Bible in a Year March 11 Joshua 15 – 17

 

March 11 Joshua 15 – 17

Unless you have a map of the region that shows how these land allotments actually look, today’s reading is pretty impossible to comprehend. You can get a bit of a picture here:

There is an interesting tidbit in 15:16 – 19. In loving paternal fashion, Caleb offers his daughter Acsah in marriage to whoever attacks and captures the town of Kiriath Sepher. This ancient town was located near Hebron in the West Bank. Her cousin Othniel captures the town and they are married. Acsah was apparently pretty wise and wanted to settle down. Her father had given her land in the Negev and she wanted springs of water, too, which he granted.

1 Chronicles 2:49 tells us that Caleb’s first wife died and he remarried. He also had two concubines, and one of them was Acsah’s mother. He also had several sons.

Othniel became the first judge in Israel.

We also see that the daughters of Zelophehad finally received their land.

Unfortunately there were some people groups that could not be completely dislodged. You can bet they will cause trouble in the future!

TOMORROW’S TEXT: Joshua 18:1 – 21:12