotment of land went to
the clans of the tribe of Issachar.
Its boundaries included
the following towns.
Jeri
Ovum Ha Shaan, AATH Rab ian Ez Remit.
Ganim and Hadda, and Beth Pais.
The boundary also touched Tabor.
She Zuma and Beth Sheesh ending
at the Jordan River 16 towns
with their surrounding villages.
The homeland allocated to the clans of
the tribe of Issachar included these
towns and their surrounding villages.
The fifth allotment of land went
to the clans of the tribe of Asher.
Its boundaries included these towns.
Hell, KAF, Hali, Beaton, s
Shaf, a Lec Amad, and my shoul.
The boundary on the West touched
Carmel and Shiho Lib Nath.
Then it turned east toward Beth Dagon
and ran as far as Zein in the valley
of if Tael going north to Beth Emec and
Na is it then continued north to cable,
Abdon, reha, Hammond, Cana, and as far as
greater Seiden, then the boundary turned
toward Rama and the fortress of tire.
Where it turned toward HOSA and
came to the Mediterranean Sea.
The territory also included Al
sib, Amma, AEC, and Riha 22 towns
with their surrounding villages.
The homeland allocated to the clans
of the tribe of Asher included these
towns and their surrounding villages.
The six allotment of land went to
the clans of the tribe of Naftali.
Its boundary ran from, he left from
the oak at Zan Anim and extended
across to Adam I ni Keb Jab Neal.
And as far as comb ending at the
Jordan River, the Western boundary
ran past aov Tabor, then to Hawk and
touched the border of Zebulon in the
south, the border of Asher on the
West and the Jordan River on the east.
The fortified towns included in
this territory were Zim, Zu, Hamath,
Raku, ETH Adamma, Rama Hazer, KDE,
EDRi, I n, Hazo, yen, amygdala, l
Hoem, Beth Aneth, and Beth Mish.
19 towns with their surrounding villages.
The homeland allocated to the clans
of the tribe of Naftali included these
towns and their surrounding villages.
The seventh allotment of land went
to the clans of the tribe of Dan.
The land allocated as their homeland
included the following towns.
Zora Esta Hamish, sheeo, Labin
Alon, ILA Elan, Timnah, Ekron, Tika.
Gibbon, Ola Ji Bene Barrack gath
Riman me, Han Racon, and the
territory across from Joppa.
But the tribe of Dan had trouble
taking possession of their land,
so they attacked the town of Laish.
They captured it, slaughtered
its people, and settled there.
They renamed the town
Dan after their ancestor.
The homeland allocated to the clans
of the tribe of Dan included these
towns and their surrounding villages.
After all the land was divided among
the tribes, the Israelites gave
a piece of land to Joshua as his
allocation for the Lord had said
he could have any town he wanted.
He chose Tim Nsra in the
hill country of Efraim.
He rebuilt the town and lived there.
These are the territories that Eliezer
the priest, Joshua son of none, and the
tribal leaders allocated as Grants of
land to the tribes of Israel by casting
sacred lots in the presence of the Lord at
the entrance of the tabernacle at Shiloh.
So the division of the land
was completed, the Lord said to
Joshua, now tell the Israelites
to designate the cities of refuge.
As I instructed Moses.
Anyone who kills another person
accidentally and unintentionally
can run to one of these cities.
They will be places of refuge
from relatives seeking revenge
for the person who was killed.
Upon reaching one of these cities,
the one who caused the death will
appear before the elders at the
city gate and present his case.
They must allow him to enter the city
and give him a place to live among them.
The relatives of the victim
come to avenge the killing.
The leaders must not release the
slayer to them for, he killed
the other person unintentionally
and without previous hostility.
But the slayer must stay in that city
and be tried by the local assembly,
which will render a judgment, and he
must continue to live in that city until
the death of the high priest who was
in office at the time of the accident.
After that, he's free to return to his
own home in the town from which he fled.
The following cities were designated
as cities of refuge, Kadesh of Galilee
in the hill country of Naftali, Shechem
in the hill country of Efraim and
Raf Aba that is Hebrew in the hill
country of Judah on the east side of
the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
The following cities were designated.
Beezer in the wilderness plane of
the tribe of Reuben Moff in Gilead,
in the territory of the tribe of
Gadd and Golan in basin, in the
land of the tribe of Manasses.
These cities were set apart for
all the Israelites as well as
the foreigners living among them.
Anyone who accidentally killed
another person could take
refuge in one of these cities.
In this way, they could escape being
killed in revenge prior to standing
trial, before the local assembly.
This concludes today's
immerse reading experience.
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