Yehoshua 15 - Summary
(Text) - This chapter is dediated to outlining the borders and the describing the land and cities inside the inheritance of the tribe of Yehuda.
The chapter starts out by describing the borders of Yehuda - The sea, wilderness of Tzin, Kadesh Barnea and river of Egypt in the South; The Dead Sea along the Eastern border; The Mediterranean along the West; The Northern border tracing its way across the landscape, cutting through Yerhushalayim, Beit Shemesh and Kiryat Ye’arim.
The middle of the chapter talks about how after Calev inherited the lands surrounding Hevron (see chapter 14), he drove out the three sons of the anak (giant) - Sheishai, Achiman and Talmai. He then offered his daughter Achsah as a wife for whomever could conquer the neighboring Kiryat Sefer. This turned out to be Calev’s brother: Otniel ben Kenaz.
The end of the chapter gives a listing of all the cities that were included within the land of Yehuda.
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Yehoshua 15 - Review Questions
- What is the main topic of this chapter
- Give a rough description of the border’s of the land of the tribe of Yehuda.
- What major city is along the northern border of Yehuda’s land?
- Who does Calev fight and defeat?
- What does Calev offer as a reward to the person who can conquer Kiryat Sefer? Who wins this reward?
- What are some of the explanations in the commentaries as to how Otniel ben Kenaz can be the brother of Calev ben Yefuneh (since their names indicate that theyhave different fathers)?
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Yehoshua 14 - Summary
(Text) - The beginning of the chapter starts as an overall introduction to the division of land among the nine and ahalf tribes who will be inheriting land on the Western side of the Jordan (not including the two and a half tribes who inherited East of the Jordan River, or the tribe of Levi, but counting two tribes for Yossef - Menashe and Efrayim).
Before the actual division of the land can begin, Calev ben Yefuneh from the tribe of Yehudah approaches Yehoshua to discuss his situation. He recounts how when he had stood up against the spies forty years before, Moshe had sworn to him that he (Calev) would inherit the Land which he had seen. In fulfilment of this promise, Calev (who is now 85 years old) is given by Yehoshua the area around the city of Hevron (also known as Kiryat Arba).
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Yehoshua 14 - Review Questions
- How is the number of nine and a half trib (who will be inheriting land to the West of the Jordan River) reached? Which tribes are included? Which are not included?
- Who approaches Yehoshua regarding land that was promised to him by Moshe? Why was he promised this land?
- What land is Calev given? Does this land have any additional names? Why was it given the additional name?
- How old was Calev when he was with the spies? How old is he now? According to these numbers, how many years does this chapter take place after Bnei Yisrael have entered the Land of Israel?
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Yehoshua 13 - Summary
(Text) - The chapter begins a number of years after the initial battles surrounding Bnei Yisrael’s entrance into Eretz Yisrael. God tells Yehoshua that he is old and that there still remains much land to be conquered. God then tells Yehoshua of the remaining nations and lands that are not yet under Jewish rule.
Having gone through the remaining lands, Yehoshua is commanded to divide the lands among the nine and a half tribes of Bnei Yisrael. He is commanded to divide among nine full tribes and half of Menashe because Reuven, Gad and half of Menashe have already received their portions East of the Jordan River, as promised to them during Moshe’s time.
The rest of the chapter goes through the borders of the inheritances of these two and a half tribes, located on the other side of Jordan. (The remaining tribe - Levi - does not receive an inheritance of Land because “God is their inheritance” as is stated in this perek and in the Torah).
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Yehoshua 13 - Review Questions
- When do the events of this chapter occur, chronologically, in relation to the first twelve chapters of Sefer Yehoshua?
- What does God command Yehoshua to do at the beginning of the chapter?
- What parts of Eretz Yisrael remain unconquered by Bnei Yisrael?
- Why is Yehoshua commanded to split the land among only nine and a half tribes?
- Where is the inheritance of the tribe of Levi?
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