Jahazah, Kedemoth, and Mephaath are named among the places listed in the distribution of the land. The section describing that distribution is based on written records that accurately described the allotted property. The dividing of the land among Israel took place under Joshua, after the sun and the moon obeyed him and before his last words. The account stands within the connected story running from the building of the tabernacle and its services through the ark being taken by the Philistines and sent back to Israel. The verse is part of the whole Bible story that can be told in simple, connected form for children with practical moral lessons woven in. It belongs to the account of the land of Reuben east of the Jordan, showing that the district around Salt lies within Reuben's territory on the way by Jericho toward Jerusalem.
Jahazah, Kedemoth, and Mephaath are named among the places listed in the distribution of the land. The section describing that distribution is based on written records that accurately described the allotted property. The dividing of the land among Israel took place under Joshua, after the sun and the moon obeyed him and before his last words. The account stands within the connected story running from the building of the tabernacle and its services through the ark being taken by the Philistines and sent back to Israel. The verse is part of the whole Bible story that can be told in simple, connected form for children with practical moral lessons woven in. It belongs to the account of the land of Reuben east of the Jordan, showing that the district around Salt lies within Reuben's territory on the way by Jericho toward Jerusalem.