NOTES for Jos 16:1-10
1 And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel, |
2 And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, |
3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea. |
4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. |
5 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper; |
6 And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah; |
7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. |
8 The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families. |
9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. |
10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute. |
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The sons of Joseph, divided into the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, also received land. But they did not drive out the Canaanites; they merely subjected them to tribute. They hardly acted this way for humanitarian reasons; they simply lacked the strength to displace the Canaanites completely. That in itself would not be a disaster: strength, military or physical, is not always a sign of being right. More regrettably, the new inhabitants of the promised land would not always possess the spiritual strength to reject paganism, whose bearers the conquered Canaanites remained. Meanwhile, we too need fortitude today, for we also live alongside paganism, and in its various forms it still tries to overcome us by entering our minds.
Readings for 16 November 2021
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