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Canaan Division and Israel's Leadership Insights

The document outlines the division of Canaan among the tribes of Israel as described in the book of Joshua, highlighting the incomplete conquest of the land and the responsibilities of each tribe. It discusses the methods used by Joshua for land distribution, the requests of certain tribes for specific territories, and the resulting challenges they faced. Additionally, it contrasts the faithfulness of Caleb with the requests of other tribes, and addresses the leadership and governance of Israel after Joshua's time.

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Canaan Division and Israel's Leadership Insights

The document outlines the division of Canaan among the tribes of Israel as described in the book of Joshua, highlighting the incomplete conquest of the land and the responsibilities of each tribe. It discusses the methods used by Joshua for land distribution, the requests of certain tribes for specific territories, and the resulting challenges they faced. Additionally, it contrasts the faithfulness of Caleb with the requests of other tribes, and addresses the leadership and governance of Israel after Joshua's time.

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Questionnaire

Division of Canaan (Joshua 13—21)


1. a) What had Joshua's campaigns achieved?
The campaigns did not cleanse Canaan of all its inhabitants, nor did they take all of them.
the cities. The territory that the pagans still occupied was in its majority
part to the south and to the north.
b) What task did the Israelites have ahead of them?
It was up to each tribe to gradually subdue the rest of the
Canaanites in the territory that had been assigned to them in the division.
2. a) What method did Joshua use to distribute Canaan to the tribes?
Joshua and the high priest Eleazar used the drawing of lots to determine the region
what would be given to each tribe (14:1; 19:51).
b) How do believers determine the will of God since the day of Pentecost?
(Consult the book of Acts.)
R= emphasize the power of the Spirit in believers.
3. a) Why did Ruben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh ask for the territory located at
east of the Jordan?
They requested this territory to establish themselves. These tribes had large herds, and
they found the extensive high plateau of this fertile region convenient due to its abundant grass.
His request was granted by Moses on the condition that they participate in the
conquest of the rest of Canaan.
b) Mention the two disadvantages that the tribes of Transjordan found in their
inheritance.
Since Transjordan lacked a natural barrier in the east, like the
Jordan River, which protected the tribes in Canaan proper, the two tribes and
they were continuously exposed to the incursions of the Bedouin tribes of
desert. They also tended towards religious dissolution.
c) What practical lesson do you draw from the experience of these tribes?
The sacred author concludes this section with a testimony regarding faithfulness.
of Jehovah: 'Not a word of all the good promises that Jehovah had made failed.'
to the house of Israel; everything was fulfilled" (21:45).
4. a) Make a contrast between the spirit of Caleb's request and that of the request of
the tribes that settled in Transjordan.
R= As a reward for his loyalty, he requested the region of Hebron, even though it was one of the
the most difficult parts to conquer (Numbers 14:24-30; Deuteronomy 1:36). Caleb
It illustrates the good results that come from consistently obeying God.
b) What light does Caleb's way of responding shed on his personality?
request from Acsa? (15:19).
R= The brave 86-year-old soldier drove away the three sons of Anac (giants) from there and
offered to give her daughter Acsa to whoever took Debir. Othniel, her nephew, received the
reward.
5. a) What were the two strongest tribes of Israel?
Judah gained supremacy in the south, just as Ephraim did in the north. Since
In ancient times, there was rivalry between these two powerful tribes.
b) Why was there rivalry between them?
Because each one believed that she had received the birthright (Genesis 48:19, 20;
49:8-10). This rivalry was one of the factors for the division of the kingdom at that time.
of Rehoboam.
What was the importance of Silo in the period after the conquest?
R= Silo became the religious capital of Israel, where they gathered three times a year.
to celebrate the Easter holidays, Pentecost week, and the Feast of Tabernacles.
6. a) Why did Levi not receive a territory of his own to occupy?
R= because they were the Priests and they were walking in different tribes.
b) What lesson for evangelical pastors do you see in such a disposition and in the
provision for the support of the Levites?
R=
7. What evil was avoided through the cities of refuge?

Questions
End of Joshua's leadership (Joshua 22—24)

8. a) What act by the tribes of Transjordan was about to cause a


civil war in Israel?
What intention motivated the act?
c) What practical lesson do you take from the way the problem was
fixed?
9. a) Why did Joshua call the leaders to his house?
b) What was the theme of his/her speech?
c) Why was it necessary to urge the leaders to be faithful to
Jehovah? (What factor in Canaan jeopardized the purity of his religion?)
10. a) What form of government did Israel have in the period after Joshua?
b) What was the factor that unified the nation?
c) Make a parallel regarding the Church.
d) Ideally, who governed in Israel?
11. a) What was the purpose of summoning all Israel to Shechem?
b) Why did Joshua insist in his speech on the greatness and faithfulness of God?
c) Why did he emphasize how difficult it is to follow Jehovah?

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