Welcome back to Reading with Ben! Let's continue the lecture on the book of Joshua.
This is episode #11 chapters 21 & 22.
Joshua Chapter 21, The Israelites gave the Levites towns and pasturelands because the Lord had commanded this. The Levites were given 13 towns from the Benjamin, Simeon, and Judah tribes. The Gershon descendants were given thirteen towns from Naphtali, Asher, Issachar tribes, as well as the Manasseh half-tribe. The Merari descendants were given twelve towns from the Gad, Zebulun and Reuben tribes.
Joshua Chapter 22, After the death of Moses, Joshua took up the mantle of leadership of Israel. Joshua chapter 22 describes Joshua’s farewell address to the trans-Jordan tribes, marking special audience of Joshua with the two and a half tribes of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh.
