April 26, 2025
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Reading along with us in Joshua and 2 Timothy? Here’s today’s reading:
Joshua 15 (NIV)
Allotment for Judah
1 The allotment for the tribe of Judah, according to its clans, extended down to the territory of Edom, to the Desert of Zin in the extreme south.
2 Their southern boundary started from the bay at the southern end of the Dead Sea, 3crossed south of Scorpion Pass,……Continue Reading
Joshua 15
Interesting that like Caleb, his daughter had a bold request for water when land was being divided and that her request was also granted. God does say we need to ask. We shouldn’t just assume God knows our hearts and desires but rather we should bodly ask.
”Now it was so, when she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. So she dismounted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you wish?” She answered, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me land in the South, give me also springs of water.” So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.“
Joshua 15:18-19 NKJV
I also thought this was an interesting side narrative in the middle of all these geographical designations. Caleb’s daughter asks her father for springs. It says that she persuades her new husband to ask for a field, but then she asks her father herself for springs of water. Is this two requests? Or one, a field with springs of water.
Joshua 15
It is interesting that it appears that Judah’s allotment is detailed more than other tribes. They are the tribe of promise, David and the Messiah. I also couldn’t help but think you go Caleb! He took on these Anakites and drove them out…in his 80s! And when he couldn’t do it, he encouraged and inspired others to do so. What a difference God based boldness brings to our lives!