Joshua 18:1-28
But there were still seven Israelite tribes who had not yet received their inheritance.
So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you? Appoint three men from each tribe. I will send them out to make a survey of the land and to write a description of it, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me. You are to divide the land into seven parts.
So the men left and went through the land. They wrote its description on a scroll, town by town, in seven parts, and returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh. Joshua then cast lots for them in Shiloh in the presence of the Lord, and there he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their tribal divisions.
The first lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin according to its clans.
These were the boundaries that marked out the inheritance of the clans of Benjamin on all sides.
There were 12 towns.
The Israelites gather at Shilon, the land is surveyed and Joshua distributes the land among the seven remaining tribes.
Benjamin's land. Jerusalem seems to have been partly on Judah's land partly on Benjamin's.
Why?
Seven tribes have not yet received their inheritance, so Joshua asked them appointed three men each tribe, go out to measure the land God has promised them. Then Joshua may cast lots for them in Shiloh in the presence of the Lord. If it is not cast lots by Joshua there will be trouble to these seven tribes.
Benjamin was the first one to be chosen near Jerico city. But there were many cities are occupied by Canaanites.
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去繪地圖是危險的，他們願意付這代價。
我們常常不夠積極跟隨主，例如我們去吃Buffet等一下有大龍蝦上菜可以吃到飽，我們會去吃大碗滷肉飯嗎？會去喝一大杯汽水嗎？我們常常安於現狀，只要那次好的，失去對神的信心，如果知道神要給我們更好的，我們應該願意付代價，去得到那更好的。因此以色列人一直無法逐出迦南人。
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How?
Joshua did his role when he is getting old, everyone has his responsibility before the Lord to do their mission. It is to implement the plan and the word of the Lord.
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