Yehoshua 17: You Get What You Get and You Don't Get Upset

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Jun 10, 2026 · 3m

“The Josephites complained to Joshua, saying, ‘Why have you assigned as our portion a single allotment and a single district, seeing that we are a numerous people whom the LORD has blessed so greatly?’” (verse 14) (יהושע י״ז:י״ד:

״וַיְדַבְּרוּ בְּנֵי־יוֹסֵף אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לֵאמֹר מַדּוּעַ נָתַתָּ לִּי נַחֲלָה גּוֹרָל אֶחָד וְחֶבֶל אֶחָד וַאֲנִי עַם־רָב עַד אֲשֶׁר עַד־כֹּה בֵּרַכַנִי ה׳״).

Why did the Josephites complain? Who were the Josephites? Rashi explains that really only the tribe of Menashe complained. Back in Deuteronomy God told Moshe to assign portions of the land to each tribe by…