Meditation Points:

• Joshua 13:1. Have you accomplished everything in life that you had hoped? Has age taken its toll on you both mentally and physically? Do you expect to “get it all done” before you die?
• Joshua 13:6; Joshua 14:2. The land is divided by lot. Not by “chance”, but by lot. It was not lucky that a particular tribe received a particular piece of property; it was providential–God controls the casting of lots (Proverbs 16:33; Proverbs 18:18).
• Joshua 13:14, 33. In lieu of property, the Levites had the presence and service of God as their inheritance. How many family arguments about the disposition of estates would be ended of everyone were content to have God for an inheritance?
• Joshua 14:10-11. Joshua was old and stricken; but Caleb was still going strong. They had the same living environment for 40 years. We don’t all age the same.
• Joshua 14:12. Don’t fear the giants if the Lord is with you. Ask for the mountain.

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Following the destruction of the kingdoms of Sihon and Og on the eastern side of the Jordan, 31 Kings of Canaan fell before the Israelites.

This map presents a general view of the geographic distribution of their kingdoms.

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The conquest of the land continues…

• Gibeon’s pact with Israel caused surrounding cities to join together (Joshua 10:1-2, 6-7). One wonders whether that consolidated enemy force would have been avoided if the peace with Gibeon had never been made.
• Giant hailstones fell on the enemy (Joshua 10:11). God takes sides and influences His creation accordingly.
• Why, even the sun stood still until Israel had won the day (Joshua 10:12-14).
• Souls (Joshua 10:28-39). Every slain Canaanite had a soul.
• The chariot horses were not killed, but they were made unable to run and pull chariots. The chariots were burned (Joshua 11:6, 9).
• It was of the Lord to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly (Joshua 11:20). Cause and effect, and the reason why.
• The Anakim giants were slain, except in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod. Do you remember David and Goliath of Gath (1 Samuel 17:4, 23)? If we don’t completely get rid of our enemies, they will come back to cause us trouble.
• Joshua took the land; and the land rested from war (Joshua 11:23).

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