Joshua 15:30 is part of the geographical record of the distribution of Canaan, listing Eltolad, Chesil, and Hormah among the places described in the account of the land allotted to the tribes. In that record the three names stand among the towns named in Judah's territorial allotment.
This geographical record rests on written records that accurately described the property. The verse belongs to the account of the conquering of the Canaanites and the division of the land, coming after the lesson of Achan's sin and its consequences. It is part of the division and settling of the Promised Land among the tribes, belonging to Israel's receiving its inheritance.
The naming of places shows both God's apportionment of the land and Israel's lack of faith and slowness in fully possessing it, yet the completed settlement proves that God brought to pass every good thing He had promised. The chapter containing the verse provides a clue about one of Judah's eleven mountain cities.
Joshua 15:30 is part of the geographical record of the distribution of Canaan, listing Eltolad, Chesil, and Hormah among the places described in the account of the land allotted to the tribes. In that record the three names stand among the towns named in Judah's territorial allotment.
This geographical record rests on written records that accurately described the property. The verse belongs to the account of the conquering of the Canaanites and the division of the land, coming after the lesson of Achan's sin and its consequences. It is part of the division and settling of the Promised Land among the tribes, belonging to Israel's receiving its inheritance.
The naming of places shows both God's apportionment of the land and Israel's lack of faith and slowness in fully possessing it, yet the completed settlement proves that God brought to pass every good thing He had promised. The chapter containing the verse provides a clue about one of Judah's eleven mountain cities.