Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary: Now the allotmentThe Hebrew word for "allotment" is "גּוֹרָל" (goral), which refers to a portion or inheritance that is distributed by casting lots. This method of distribution underscores the belief in divine sovereignty, as the Israelites trusted that God would guide the outcome of the lots. The concept of allotment is deeply rooted in the understanding that God has a specific plan and purpose for each tribe, reflecting His providence and order. for the tribe of the descendants of Judah
Judah, meaning "praise" in Hebrew, is one of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from Jacob's fourth son with Leah. Historically, Judah holds a place of prominence, as it is the tribe from which King David and ultimately Jesus Christ, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, would come. This allotment signifies the beginning of the fulfillment of God's promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob regarding the land. clan by clan
The phrase "clan by clan" indicates the detailed and organized manner in which the land was distributed among the families within the tribe. The Hebrew word "מִשְׁפָּחָה" (mishpachah) refers to a family or clan, emphasizing the importance of family units in the social and religious structure of Israel. This distribution ensured that each family had a stake in the Promised Land, fostering a sense of community and responsibility. extended to the border of Edom
Edom, located to the southeast of Judah, was inhabited by the descendants of Esau, Jacob's brother. The mention of Edom as a border highlights the historical and familial connections between the Israelites and the Edomites, as well as the geopolitical realities of the time. This boundary signifies the extent of Judah's territory and the fulfillment of God's promise to give the Israelites a land of their own. to the Wilderness of Zin
The Wilderness of Zin is a desert region located in the southern part of the Promised Land. It served as a significant location during the Israelites' 40-year journey in the wilderness. The mention of Zin as a boundary underscores the transition from the nomadic life of wandering to the settled life in the land God promised. It symbolizes a new beginning and the faithfulness of God in leading His people to their inheritance. in the Negev farthest south
The Negev is a desert region in the southern part of Israel. The term "Negev" comes from the Hebrew root "נֶגֶב" (negev), meaning "dry" or "south." This area, characterized by its arid climate, represents the southernmost part of Judah's territory. The inclusion of the Negev in Judah's allotment demonstrates the diversity of the land God provided, from fertile areas to desert regions, each with its own challenges and opportunities for growth and reliance on God's provision. Persons / Places / Events 1. Tribe of JudahOne of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah. Judah is significant as the tribe from which King David and ultimately Jesus Christ descended. 2. EdomA region southeast of Judah, inhabited by the descendants of Esau, Jacob's brother. Historically, Edom had a contentious relationship with Israel. 3. Wilderness of ZinA desert area located in the southern part of Canaan, marking the southern boundary of the land allotted to Judah. It is often associated with the Israelites' wanderings. 4. AllotmentThe division of the Promised Land among the tribes of Israel, as commanded by God. This process was led by Joshua and the high priest Eleazar. 5. Extreme SouthRefers to the southernmost part of the land of Canaan, indicating the vastness and strategic importance of Judah's territory. Teaching Points God's Faithfulness in FulfillmentThe allotment of land to Judah demonstrates God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises to the patriarchs regarding the land of Canaan. Significance of BoundariesBoundaries are important in God's plan, providing structure and identity. They remind us of the importance of respecting God's ordained limits in our lives. Heritage and LegacyJudah's inheritance is a reminder of the spiritual heritage we have in Christ. We are called to steward our spiritual inheritance faithfully. Leadership and ResponsibilityAs the tribe from which leaders like David emerged, Judah's allotment underscores the responsibility that comes with leadership and influence. Unity and Diversity in God's PlanThe division of land among the tribes shows the unity and diversity within God's people, each with a unique role and purpose. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the allotment of land to Judah reflect God's promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? 2. In what ways can we see the significance of boundaries in our personal and spiritual lives today? 3. How does the history and future of the tribe of Judah encourage us in understanding our spiritual heritage in Christ? 4. What responsibilities come with the leadership roles God has given us, and how can we fulfill them faithfully? 5. How can we appreciate and contribute to the unity and diversity within the body of Christ, as seen in the division of the land among the tribes? Connections to Other Scriptures Genesis 49:8-12Jacob's blessing to Judah, prophesying leadership and prominence, which is fulfilled in the tribe's significant allotment and future kingship. Numbers 34:3-5Describes the southern boundary of the Promised Land, which includes the Wilderness of Zin, providing context for Judah's territorial limits. 1 Samuel 17:12Mentions David, from the tribe of Judah, highlighting the tribe's importance in Israel's history and God's plan for leadership. People Achsah, Addar, Ahiman, Anak, Anakites, Arba, Ben, Bohan, Cain, Caleb, Dagon, Debir, Dumah, Eder, Eglon, Ephron, Gad, Gedor, Hezron, Hoglah, Jebusites, Jephunneh, Jezreel, Joshua, Kenaz, Maon, Naamah, Othniel, Pelet, Reuben, Seir, Shamir, Shema, Sheshai, Shual, Talmai, Tappuah, Telem, Timnah, ZurPlaces Achzib, Adadah, Addar, Adullam, Adummim, Ain, Akrabbim, Amam, Anab, Anim, Aphekah, Arab, Ashan, Ashdod, Ashnah, Azekah, Baalah, Bealoth, Beersheba, Beth-anoth, Beth-arabah, Beth-dagan, Beth-hoglah, Beth-pelet, Beth-shemesh, Beth-tappuah, Beth-zur, Biziothiah, Bozkath, Brook of Egypt, Cabbon, Carmel, Chesalon, Chesil, Chitlish, City of Salt, Dannah, Debir, Dilean, Dimonah, Dumah, Eder, Edom, Eglon, Ekron, Eltekon, Eltolad, Enam, En-gannim, Engedi, En-rogel, En-shemesh, Eshan, Eshtaol, Eshtemoh, Ether, Ezem, Gaza, Gederah, Gederoth, Gederothaim, Gedor, Gibeah, Gilgal, Giloh, Great Sea, Hadashah, Halhul, Hazar-gaddah, Hazar-shual, Hazor, Hazor-hadattah, Hebron, Heshmon, Hezron, Holon, Hormah, Humtah, Iim, Iphtah, Ithnan, Jabneel, Jagur, Janim, Jarmuth, Jattir, Jebus, Jerusalem, Jokdeam, Joktheel, Jordan River, Juttah, Kabzeel, Kadesh-barnea, Kain, Keilah, Kerioth-hezron, Kinah, Kiriath-arba, Kiriath-baal, Kiriath-jearim, Kiriath-sannah, Kiriath-sepher, Lachish, Lahmam, Lebaoth, Libnah, Maarath, Madmannah, Makkedah, Maon, Mareshah, Middin, Migdal-gad, Mizpeh, Moladah, Mount Baalah, Mount Ephron, Mount Jearim, Mount Seir, Negeb, Nephtoah, Nezib, Nibshan, Rabbah, Rimmon, Salt Sea, Sansannah, Secacah, Shaaraim, Shamir, Shema, Shikkeron, Shilhim, Socoh, Tappuah, Telem, Timnah, Valley of Achor, Valley of Hinnom, Valley of Rephaim, Zanoah, Zenan, Ziklag, Zin, Zior, Ziph, ZorahTopics Border, Boundary, Clan, Coast, Desert, Edge, Edom, Extended, Extreme, Extremity, Families, Farthest, Judah, Lot, Marked, Point, Reached, Sons, South, Southward, Territory, Tribe, Uttermost, Waste, Wilderness, ZinDictionary of Bible Themes Joshua 15:1 4208 land, divine responsibility Joshua 15:1-19:48 5671 clan Joshua 15:1-63 5235 boundary
7266 tribes of Israel Library The Sea of Sodom
The bounds of Judea, on both sides, are the sea; the western bound is the Mediterranean,--the eastern, the Dead sea, or the sea of Sodom. This the Jewish writers every where call, which you may not so properly interpret here, "the salt sea," as "the bituminous sea." In which sense word for word, "Sodom's salt," but properly "Sodom's bitumen," doth very frequently occur among them. The use of it was in the holy incense. They mingled 'bitumen,' 'the amber of Jordan,' and [an herb known to few], with …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and HebraicaTiglath-Pileser iii. And the Organisation of the Assyrian Empire from 745 to 722 B. C.
TIGLATH-PILESER III. AND THE ORGANISATION OF THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE FROM 745 to 722 B.C. FAILURE OF URARTU AND RE-CONQUEST Of SYRIA--EGYPT AGAIN UNITED UNDER ETHIOPIAN AUSPICES--PIONKHI--THE DOWNFALL OF DAMASCUS, OF BABYLON, AND OF ISRAEL. Assyria and its neighbours at the accession of Tiglath-pileser III.: progress of the Aramaeans in the basin of the Middle Tigris--Urartu and its expansion into the north of Syria--Damascus and Israel--Vengeance of Israel on Damascus--Jeroboam II.--Civilisation …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 7 John the Baptist --visit of Jesus to John, and his Abode in the Desert of Judea --Adoption of the Baptism of John.
An extraordinary man, whose position, from the absence of documentary evidence, remains to us in some degree enigmatical, appeared about this time, and was unquestionably to some extent connected with Jesus. This connection tended rather to make the young prophet of Nazareth deviate from his path; but it suggested many important accessories to his religious institution, and, at all events, furnished a very strong authority to his disciples in recommending their Master in the eyes of a certain class …
Ernest Renan—The Life of Jesus Divers Matters.
I. Beth-cerem, Nehemiah 3:14. "The stones, as well of the altar, as of the ascent to the altar, were from the valley of Beth-cerem, which they digged out beneath the barren land. And thence they are wont to bring whole stones, upon which the working iron came not." The fathers of the traditions, treating concerning the blood of women's terms, reckon up five colours of it; among which that, "which is like the water of the earth, out of the valley of Beth-cerem."--Where the Gloss writes thus, "Beth-cerem …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Epistle xxvi. To Theoctista, Patrician
To Theoctista, Patrician [1704] Gregory to Theoctista, &c. That your Excellency, though placed in so great a tumult of affairs, is full of the fruitfulness of the sacred word, and incessantly pants after eternal joys, for this I give great thanks to Almighty God, in that in you I see fulfilled what is written of the elect fathers, But the children of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea (Exod. xv. 19). But on the other hand, I am come into the depth of the sea, and the storm hath …
Saint Gregory the Great—the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great Emmaus. Kiriath-Jearim.
"From Beth-horon to Emmaus it was hilly."--It was sixty furlongs distant from Jerusalem.--"To eight hundred only, dismissed the army, (Vespasian) gave a place, called Ammaus, for them to inhabit: it is sixty furlongs distant from Jerusalem." I inquire, whether this word hath the same etymology with Emmaus near Tiberias, which, from the 'warm baths,' was called Chammath. The Jews certainly do write this otherwise... "The family (say they) of Beth-Pegarim, and Beth Zipperia was out of Emmaus."--The …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica The Coast of the Asphaltites, the Essenes. En-Gedi.
"On the western shore" (of the Asphaltites) "dwell the Essenes; whom persons, guilty of any crimes, fly from on every side. A nation it is that lives alone, and of all other nations in the whole world, most to be admired; they are without any woman; all lust banished, &c. Below these, was the town Engadda, the next to Jerusalem for fruitfulness, and groves of palm-trees, now another burying-place. From thence stands Massada, a castle in a rock, and this castle not far from the Asphaltites." Solinus, …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah
"And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, too little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall come forth unto Me (one) [Pg 480] to be Ruler in Israel; and His goings forth are the times of old, the days of eternity." The close connection of this verse with what immediately precedes (Caspari is wrong in considering iv. 9-14 as an episode) is evident, not only from the [Hebrew: v] copulative, and from the analogy of the near relation of the announcement of salvation to the prophecy of disaster …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament Moses and his Writings
[Illustration: (drop cap W) Clay letter tablet of Moses' time.] We now begin to understand a little of the very beginning of God's Book--of the times in which it was written, the materials used by its first author, and the different kinds of writing from which he had to choose; but we must go a step farther. How much did Moses know about the history of his forefathers, Abraham and Jacob, and of all the old nations and kings mentioned in Genesis, before God called him to the great work of writing …
Mildred Duff—The Bible in its Making The Power of Assyria at Its Zenith; Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal
The Medes and Cimmerians: Lydia--The conquest of Egypt, of Arabia, and of Elam. As we have already seen, Sennacherib reigned for eight years after his triumph; eight years of tranquillity at home, and of peace with all his neighbours abroad. If we examine the contemporary monuments or the documents of a later period, and attempt to glean from them some details concerning the close of his career, we find that there is a complete absence of any record of national movement on the part of either Elam, …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 8 Some Helps to Mourning
Having removed the obstructions, let me in the last place propound some helps to holy mourning. 1 Set David's prospect continually before you. My sin is ever before me' (Psalm 51:3). David, that he might be a mourner, kept his eye full upon sin. See what sin is, and then tell me if there be not enough in it to draw forth tears. I know not what name to give it bad enough. One calls it the devil's excrement. Sin is a complication of all evils. It is the spirits of mischief distilled. Sin dishonours …
Thomas Watson—The Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12 Sennacherib (705-681 B. C. )
The struggle of Sennacherib with Judaea and Egypt--Destruction of Babylon. Sennacherib either failed to inherit his father's good fortune, or lacked his ability.* He was not deficient in military genius, nor in the energy necessary to withstand the various enemies who rose against him at widely removed points of his frontier, but he had neither the adaptability of character nor the delicate tact required to manage successfully the heterogeneous elements combined under his sway. * The two principal …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 8 Kadesh. Rekam, and that Double. Inquiry is Made, Whether the Doubling it in the Maps is Well Done.
The readers of the eastern interpreters will observe, that Kadesh is rendered by all Rekam, or in a sound very near it. In the Chaldee, it is 'Rekam': in the Syriac, 'Rekem': in the Arabic, 'Rakim'... There are two places noted by the name Rekam in the very bounds of the land,--to wit, the southern and eastern: that is, a double Kadesh. I. Of Kadesh, or Rekam, in the south part, there is no doubt. II. Of it, in the eastern part, there is this mention: "From Rekam to the east, and Rekam is as the …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Joshua
The book of Joshua is the natural complement of the Pentateuch. Moses is dead, but the people are on the verge of the promised land, and the story of early Israel would be incomplete, did it not record the conquest of that land and her establishment upon it. The divine purpose moves restlessly on, until it is accomplished; so "after the death of Moses, Jehovah spake to Joshua," i. 1. The book falls naturally into three divisions: (a) the conquest of Canaan (i.-xii.), (b) the settlement of the …
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