Joshua 15:1-19.\u00a0 Yesterdays post was made very late because I was without internet for most of the day.\u00a0 If you missed it you\u2019ll want to read it.\u00a0 We learned a little bit about the tribes of Israel and how the land was going to be divided.\u00a0 The division started with a very enthusiastic old timer from the tribe of Judah, Caleb.\u00a0\u00a0 One thing I did not mention about Caleb was why he is calle a Kenizzite. The Bible is very clear that he was descended from Judah.\u00a0 It was implied in yesterday\u2019s passage (Joshua 14:6) and was clearly stated in Numbers 13:6; 34:19).\u00a0 The term Kenizzite means descendant of Kenaz.\u00a0 There is a Kenaz in the Bible who was a grandson of Esau (Jacob\u2019s brother)(Genesis 36:11).\u00a0 If that was the person who was an ancestor of Caleb then Caleb would not have been from the tribe of Judah.\u00a0 The was also a Kenaz who was the grandson of Caleb (1 Chronicles 4:15) so we must be careful in not jumping to conclusions Caleb was from the tribe of Judah and he also had an ancestor who was named Kenaz.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s reading starts with a description of the territory given to Judah.\u00a0 There are a lot of specific places, some of which are unknown today, but they were well known in those days and as I mentioned a couple of days ago are well known to God.\u00a0 Caleb\u2019s inheritance is repeated in this description along with more detail about his conquest of Hebron.\u00a0 You might remember from Joshua 11:21 that Joshua killed the Anakim in Hebron, he \u201cutterly destroyed them\u201d.\u00a0 The problem is that people were always moving around and it would not be impossible that some came back to live in Hebron (or Kiriath-arba as they called it).\u00a0 We also find out that he fought for other cities as well and that he was a great leader who encouraged others to fight too.\u00a0 One person that he inspired was his younger brother Othniel (Joshua 15:17, Judges 1:13; 3:9).\u00a0 As a reward for taking a city Caleb gave his daughter in marriage to Othniel.<\/p>\n
Caleb was not the only bold person in his family so was his daughter.\u00a0 Evidently Othniel was allowed to keep the land around the city which was in the southern hill country (Called the Negev and part of Judah\u2019s portion of the land).\u00a0 The daughter must have realized the potential of the land if she had access to water so she boldly asked her dad for some land that had springs on it too.\u00a0\u00a0 Caleb gave her the water.\u00a0 This is the first of two specific times in Joshua that a woman gets a portion of the land.\u00a0 That would have been unheard of in those days (as we will see when we come to the second example).\u00a0 It is clear that God is not a woman-hater as some people in our day believe.\u00a0 She did ask he husband first before she asked her dad.\u00a0 Othniel gave permission and she made the request.\u00a0 It seems that women get much more respect in the Bible that in many other societies in Old Testament times.\u00a0 Two things stand out to me today in the reading.\u00a0 One is boldness and the other is respect.\u00a0 Caleb, Othniel, and Achash all seem bold to me.\u00a0 Bold to act on the things they know about God.\u00a0 On the other hand we see a great deal of respect.\u00a0 Achash respected her father and her husband.\u00a0 Othniel respected Caleb and God.\u00a0 And it seems Caleb respected his daughter.\u00a0 It also seems that there was quite a bit of benefit because of this.\u00a0 Another town was taken, Othniel not only got land but a very wise wife also who\u2019s actions would make his land much more productive.\u00a0 The \u201cblessing\u201d of Jacob n genesis 49:8-12 tells us that Judah would be like a crouching lion, tht he would be a respected leader, and that he would have a life filled literally with milk and fruit.\u00a0 It seems that is just what we see in this story.\u00a0 We need to be bold in following God.\u00a0 We need to trust Him and aact like Caleb did.\u00a0 We need to inspire others by our actions like Caleb did.\u00a0 And we need to be bold like his daughter in asking God to bless us, to help us fulfill our destinies what ever they are (Psalms 139:16, Ephesians 2:10).\u00a0 LORD I know that you have me on a mission, it\u2019s not a five year mission but a lifetime one, you want me to explore new relationships, to share new life, to boldly go wherever you want me to go.\u00a0 Help me on this trek.\u00a0 Show me the way.\u00a0 Give me the wisdom and the word.\u00a0\u00a0 Thank you for the privilege of being a part of your journey.\u00a0 If it pleases you don\u2019t give me a red shirt though, I\u2019d much rather have a firm with a spring.\u00a0 Your will be done, LORD.\u00a0 Make me bold, give me peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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