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Joshua Chapter 19 the inheritance for Simeon the second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the people of Simeon, according to their clans, and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the people of Judah. And they had for their inheritance Beersheba, Sheba, Moeda, Hazar, Shual, Bela, Ezim, Eltulad, Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, Bethmarchabeth, Hazar, Susha, beth, labiath, and shaeruan. 13 cities with their aen, rimmon, ether and ation. 4 cities with their villages together with all the villages around these cities as far as Baalath, Beer, Ramah of the Negeb. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Simeon according to their clans and the inheritance of the people of Simeon formed part of the territory of the people of Judah. Because the portion of the people of Judah was too large for them, the people of Simeon obtained an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance. The inheritance for Zebulun the third lot came up for the people of Zebulun, according to their clans and the territory of their inheritance reached as far as Sered. Then their boundary goes up westward and onto Mariel and touches Dabasheth. Then the brook that is east of Jokneim from Saered. From Saered it goes in the other direction eastward toward the sunrise to the boundary of Kisloth, Tabor. From there it goes to Daberath, then up to Japhaiah. From there it passes along on the east toward the sunrise to Gathifer, to Ethkazin, and going on to Rimmon it bends toward Neah. Then on the north the boundary turns about to Hanathan and it ends at the valley of Iphtahel and Kadath, Nahalal, Shimron, Adalah, and Bethlehem. Twelve cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the people of Zebulun according to their clans, these cities with their villages. The inheritance for Issachar the fourth lot came out for Issachar. For the people of Issachar, according to their clans. Their territory included Jezreel, Kesuloth, Shunem, Haphoraim, Shion, Anahiroth, Rabbibeth, Kishion, Abez, Remath, en Ganim, en Hadah, Bethpazzaz. The boundary also touches Tabor, Shehazemah and Beth Shemesh, and its boundary ends at the Jordan. Sixteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Issachar according to their clans and the cities with their villages. The inheritance for Asher, the fifth lot came out for the Tribe of the people of Asher, according to their clans. Their territory included Kelcoth, Qali, Vatan, Akshof, Elimelech, Amad and Misha. On the west it touches Carmel and Shecor, Libnath. Then it turns eastward, it goes to Beth Dagon and touches Zebulun in the valley of Yiftahel, northward to Bethemac and Ni'. Iel. Then it continues in the north to Cable, Ebron, Rehob, Hammam, Cana, as far as Sidon the Great. Then the boundary turns to Ramah, reaching to the fortified city of Tyre. Then the boundary turns to Hosha and it ends at the sea Mahallabh, Aksib, ummmah, Aphek and Rehob. 22 cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Asher, according to their clans, these cities with their villages. The inheritance for Naphtali the sixth lot came out for the people of Naphtali for the people of Naphtali, according to their clans and their boundary ran from Helephone, from the Oak and Zehananim and Adomai, Nekeb and Jabneel, as far as Lachem, and it ended in the Jordan. Then the boundary turns westward to Aznath Tabor and goes from there to Hakuk, touching Zebulun at the south and Asher on the west and Judah on the east of the Jordan. The fortified cities are Zidim, Zir, Hamath, Racith, Kinareth, Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, Kedesh, Idrii and Hazor, Yiron, Migdael, Horim, Beth anath and Beth Shemesh. 19 cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Naphtali, according to their clans, the cities with their villages. The inheritance for Dan the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the people of Dan, according to their clans, and the territory of its inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Irshemesh, Sheol, Sheolobin, Aijalon, Ithlah, Elon, Timnah, Ekron, Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, Jehud Ben Abirak, Gathremon, and Mejarkan and Rakan, with the territory over against Joppa. When the territory of the people of Dan was lost to them, the people of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and striking it with the sword, they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem Dan after the name of Dan, their ancestors. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Dan, according to their clans These cities with their villages the inheritance of Joshua. When they had finished distributing the several cities of the land as inheritances, the people of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun. By command of the Lord they gave him the city that he asked Timnathshearah in the hill country of Ephraim, and he rebuilt the city and settled in it. These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers houses of the tribes of the people of Israel, distributed by Lot at Shiloh before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting the so they finished dividing the land. Joshua chapter 20 the cities of Refuge Then the LORD said to Joshua, say to the people of Israel, appoint the cities of refuge of which I spoke to you through Moses, that the manslayer who strikes any person without intent or unknowingly may flee there they shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood. He shall flee to one of these cities and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and explain his case to the elders of that city. Then they shall take him into the city and give him a place, and he shall remain with them. And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not give up the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unknowingly and did not hate him in the past. And he shall remain in that city until he has stood before the congregation for judgment, until the death of him who is high priest at the time. Then the manslayer may return to his own town and his own home to the town from which he fled. So they set apart Kadesh and Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali and Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim and Kiriath, Arba, that is Hebron in the hill country of Judah, and beyond the Jordan east of Jericho. They appointed Besser in the wilderness on the table land from the tribe of Reuben and Ramoth and Gilead, from the tribe of Gad and Golan and Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh. These were the cities designated for all the people of Israel and for the stranger sojourning among them, that anyone who killed a person without intent could flee there, so that he might not die by the hand of the avenger of blood till he stood before the congregation. Joshua chapter 21, verses 1 through 19 cities and pasture lands allotted to Levi. Then the heads of the fathers houses of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the Son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers, houses of the tribes of the people of Israel. And they said to them at Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, the Lord commanded through Moses that we be given cities to dwell in along with their pasture lands for our livestock. So by command of the Lord, the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasture lands. Out of their inheritance. The Lot came out for the clans of the Kohathites. So these Levites, who were descendants of Aaron, the priests, received by Lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and and Benjamin, 13 cities and the rest of the Kohathites received by Lot from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan and the half tribe of Manasseh. Ten cities, the Gershonites, received by Lot from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half tribe of manasseh in Bashan, 13 cities. The Merarites, according to their clans, received from the tribe of Reuben the tribe of Gad and the tribe of Zebulun 12 cities. And these cities and their pasturelands the people of Israel gave by Lot to the Levites, as the Lord had commanded through Moses, out of the tribe of the people of Judah and the tribe of the people of Simeon, they gave the following cities mentioned by name, which went to the descendants of Aaron, one of the clans of the Kohathites, who belonged to the people of Levi, since the Lot fell to them first, they gave them Kiriath, Arba, Arba being the father of Anakin, that is, Hebron in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasture lands around it. But the fields of the city and its villages had been given to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his possession. And to the descendants of Aaron, the priests. They gave Hebron the city of refuge for the Manslayer, with its pasture lands. Libnah with its pasture lands. Jet Ur, with its pasture lands. Eshtemoah with its pasture lands. Holon with its pasture lands. Debir with its pasture lands. Ayin with its pasture lands. Utah, with its pasture lands. Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands. Nine cities out of these two tribes, then out of the tribe of Benjamin. Gibeon with its pasture lands. Geba, with its pasture lands. Anathoth with its pasture lands. And Almon with its pasture lands. Four cities, the cities of the descendants of Aaron. The priests were in all 13 cities with their pasture lands. John, chapter two. The wedding at Cana on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. And the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, they have no wine. And Jesus said to her, woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come. His mother said to the servants, do whatever he tells you. Now there were six stone water jars there. For the Jewish rites of purification. Each holding 20 or 30 gallons. Jesus said to the servants, fill the jars with water. And they filled them up to the brim. And he said to them, now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast. So they took it. When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine. And. And did not know where it came from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. The master of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him, everyone serves the good wine first. And when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now. This the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee. And manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him. After this, he went down to Capernaum. With his mother and his brothers and his disciples. And they stayed there for a few days. Jesus cleanses the Temple. The passover of the Jews was at hand. And Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons. And the money changers sitting there and making a whip of cords. He drove them all out of the temple with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money changers. And overturned their tables. And he told those who sold the pigeons, take these things away. To do not make my father's house a house of trade. His disciples remembered that it is written, zeal for your house will consume me. So the Jews said to him, what sign do you show us for doing these things? Jesus answered them, destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. The Jews then said, it has taken 46 years to build this temple. And will you raise it up in three days? But he was speaking about the temple of his body. When, therefore he was raised from the dead. His disciples remembered that he had said this. And they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. Jesus knows what is in man now. When he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast. Many believed in his name. When they saw the signs that he was doing. But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them. Because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man. For he himself knew what was in man. Psalm 73:1 14 God is my strength and portion forever. Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For they have no pangs until death. Their bodies are fat and sleek they are not in trouble as others are they are not stricken like the rest of mankind. Therefore pride is their necklace. Violence covers them as a garment Their eyes swell out through fatness their hearts overflow with follies. They scoff and speak with malice loftily they threaten oppression. They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues struts through the earth. Therefore his people turn back to them and find no fault in them. And they say they how can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High? Behold, these are the wicked, always at ease they increase in riches all in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning.
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This episode of PROCLAIM x BIBLEin365 (Day 121) continues the journey through the Old and New Testaments with readings from Joshua 19–21:19, John 2, and Psalm 73:1–14. The episode focuses on the allocation of Israel's tribal inheritances, the establishment of cities of refuge, Jesus’ first public miracle at Cana, his zeal for true worship in the cleansing of the temple, and a deeply honest psalm wrestling with the apparent prosperity of the wicked.
The Allotment of Land to Tribes (00:03–05:30)
Cities of Refuge Established (05:31–07:00)
Levite Cities and Pasture Lands (07:01–10:30)
“Out of their inheritance. The Lot came out for the clans of the Kohathites… these Levites, who were descendants of Aaron, the priests, received by Lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin, 13 cities…” (08:00)
“This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee. And manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.” (12:45)
“‘Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The Jews then said, ‘It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?’ But he was speaking about the temple of his body.” (14:05)
“But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.” (16:20)
On Divine Justice:
“Therefore pride is their necklace. Violence covers them as a garment… Behold, these are the wicked, always at ease; they increase in riches.” (Psalm 73:6–12, 16:45)
On Jesus’ Mission:
“My hour has not yet come.” (John 2:4, 11:15)
On God’s Faithfulness:
“These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers houses of the tribes of the people of Israel, distributed by lot at Shiloh before the Lord... So they finished dividing the land.” (Joshua 19:51, 05:15)
This episode offers listeners a thorough view of God’s faithfulness in practical provision (land, justice, priestly care), the revelation of Jesus’ glory and prophetic fulfillment, and an honest space for wrestling with faith, all rooted in clear and thoughtful scripture readings.