Joshua 18–19

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Reader: Jeff
Teacher: Daniel Agee

How did the Promised Land get distributed?
- Was the size of the tribe a factor when the inheritances was decided?
- How does the inheritance of the land compare with Jacob’s prophesy in Genesis 49 [view questions related to chapter 49]?
In which tribal territory is Shiloh located?
- What is the name of the area today?
- What other hill was called "a rocky wasteland"?
- How long was the tabernacle at Mt. Ebal and how long at Shiloh?
How much of the land was subdued before them?
- What was the rule in Torah for subduing the lane and inheriting it?
- Why did the tribes need to spy the land again?
  - Didn’t Yehoshua and Caleb and the 10 others do that?

Where was the heritage of the tribe of Simeon’s in the land?
- How did this establish the prophesy of Jacob in Genesis 49 [view chapter 49 questions]?
- What does it do to scatter one people in the midst of another people?
- What does this scattering of the Simeon do to Judah?
- How is it similar to Levi’s scattering among the tribes?
- What were Simeon and Judah known for?
What did the tribes do together after Israel entered the land?
How much later did the tribe of Dan establish its territory?
- Why couldn’t Dan conquer its territory?
- When did the Philistines show up in relation to Dan’s establishment?
- What does Philisti mean in Hebrew?

verses 5–7: The tribes of Simeon and Levi are to be scattered in Israel.
verses 8–12: The tribe of Judah’s prophesy starts in the book of Joshua at Shiloh.
What happened at Shiloh to destroy it?
- What was happening in Israel at that time?
- What left Shiloh?
- What was the city like before Israel took it?
- What did Israel do to Shiloh for 370 years while they had it and how is that connected to the eventual destruction of the city and the spiritual situation of the people of Israel at that time?
- What does shiloh mean in Hebrew?
- What does it mean in verses 10–12?
What happened in Israel’s history to the tribe of Judah and "the scepter"?
- When did Jacob’s prophesy of the "scepter not passing from Judah" begin?
- Where were the siblings of the king of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon?
- Who is correct about the fulfillment of this prophecy about when the "scepter" would pass from Judah?
  - Christians: The tribe of Yehudah kept the authority as rulers until Messiah Yeshua came, and the Father gave "all authority in heaven and on earth" to Him.
  - Jews: The rule of Yehudah ended around 600 B.C. with the destruction of Yerushalayim by Babylon.
  - Alternative: Rome usurped the authority of the ruling council of mostly Yehudim (Jews), called the Sanhedren [learn about it in the Jewish Virtual Library], to determine life and death around the time of Yeshua’s bar mitzvah.