These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing up the land. These are the inheritancesThis phrase refers to the specific portions of land allocated to each of the tribes of Israel. The concept of inheritance is deeply rooted in the Abrahamic covenant, where God promised land to Abraham's descendants ( Genesis 12:7). The distribution of land signifies the fulfillment of God's promise and the establishment of Israel as a nation. that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families
Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served as the high priest, representing the spiritual leadership of Israel. Joshua, as the military and political leader, succeeded Moses and led the Israelites into the Promised Land. The heads of the families, or tribal leaders, ensured that the distribution was fair and respected the tribal hierarchies. This collaboration underscores the unity and order within the community, reflecting a theocratic governance where both spiritual and temporal leaders work together. distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel
The use of lots was a common biblical method for making decisions, believed to reflect God's will (Proverbs 16:33). This method ensured that the distribution was impartial and divinely guided. The tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob, each received a portion of the land, except for Levi, whose inheritance was the priesthood and the Lord Himself (Numbers 18:20). at Shiloh
Shiloh was the religious center of Israel during this period, housing the Tent of Meeting and the Ark of the Covenant. It was located in the territory of Ephraim, Joshua's tribe, and served as a central place of worship and governance before the establishment of Jerusalem as the capital. Archaeological evidence supports Shiloh's significance, with findings of ancient pottery and structures. before the LORD
This phrase emphasizes that the distribution was conducted in the presence of God, highlighting the sacredness of the event. It reflects the belief that God was actively involved in the affairs of Israel, guiding and blessing the process. The presence of the LORD ensured that the division was just and according to His divine plan. at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting
The Tent of Meeting, or Tabernacle, was the portable earthly dwelling place of God among the Israelites. Conducting the distribution at its entrance signifies the importance of seeking divine guidance and approval in national matters. It was a place where God communicated with Moses and the priests, symbolizing His presence and authority. So they finished dividing up the land.
This statement marks the completion of a significant phase in Israel's history—the transition from a nomadic lifestyle to settling in the Promised Land. It signifies the fulfillment of God's promise to the patriarchs and the establishment of Israel as a nation with defined borders. This completion also sets the stage for the subsequent challenges Israel would face in maintaining faithfulness to God amidst the surrounding pagan cultures. Persons / Places / Events 1. Eleazar the PriestThe son of Aaron, Eleazar served as the high priest and played a crucial role in the distribution of the land among the tribes of Israel. His involvement underscores the spiritual oversight in the allocation process. 2. Joshua son of NunThe leader of Israel after Moses, Joshua was responsible for leading the Israelites into the Promised Land and overseeing its division among the tribes. 3. Heads of the Families of the Tribes of IsraelThese were the leaders of the various tribes who participated in the decision-making process, ensuring that the distribution was fair and representative. 4. ShilohA significant religious and cultural center for the Israelites, Shiloh was where the Tent of Meeting was located, symbolizing God's presence among His people. 5. Tent of MeetingThe portable earthly dwelling place of God among the Israelites, where significant decisions and divine communications took place. Teaching Points Divine Guidance in Decision-MakingThe casting of lots at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord illustrates the importance of seeking God's guidance in our decisions. We should involve God in our plans and trust His sovereignty. Leadership and ResponsibilityJoshua and Eleazar's roles highlight the importance of godly leadership. Leaders are called to act with integrity and fairness, ensuring that their actions align with God's will. Community and UnityThe involvement of the heads of the families signifies the importance of community participation and unity in achieving common goals. We should strive for harmony and collective responsibility in our communities. Faithfulness to God's PromisesThe completion of the land division signifies the fulfillment of God's promises to the Israelites. This reminds us of God's faithfulness and encourages us to trust in His promises for our lives. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the role of Eleazar the priest in the land distribution process reflect the importance of spiritual oversight in our own decision-making? 2. In what ways can we seek God's guidance in our personal and communal decisions, similar to how the Israelites cast lots in the presence of the Lord? 3. How can the leadership qualities of Joshua inspire us to lead with integrity and faithfulness in our own spheres of influence? 4. What lessons can we learn from the unity and cooperation of the tribal leaders in achieving a common goal, and how can we apply these lessons in our church or community? 5. How does the fulfillment of God's promise to the Israelites in the division of the land encourage us to trust in His promises today, and what specific promises are you holding onto in your life? Connections to Other Scriptures Numbers 34:16-29This passage outlines the instructions given by God to Moses regarding the division of the land, highlighting the roles of Eleazar and Joshua, which are fulfilled in Joshua 19:51. Proverbs 16:33This verse speaks to the casting of lots, emphasizing that while humans cast lots, the decision is ultimately from the Lord, reflecting the divine guidance in the land distribution. Hebrews 4:8-10This New Testament passage reflects on Joshua's leadership and the rest that the Israelites sought in the Promised Land, pointing to a greater rest found in Christ. People Allon, Anath, Asher, Dagon, Dan, Danites, Eleazar, Elon, Heleb, Hepher, Hosah, Israelites, Issachar, Japhia, Jezreel, Joshua, Naphtali, Nun, Rehob, Serah, Shema, Shimron, Shual, Simeon, Simeonites, Timnah, Zebulun, ZidonPlaces Achshaph, Achzib, Adami-nekeb, Aijalon, Ain, Allammelech, Amad, Anaharath, Aphek, Ashan, Aznoth-tabor, Baalath, Baalath-beer, Balah, Beersheba, Bene-berak, Beten, Beth-anath, Beth-dagan, Beth-emek, Beth-lebaoth, Bethlehem, Beth-marcaboth, Beth-pazzez, Beth-shemesh, Bethul, Cabul, Carmel, Chesulloth, Chinnereth, Chisloth-tabor, Dabbesheth, Daberath, Dan, Ebez, Ebron, Edrei, Ekron, Elon, Eltekeh, Eltolad, En-gannim, En-haddah, Eshtaol, Ether, Ezem, Gath-hepher, Gath-rimmon, Gibbethon, Gibeah, Hali, Hammath, Hammon, Hannathon, Hapharaim, Hazar-shual, Hazar-susah, Hazor, Heleph, Helkath, Horem, Hormah, Hosah, Hukkok, Idalah, Ir-shemesh, Ithlah, Jabneel, Japhia, Jehud, Jezreel, Jokneam, Joppa, Jordan River, Kanah, Kattath, Kedesh, Kishion, Lakkum, Leshem, Mahalab, Me-jarkon, Migdal-el, Mishal, Moladah, Nahalal, Neah, Negeb, Neiel, Rabbith, Rakkath, Rakkon, Ramah, Rehob, Remeth, Rimmon, Sarid, Shaalabbin, Shahazumah, Sharuhen, Sheba, Shiloh, Shimron, Shion, Shunem, Sidon the Great, Tabor, Timnah, Timnath-serah, Tyre, Ummah, Valley of Iphtahel, Yiron, Zaanannim, Zer, Ziddim, Ziklag, ZorahTopics Apportion, Assigned, Caused, Chief, Clans, Complete, Congregation, Decision, Distributed, Distribution, Divided, Dividing, Door, Doorway, Eleazar, Elea'zar, Ended, Entrance, Families, Fathers, Finish, Finished, Heads, Heritages, Households, Houses, Inherit, Inheritance, Inheritances, Joshua, Lot, Meeting, Nun, Opening, Presence, Priest, Shiloh, Sons, Tabernacle, Tent, Tribal, TribesDictionary of Bible Themes Joshua 19:51 4208 land, divine responsibility
7474 Tent of Meeting Library Tiberias.
All the Jews declare, almost with one consent, that this was a fortified city from ancient times, even from the days of Joshua, and was the same with Rakkath, of which mention is made, Joshua 19:35. "Rakkath is Tiberias," say the Jerusalem Gemarists. And those of Babylon say the same, and that more largely: "It is clear to us that Rakkath is Tiberias." And when, after a few lines, this of Rabbi Jochanan was objected, "When I was a boy, I said a certain thing, concerning which I asked the elders, …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and HebraicaChammath. Ammaus. The Warm Baths of Tiberias.
Chammath and Rakkath are joined together, Joshua 19:35. For they were very neighbouring cities; Rakkath is Tiberias,--and Chammath, the town Ammaus, in Josephus. Of their neighbourhood, the Jerusalem Talmudists write thus: "The men of a great city may walk" (on the sabbath) "through a whole small city" (which was within a sabbath-day's journey); "but the inhabitants of a small city walk not through a whole great city." And then follows, "Formerly the men of Tiberias walked through all Chammath; but …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Some Other Towns Near Tiberias. Beth-Meon. Caphar Chittaia. Paltathah.
Among the towns, neighbouring upon Tiberias, Tarichee is especially commemorated in Josephus, a city thirty furlongs distant from Tiberias: you will find in him the history and mention of it very frequent. In the Talmudists we meet with other names also. I. Beth-Meon. "The men of Tiberias, who went up to Beth-Meon to be hired for workmen, were hired according to the custom of Beth-Meon: the men of Beth-Meon, who went down to Tiberias to be hired, were hired according to the custom of Tiberias." This …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Eastern Wise-Men, or Magi, visit Jesus, the New-Born King.
(Jerusalem and Bethlehem, b.c. 4.) ^A Matt. II. 1-12. ^a 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem [It lies five miles south by west of Jerusalem, a little to the east of the road to Hebron. It occupies part of the summit and sides of a narrow limestone ridge which shoots out eastward from the central chains of the Judæan mountains, and breaks down abruptly into deep valleys on the north, south, and east. Its old name, Ephrath, meant "the fruitful." Bethlehem means "house of bread." Its modern …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel Within what Tribe the Lake of Gennesaret Was.
By comparing the maps with the Talmudic writers, this question ariseth: for there is not one among them, as far as I know, which does not altogether define the sea of Gennesaret to be without the tribe of Naphthali; but the Talmudists do most plainly place it within. "The Rabbins deliver: The sea of Tiberias is in the portion of Naphtali; yea, it takes a full line for the nets on the south side of it: as it is said, 'Possess the sea and the south,' Deuteronomy 33:23." The Gloss is; "(Naphtali) had …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica The First Sign --The Marriage in Cana.
"And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: and Jesus also was bidden, and His disciples, to the marriage. And when the wine failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto Him, They have no wine. And Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it. Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews' manner of purifying, containing two …
Marcus Dods—The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah
"And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall come forth unto Me (one) [Pg 480] to be Ruler in Israel; and His goings forth are the times of old, the days of eternity." The close connection of this verse with what immediately precedes (Caspari is wrong in considering iv. 9-14 as an episode) is evident, not only from the [Hebrew: v] copulative, and from the analogy of the near relation of the announcement of salvation to the prophecy of disaster …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament Emmaus. Kiriath-Jearim.
"From Beth-horon to Emmaus it was hilly."--It was sixty furlongs distant from Jerusalem.--"To eight hundred only, dismissed the army, (Vespasian) gave a place, called Ammaus, for them to inhabit: it is sixty furlongs distant from Jerusalem." I inquire, whether this word hath the same etymology with Emmaus near Tiberias, which, from the 'warm baths,' was called Chammath. The Jews certainly do write this otherwise... "The family (say they) of Beth-Pegarim, and Beth Zipperia was out of Emmaus."--The …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Jesus Calls Four Fishermen to Follow Him.
(Sea of Galilee, Near Capernaum.) ^A Matt. IV. 18-22; ^B Mark I. 16-20; ^C Luke V. 1-11. ^a 18 And walking ^b 16 And passing along by the sea of Galilee [This lake is a pear-shaped body of water, about twelve and a half miles long and about seven miles across at its widest place. It is 682 feet below sea level; its waters are fresh, clear and abounding in fish, and it is surrounded by hills and mountains, which rise from 600 to 1,000 feet above it. Its greatest depth is about 165 feet], he [Jesus] …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel Sennacherib (705-681 B. C. )
The struggle of Sennacherib with Judaea and Egypt--Destruction of Babylon. Sennacherib either failed to inherit his father's good fortune, or lacked his ability.* He was not deficient in military genius, nor in the energy necessary to withstand the various enemies who rose against him at widely removed points of his frontier, but he had neither the adaptability of character nor the delicate tact required to manage successfully the heterogeneous elements combined under his sway. * The two principal …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 8 Third Withdrawal from Herod's Territory.
Subdivision D. The Transfiguration. Concerning Elijah. (a Spur of Hermon, Near Cæsarea Philippi.) ^A Matt. XVII. 1-13; ^B Mark IX. 2-13; ^C Luke IX. 28-36. ^c 28 And it came to pass about eight days { ^a six days} ^c after these sayings [Mark agrees with Matthew in saying six days. Luke qualifies his estimate by saying "about." But if we regard him as including the day of the "sayings" and also the day of the transfiguration, and the other two as excluding these days, then the three statements …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel Joshua
The book of Joshua is the natural complement of the Pentateuch. Moses is dead, but the people are on the verge of the promised land, and the story of early Israel would be incomplete, did it not record the conquest of that land and her establishment upon it. The divine purpose moves restlessly on, until it is accomplished; so "after the death of Moses, Jehovah spake to Joshua," i. 1. The book falls naturally into three divisions: (a) the conquest of Canaan (i.-xii.), (b) the settlement of the …
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