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April 28 - Joshua 13 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Tuesday today.
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  It's the 28th of April and it's lovely to have your company.
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  Thank you for inviting me into your day.
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  No matter what you are up to, no matter where I find you, it is
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  so good that you and I are just going to stop for a moment and
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  we are going to take this time to read some of God's Word.
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  And as we are reading this fascinating book of Joshua, you
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  might be thinking, oh, it's all this giving out of land.
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  How does this apply to me? And why do they bother telling
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  us all these details? If you remember, all the way
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  back in the book of Genesis is where God promises to Abraham
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  that he is going to give this land to Abraham descendants who
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  didn't even exist at that time. And so here we have this book of
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  Joshua, and the author writes it so clearly so that we would know
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  that God keeps his promises and that if God has promised this
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  land, then all of this land will be delivered exactly as it was
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  intended to God's people, the Israelites.
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  So that is why the author goes to such great lengths to
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  describe exactly how this land is gathered, is conquered, is
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  retrieved for the people, and is distributed amongst those 12
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  tribes. So, Holy Spirit, help us to see
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  you in the midst of these readings.
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  May we just encounter you and your character, your
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  faithfulness, and your love for us.
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  All right, friends, Are you ready?
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  Me too. Let's do it.
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  Let's read together Joshua chapter 13.
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  When Joshua was an old man, the Lord said to him, You are
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  growing old, and much land remains to be conquered.
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  This is the territory that remains all the regions of the
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  Philistines and the Gesherites and the larger territory of the
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  Canaanites, extending from the stream of Shahor on the border
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  of Egypt northward to the boundary of Ekron.
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  It includes the territory of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza,
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  Ashdod, Eshkolon, Gath and Ekron.
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  The land of the Avites in the South also remains to be
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  conquered. In the north, the following area
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  has yet to be conquered. All the land of the Canaanites,
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  including Mira, which belongs to the Sidonians, stretching
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  northwards to AFEC on the border of the Amorites.
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  The land of the Gebelites and all of the Lebanon mountain area
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  to the east from Balghad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath and
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  all the Hill Country from Lebanon to Misrafoth Maim,
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  including all the land of the Sidonians.
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  I myself will drive these people out of the land ahead of the
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  Israelites. So be sure to give this land to
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  Israel as a special possession, just as I have commanded you.
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  Include all this territory as Israel's possession when you
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  divide this land among the 9 tribes and the half tribe of
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  Manasa. Half the tribe of Manasa and the
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  tribes of Reuben and Gad had already received their grants of
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  land on the east side of the Jordan, for Moses, the servant
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  of the Lord, had previously assigned this land to them.
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  Their territory extended from Arroa on the edge of the Arnon
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  Gorge, including the town in the middle of the gorge, to the
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  plain beyond Medibah as far as Dibon.
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  It also included all the towns of King Sahon of the Amorites,
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  who had reigned in Heshbon, and extended as far as the borders
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  of Ammon. It included Gilead, the
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  territory of the kingdoms of Gesha and Marka, all of Mount
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  Hermon, all of Bashan as far as Salaca, and all the territory of
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  King Ogg of Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrae.
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  King Ogg was the last of the Raphaelites, for Moses had
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  attacked them and driven them out.
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  But the Israelites failed to drive out the people of Gesha
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  and Marka, so they continue to live among the Israelites to
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  this day. Moses did not assign any
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  allotment of land to the tribe of Levi.
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  Instead, as the Lord had promised them, their allotment
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  came from the offerings burned on the altar to the Lord the God
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  of Israel. Moses had assigned the following
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  area to the clans of the tribe of Reuben.
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  Their territory extended from Arroa on the edge of the Arnong
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  Gorge, including the town in the middle of the gorge, to the
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  plain beyond Matabah. It included Heshbon and the
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  other towns on the plain. Dibon BA Mothbaal, Bethbalmion,
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  Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mepath, Kiriathium, Sibma, Jarath, Shaha
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  on the hill above the valley, Beth Poah, the slopes of Pisgah,
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  and Beth Jeshimoth. The land of Reuben also included
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  all the towns of the plain and the entire Kingdom of Cyhon.
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  Cyhon was the Amorite king who had reigned in Heshbon and was
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  killed by Moses along with the leaders of MIDI and Evai
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  Reckham, Zor H and Reba Princess living in the region who were
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  allied with Cyhon. The Israelites had also killed
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  Balaam, son of Beor, who used magic to tell the future.
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  The Jordan River marked the western boundary for the Tribe
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  of Reuben. The towns and their surrounding
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  villages in this area were given as a homeland to the clans of
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  the Tribe of Reuben. Moses had assigned the following
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  areas to the clans of the Tribe of Gad.
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  Their territory included Jaiza, all the towns of Gilead, and
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  half of the land of Ammon as far as the town of Arroa, just West
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  of Rabah. It extended from Heshbon to
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  Ramoth, Mizpah and Baitonum, and from Maha Name to the territory
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  of Lo Debar. In the valley were Beth Haram,
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  Beth Nimra, Sukoth, Zaphon, and the rest of the Kingdom of King
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  Saihon of Heshbon. The western boundary ran along
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  the Jordan River, extending as far north as the tip of the Sea
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  of Galilee, and then turned eastward.
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  The towns and their surrounding villages in this area were given
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  as a homeland to the clans of the tribe of Gad.
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  Moses had assigned the following area to the clans of the half
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  tribe of Manasseh. Their territory extended from
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  Maha name, including all of Bashan, all the former Kingdom
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  of King Ogg, and the 60 towns of Jaya and Bashan.
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  It also included half of Gilead and King Ogg's royal cities of
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  Ashtaroth and Edrey. All this was given to the clans
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  of the descendants of Maker, who was Manasa's son.
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  These are the allotments Moses had made while he was on the
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  plains of Moab across the Jordan River east of Jericho.
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  But Moses gave no allotment to the land of the tribe of Levi,
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  for the Lord, the God of Israel, had promised that he himself
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  would be their allotment. My Lord, you know our needs, and
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  You know exactly what it is that we need to make it through the
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  day, to make it through the generation, and to make it
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  through this stage of history. And Lord, we just thank You that
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  you know us and You provide for us.
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  And Lord, thank you for giving us today Our Daily Bread as we
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  go about our lives facing the challenges and the needs and the
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  shortages and the abundance. And there you walk with us with
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  that intimate knowledge of our lives and our needs.
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  Thank you for blessing us so graciously.
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  And Lord, as we have areas in a life where we are in need and we
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  come to you with those needs. Lord, I pray that we are also
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  reminded of all the areas that we have of abundance in our life
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  where you have provided the equivalent of land for our
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  families to grow and to feed themselves and be safe.
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  Our Lord, you are a good God who provides, and we thank you and
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  we thank you most of all for providing a way for us to come
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  to you in your glory and perfection through what Jesus
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  has won for us. So we pray all of this in His
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  perfect name, Amen.