JOSHUA
LESSON #14
JOSHUA 13
LESSON #14
THE INHERITANCE
MEMORY VERSE: JAM 2:5
READ JOS 13:1-14
IN VERSES 1 AND 7 THEY WERE TO DIVIDE THE LAND BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY POSSESSED IT ALL.
IN VERSE 13 THEY DID NOT KILL OR DISPLACE ALL THE HEATHEN PEOPLE IN THE LAND.
INHERITANCE IN THE BIBLE:
THE ISRAELITES HAD AN INHERITANCE ACCORDING TO JOS 13:7. THEY INHERITED THE PROMISE LAND. WE NOTICE THAT THEY HAD TO DO THE FIGHTING FOR THAT INHERITANCE.
THE TRIBE OF LEVI HAD AN INHERITANCE IN JOS 13:33. THEY DID NOT INHERIT LAND BUT GOD WAS THEIR INHERITANCE. THEY DID NOT HAVE TO FIGHT FOR THAT INHERITANCE, IT WAS FREELY GIVEN BY GOD.
JEHOVAH, HIMSELF, HAS AN INHERITANCE ACCORDING TO PSA 33:12. THAT INHERITANCE IS ISRAEL. IT IS GOD WHO FIGHTS FOR THAT INHERITANCE (DEU 3:22).
THE MESSIAH KING HAS AN INHERITANCE IN REV 12:5. THAT INHERITANCE IS ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD. IT IS JESUS WHO FIGHTS FOR THAT INHERITANCE AT HIS COMING. (REV 19:11)
GOD’S PEOPLE HAVE AN INHERITANCE IN GAL 3:16 AND THOSE ARE THE PROMISES OF GOD. IT IS ALL BELIEVERS WHO HAVE TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH TO POSSESS THAT INHERITANCE. (1TIM 6:12)
"THE CALLED OF GOD" HAVE AN INHERITANCE IN HEB 9:15 (JEWS AND GENTILES). THAT INHERITANCE IS THE NEW COVENANT. JESUS CHRIST FOUGHT FOR THIS INHERITANCE ON THE CROSS. (HEB 9:15)
THOSE WHO ARE BORN AGAIN HAVE AN INHERITANCE IN 1PET 1:3-4 WHICH IS ETERNAL LIFE. IT IS JESUS, HIMSELF, WHO FOUGHT THIS BATTLE ON THE CROSS. (JOH 3:16)
INHERITANCE IS OBTAINED BY STRUGGLE AND FIGHTING AND MAINTAINED BY
FAITHFUL OBEDIENCE. THERE'S A BALANCE BETWEEN FAITH AND WORK
DO ALL CHILDREN OF GOD INHERIT EQUALLY? WHAT DO YOU THINK?
HOW DO YOU KNOW? READ ROM 8:16-17 COL 1:12 2TIM 4:6-8
WHAT IS THE KEY TO OBTAINING A GREATER INHERITANCE?
OBEDIENCE, FAITHFULNESS, PERSEVERANCE, RIGHTEOUSNESS
HOW DOES INHERITANCE OF THE 12 TRIBES WORK OUT IN JOSHUA?
JOS 13 JOS 15-19
INHERITANCE WAS GIVEN BY LOT BUT IT WAS PROPHESIED PREVIOUSLY IN GENESIS AND DEUTERONOMY.
JOS 15:1-12 TELLS OF JUDAH RECEIVING THE FIRST INHERITANCE. WHY WAS HE FIRST ON THIS SIDE OF THE JORDAN WHEN HE WAS NOT THE OLDEST?
1. REUBEN: (GEN 49:3-4)(DEU 33:6) REV 7:5
REUBEN WAS THE OLDEST BUT HE HAD SEX WITH HIS FATHER'S CONCUBINE IN
GEN 35:22 SO HIS PRE-EMINENCE WAS SET ASIDE.
THE PROPHECY: IMMORALITY - GEN 35:22 UNSTABLE - NUM 16:1 JUD 5:15-16
1. HE WAS UNSTABLE DURING THE REBELLION IN THE WILDERNESS IN NUM 16:1
2. DURING THE PERIOD OF THE JUDGES WHEN DEBORAH WAS JUDGE, REUBEN WAS UNSTABLE IN JUD 5:15-16 AND TOOK NO PART IN REPELLING THE ATTACK OF SISERA
THE TRIBE OF REUBEN INHERITED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE JORDAN.
JOS 13:15-23
2. SIMEON: (GEN 49:5-7)(-------) REV 7:7
NOTICE THERE IS NO BLESSING GIVEN IN DEU 33.
THE PROPHECY:
CRUELTY - GEN 34
NEITHER SIMEON NOR LEVI INHERITED FIRST. SIMEON’S AND LEVI'S REVENGE AGAINST A HEATHEN TRIBE WHOSE MEMBER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAPE OF THEIR SISTER DINAH CAUSED SIMEON'S PRE-EMINENCE TO BE SET ASIDE
THE INHERITANCE OF THE TRIBE OF SIMEON WAS SCATTERED IN JUDAH’S TERRITORY. JOS 19:1-9
THE TRIBE OF SIMEON IS NOT MENTIONED AFTER THE EXILE
3. LEVI: (GEN 49:5-7)(DEU 33:8-11) REV 7:7
THE PROPHECY:
CRUELTY - GEN 34
SAME AS SIMEON
LEVI’S INHERITANCE WAS SCATTERED IN ISRAEL IN 48 CITIES
JOS 2:1
THE PROPHECY WAS SOFTENED TO MAKE THEM PRIESTS BECAUSE OF THEIR STAND FOR GOD IN THE WORSHIP OF THE GOLDEN CALF, HOWEVER, THEY HAD NO LAND INHERITANCE. JOS 13:33
4. JUDAH: (GEN 49:8-10)(DEU 33:7) REV 7:5
THE PROPHECY:
KING - SCEPTER = DAVID, SOLOMON, JESUS
LAWGIVER = JESUS; OTHNIEL - FIRST JUDGE - JUD 3:9-10
LION = JESUS - REV 5:5
SHILOH = MAN OF REST = JESUS
CLOTHES RED WITH BLOOD = JESUS - REV 19:13
LED IN BATTLE AFTER JOSHUA.
THE INHERITANCE: HE WAS GIVEN THE FIRST PARCEL WHICH INCLUDES JERUSALEM.
BECAUSE OF THE SINS OF REUBEN, SIMEON, AND LEVI, JUDAH IS GIVEN PRE-EMINENCE. THAT'S WHY JESUS CAME THROUGH THIS TRIBE AND WHY THEIR INHERITANCE WAS GIVEN FIRST AND INCLUDES JERUSALEM.
THE LAND INHERITANCE = JOS 15:1-63
5. JOSEPH: (GEN 49:22-26)(DEU 33:13-17) REV 7:8
THE PROPHECY:
FRUITFUL = 2 SONS - GEN 48
HARASSED BY ARCHERS = HIS BROTHERS
INHERITANCE THROUGH HIS TWO SONS
THE LAND INHERITANCE = NONE EXCEPT THROUGH HIS 2 SONS EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH JOS 16:1-4
6. EPHRAIM: (------)(DEU 33:13-17) ------
THEY BECAME A GREAT TRIBE. JOSHUA WAS FROM THIS TRIBE.
EPHRAIM WAS THE YOUNGER SON OF JOSEPH.
THIS TRIBE SPLIT THE KINGDOM:
THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SPLIT OF THE KINGDOM. THE NORTHERN PORTION OF LAND BECAME KNOWN AS EPHRAIM. PERHAPS, BECAUSE OF THIS SIN, IS WHY THEY ARE NOT MENTIONED IN REVELATION
THE INHERITANCE WAS PROMINENT AS IT WAS NEXT TO JUDAH.
LAND INHERITANCE = JOS 16:5-10
7. MANASSEH: (------)(DEU 33:13-17) REV 7:6
HE WAS THE OLDER SON OF JOSEPH
THE INHERITANCE OF THE TRIBE OF MANASSEH WAS 1/2 ON THE EAST SIDE AND 1/2 ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE JORDAN RIVER.
IT WAS A VERY LARGE TRIBE THAT COMPLAINED THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH LAND IN JOS 17:14-18 SO JOSHUA TOLD THEM TO CLEAR THE FORESTS
LAND INHERITANCE = JOS 13:29-32 JOS 17:1-18
8. BENJAMIN: (GEN 49:27)(DEU 33:12) REV 7:8
THE PROPHECYA:
CONSUME AS A WOLF - JUD 3:15
IT WAS THE MOST WARLIKE TRIBE.
KING SAUL WAS FROM THIS TRIBE AS WELL AS THE APOSTLE, PAUL.
BOTH WERE FIERCE PROTECTORS OF GOD'S PEOPLE
THE INHERITANCE WAS A CLOSENESS TO GOD – JERUSALEM.
THIS TRIBE WOULD HAVE A CLOSENESS TO GOD, SO IT'S CLOSE TO JERUSALEM. WHEN THE NORTHERN TRIBES TURNED AWAY, BENJAMIN MADE UP THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM WITH JUDAH.
TO DWELL BETWEEN THE SHOULDERS OF JUDAH AND EPHRAIM =
THE LAND WAS LOCATED BETWEEN JUDAH AND EPHRAIM.
LAND INHERITANCE = JOS 18:11-28
9. ZEBULUN: (GEN 49:13)(DEU 33:18-19) REV 7:8
THE PROPHECY:
NEAR THE SEA
AN INHERITANCE HAVING TRADE ROUTES FROM THE SEA
LAND INHERITANCE = JOS 19:10-16
10. ISSACHAR: (GEN 49:14-15)(DEU 33:18-19) REV 7:7
THE PROPHECY:
CROUCH BETWEEN TWO BURDENS = THE LAND WOULD BE BETWEEN MT. TABOR AND MT. GILBOA
A SERVANT TO FORCED LABOR - JUD 1:27
A LIFE OF EASE AND APATHY LED TO THEM BEING SERVANTS OF THE CANAANITES IN JUD 1:27
TRADE ROUTES FROM THE SEA
THE INHERITANCE BETWEEN MT. TABOR AND MT. GILBOA
LAND INHERITANCE = JOS 19:17-23
11. ASHER: (GEN 49:20)(DEU 33:24) REV 7:6
THE PROPHECY:
ROYAL DAINTIES = A LAND OF PLENTY
THE INHERITANCE WOULD BE A PROSPEROUS NORTHWEST PORTION
LAND INHERITANCE = JOS 19:24-31
12. NAPHTALI: (GEN 49:21)(DEU 33:23) REV 7:6
THE PROPHECY:
A HIND LET LOOSE WITH BEAUTIFUL WORDS - JUD 5
BARAK AND DEBORAH WERE FROM THIS TRIBE.
THEY PUT THEIR LIVES IN JEOPARDY WITH THEIR BEAUTIFUL SPEECHES.
THEIR INHERITANCE WOULD BE A NORTH MOUNTAINOUS PORTION
LAND INHERITANCE = JOS 19:32-39
13. DAN: (GEN 49:16-17)(DEU 33:22) ------
THE PROPHECY:
SERPENT BY THE WAY - JUDAS? ANTICHRIST?
PERHAPS THIS IS WHY THERE IS NO MENTION IN REVELATION OF THIS TRIBE.
LEAP FROM BASHAN - EXTRA LAND GIVEN TO THEM.
THE INHERITANCE WOULD BE SEPARATED INTO 2 PARTS BECAUSE OF
OVERCROWDING - JUD 18
EVENTUALLY THIS SECOND PART WAS ABSORBED BY JUDAH IN JUD 18.
LAND INHERITANCE = JOS 19:40-48
14. GAD: (GEN 49:19)(DEU 33:20-21) REV 7:5
THE PROPHECY:
A TROOP SHALL OVERCOME HIM BUT HE SHALL OVERCOME AT LAST - 2KI 15:29
THE INHERITANCE WOULD BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE JORDAN
LAND INHERITANCE = JOS 13:24-28
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HOW MUCH OF THE PROMISE LAND WAS ACTUALLY INHABITED BY THE ISRAELITES? [SEE A BIBLE MAP IF YOU HAVE ONE.]