By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
By lot the inheritance of the promised land of Canaan was divided among Israel after entry into the land, led by Joshua, for the nine tribes and the half tribe as the Lord had commanded through Moses. The word lot here denotes the means or method of apportioning the inheritance that determines a person's portion, not the inherited land or territory itself. In this use it means a providentially determined portion, distinct from the lot in which Daniel stands in Daniel 12:13 and distinct from the Hebrew word for a region or inheritance. After the tribal allotment by lot, the tribes further allotted their portions to their families.
Within this division Caleb sought as his inheritance the mountain where Hebron stood though Anakim giants lived there, declaring at eighty-five that his strength for war was still as it had been at forty, and he was commended for wholly following the Lord. The victories that secured the inheritance depended on God's presence, while failure to trust brought defeat and delayed possession of the land, and Joshua set the people on the way to conquer their foes and enter the promised rest. The organized allotment to Israel portrays the people as a miniature representation of God's kingdom on earth.
By lot the inheritance of the promised land of Canaan was divided among Israel after entry into the land, led by Joshua, for the nine tribes and the half tribe as the Lord had commanded through Moses. The word lot here denotes the means or method of apportioning the inheritance that determines a person's portion, not the inherited land or territory itself. In this use it means a providentially determined portion, distinct from the lot in which Daniel stands in Daniel 12:13 and distinct from the Hebrew word for a region or inheritance. After the tribal allotment by lot, the tribes further allotted their portions to their families.
Within this division Caleb sought as his inheritance the mountain where Hebron stood though Anakim giants lived there, declaring at eighty-five that his strength for war was still as it had been at forty, and he was commended for wholly following the Lord. The victories that secured the inheritance depended on God's presence, while failure to trust brought defeat and delayed possession of the land, and Joshua set the people on the way to conquer their foes and enter the promised rest. The organized allotment to Israel portrays the people as a miniature representation of God's kingdom on earth.