CHAPTER XXIII.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE LAND.
Joshua Chs. 15-19.
WE come now in earnest to the distribution of the land. The two and a
half tribes have already got their settlements on the other side of
Jordan; but the other side of Jordan, though included in the land of
promise, was outside the pa... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAH.
Joshua 15:1.
JUDAH was the imperial tribe, and it was fitting that he should be
planted in a conspicuous territory. Even if the republic had not been
destined to give place to the monarchy, some pre-eminence was due to
the tribe which had inherited the patri... [ Continue Reading ]