Joshua 19:48
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. It stands in the account of the distribution of the land of Canaan. That distribution rested on written records accurately describing the property. The inheritance is a lot, meaning the part or portion allotted to someone. The allocation was assigned by providence rather than mere chance.
It reflects Joshua dividing the land after leading Israel through the Jordan at about eighty years of age. By that division he set them in a fair way to conquer their foes and find the promised rest. The book containing it was largely written by Israel's leader himself. His name means saviour as Jesus does in Greek. He was one of the two of his generation who wholly followed the Lord through the forty years of temptation and wilderness wandering.
In that work of victory the Captain of Jehovah's hosts was with him. God's invisible army leveled the walls of Jericho as the first-fruit of that evil land. Failure to trust brought defeat as at Ai. Israel might have possessed the land quickly had they been faithful. But after the triumph at Jericho there was general backsliding and repeated captivity, so the nation lived in adversity through years it might have lived in prosperity.