Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
Joshua 15:57 stands in the account of Joshua dividing the land among Israel after bringing them into Canaan. It belongs to that portion of the book that treats the conquering of the Canaanites and the division of the land following the sin of Achan and its consequences. It is part of the record of the division and settling of the Promised Land among the tribes in chapters 11-21, naming the cities in the inheritance given to Judah.
The distribution of the land is placed in chapters 13 to 22, resting on written documents in which the property was accurately described. More particularly, the verse belongs to the list of eleven mountain cities that fell by lot to the tribe of Judah. These geographical records, describing the conquest of Canaan and its division among the tribes, contain the typical rest in that land foreshadowing the complete rest of God's people in heaven. That same record exposes Israel's lack of faith and slowness to possess the land, yet it closes with the assurance that God fulfilled every good thing He had promised.
Joshua 15:57 stands in the account of Joshua dividing the land among Israel after bringing them into Canaan. It belongs to that portion of the book that treats the conquering of the Canaanites and the division of the land following the sin of Achan and its consequences. It is part of the record of the division and settling of the Promised Land among the tribes in chapters 11-21, naming the cities in the inheritance given to Judah.
The distribution of the land is placed in chapters 13 to 22, resting on written documents in which the property was accurately described. More particularly, the verse belongs to the list of eleven mountain cities that fell by lot to the tribe of Judah. These geographical records, describing the conquest of Canaan and its division among the tribes, contain the typical rest in that land foreshadowing the complete rest of God's people in heaven. That same record exposes Israel's lack of faith and slowness to possess the land, yet it closes with the assurance that God fulfilled every good thing He had promised.