Yehoshua 16: One for All and All for One

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Jun 9, 2026 · 1m

Judah was the first tribe in the lottery and Joseph is the second. This continues the trend of setting up these two tribes as conflicting leaders of the nation. In this very brief chapter there are two interesting points. The first is that Menashe is not referred to as half the tribe of Menashe here, even though this is referring to the half in Canaan and Moshe constantly referred to the half in the Transjordan as “half the tribe of Menashe”. The second is that Ephraim had some cities designated within the territory of Menashe. Both of these may be linked. Reuven and Gad approached Moshe to…