Joshua 19 Study Notes
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19:32-39 Naphtali’s tribe received the largest area among the seven remaining allotments. However, it was perhaps the worst agriculturally, located in upper Galilee where the heights prevented much cultivation. The southern boundary (vv. 33-34) is supplemented with a town list (vv. 35-38). Its eastern boundaries stretched to the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee, including the rich and powerful centers of Chinnereth . . . Kedesh, and especially Hazor (chap. 11).
19:40-48 The territory of the descendants of Dan consists of a town list including eastern (vv. 41-44) and western towns (vv. 45-47). Its location alongside the Canaanite and Philistine coastal towns threatened its peace and prosperity. Dan lost part or all of this territory (v. 47) and migrated north to the town of Leshem which they captured and renamed Dan (Jdg 17-18).
19:49-51 As with Caleb, the other faithful spy of the exodus generation, Joshua received a special allotment in his tribal territory—Timnath-serah (modern Khirbet Tibnah), southwest of Shechem. As Caleb received the first allotment in the promised land (14:6-15), Joshua received the last. His humility and commitment to complete his God-given responsibilities is evident as he waited until all the other tribes and people had received their inheritance before accepting his own.