Joshua 17 - Allotment for the Remaining Tribes | Bible Podcast, David Alley, Peace Christian Church
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Show Notes
In this video listen to Joshua 17 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.
In Joshua 17 the portion of land which is the inheritance of the second half of the tribe of Manassah is given out. This includes the land given to the daughters of Zelophedad mentioned twice previously in Numbers 26 and Numbers 36. Then the tribe of Joseph, being both Ephraim and Manasseh request even more land. Joshua gives them options which required work.
They had to either clear vacant land, or drive our other inhabitants who had chariots of iron. Both required hard work of differing types. In the one instance it required pressing regular work, laboring to clear forests. THe other was quicker, but required bravery, except that in this case it meant removing from the land something which was a source of temptation.
Maybe they didn’t want to remove that temptation because they enjoyed it. That is an all too common problem many Christians face in their spiritual lives. They are too lazy to take ground, and they simultaneously resist the quicker victory over temptation because its enticing.