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May 5 - Joshua 17 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Tuesday and it's the 5th of
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  May, which always amuses me greatly because after, well, my
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  family celebrates Star Wars Day because we are just lovers of
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  that great mythology and that story.
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  But it always amuses me that on the 5th of May, the fifth of the
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  5th, if you hold up your hands, fifth of the fifth, show people
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  your hands. It's actually International Hand
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  Hygiene Day, so it would always be a very serious come down to
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  earth after a bit of shenanigans on the 4th.
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  So hope your hands are clean. Don't forget to sanitise.
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  So today we are continuing on this document which outlines the
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  lands that are assigned to all the different tribes of Israel.
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  And there are different types of reading of the Bible, right?
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  There's the one where you listen intently to every word to hear
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  the truth of what Jesus has done for us.
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  And you, you memorise it. And those words are so
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  important. And there are other passages
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  where it's not so much about the individual words, but it's about
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  the theme. And so if you like, today's
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  reading is a bit of a meditation.
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  Today's reading is designed for these words just to wash over
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  you. And as you hear me reading
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  through these lists of people and places, the theme and the
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  the overarching message is of God's faithfulness.
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  So as you hear my, my my dulcet tones reading these words on and
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  on and on today, my prayer is that you would have the space
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  and the time to just reflect on God's provision and faithfulness
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  and goodness to you. So don't think I've got to got
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  to sit through this long list, think it's a gift of time where
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  I can spend this time reflecting on God's goodness to me.
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  How's that for a reframe? Isn't this wonderful?
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  So let's do this together. Let's enjoy this meditative time
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  focusing on God and His faithfulness and goodness to us,
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  His people, as we read together Joshua chapter 17.
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  The next allotment of land was given to the half tribe of
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  Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph's older son Maka.
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  The first born son of Manasseh was the father of Gilead because
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  his descendants were experienced soldiers.
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  The regions of Gilead and Bashan on the east side of the Jordan
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  had already been given to him, so the allotment on the West
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  side of the Jordan was for the remaining families within the
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  clans of the tribe of Manasseh, Abiasa, Helik, Asriel, Shechem,
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  Hefa and Shemida. These clans represent the male
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  descendants of Manasa son of Joseph.
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  However, Zealafihad, a descendant of Hefa son of
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  Gilead, son of Maca son of Manasa, had no sons.
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  He had only daughters whose names were Mala, Noah, Hogla,
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  Milka, and Terza. These women came to Eliezer, the
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  priest Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite leaders and said,
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  the Lord commanded Moses to give us a grant of land along with
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  the men of our tribe. So Joshua gave them a grant of
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  land along with their uncles, as the Lord had commanded.
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  As a result, Manasa's total allocation came to 10 parcels of
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  land in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan across the
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  Jordan River. Because the female descendants
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  of Manasseh received a grant of land along with the male
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  descendants, the land of Gilead was given to the rest of the
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  male descendants of Manasseh. The boundary of the tribe of
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  Manasseh extended from the border of Asha to Mikmathath
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  near Shechem. Then the boundary went S from
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  Mikmathath to the settlement near the spring of Tapua.
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  The lands surrounding Tapua belonged to Manasa, but the town
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  of Tapua itself on the border of Manassas territory, belonged to
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  the tribe of Ephraim. From the spring of Tapua, the
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  boundary of Manasa followed the Karna ravine to the
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  Mediterranean Sea. Several towns South of the
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  ravine were inside Manassas territory, but they actually
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  belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.
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  In general, however, the land South of the ravine belonged to
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  Ephraim, and the land north of the ravine belonged to Manasa.
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  Manasa's boundary ran along the northern side of the ravine and
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  ended at the Mediterranean Sea. North of Manasa was the
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  territory of Asha, and to the east was the territory of
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  Issachar. The following towns within the
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  territory of Issachar and Asha, however, were given to Manasa.
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  Bethshan. Iblim, Dora, that is,
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  Nephathdor, Edor, Tarnak and Megador, each with their
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  surrounding settlements. But the descendants of Manasseh
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  were unable to occupy these towns because the Canaanites
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  were determined to stay in that region.
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  Later, however, when the Israelites became strong enough,
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  they forced the Canaanites to work as slaves, but they did not
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  drive them out of the land. The descendants of Joseph came
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  to Joshua and asked, Why have you given us only one portion of
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  land as our homeland when the Lord has blessed us with so many
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  people? Joshua replied, If there are so
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  many of you, and if the Hill Country of Ephraim is not large
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  enough for you, clear out land for yourselves in the forest
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  where the parasites and Raphaelites live.
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  The descendants of Joseph responded, It's true that the
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  Hill Country is not large enough for us, but all the Canaanites
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  in the lowlands have iron Chariots, both those in
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  Bethshahn and its surrounding settlements, and those in the
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  valley of Jezreel. They are too strong for us.
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  Then Joshua said to the tribe of Ephraim and Manasseh, the
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  descendants of Joseph, since you are so large and strong, you
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  will be given more than one portion.
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  The forests of the Hill Country will be yours as well, clear as
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  much of the land as you wish and take possession of its farthest
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  corners. And you will drive out the
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  Canaanites from the valleys too, even though they are strong and
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  have iron Chariots. Ah Lord, you truly are a kind
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  God of provision, but more than that, you are a God of order.
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  And as we read through this document of this land being set
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  aside and set apart for your different tribes, Lord, we see
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  the great pains that have been gone to in your spirit inspired
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  word that everyone would understand and know whose land
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  belongs to who so that they can be order and that everyone can
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  have a place to be. We thank You that You know our
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  needs and that You provide for us in all the big ways and all
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  the little ways because you see into the smallest corners of our
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  hearts and those needs that we would never vocalise but you
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  know. Ah Lord, thank you for being our
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  loving, gracious Father who knows these things and gives us
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  good gifts accordingly. We are just humbled and amazed
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  by Your goodness to us, and we praise You and we lift you up
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  and put you at the highest point in our lives, our wonderful God.
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  And we pray all of these things are in the name of your Son
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  Jesus. Amen.