Joshua 22
Dear RTB’ers,
Two sets of sentences stood out for me today: And when Joshua sent them away to their homes and blessed them, he said to them, “Go back to your tents with much wealth and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, and iron, and with much clothing. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.” (vv. 7b-8) The Israelites had accumulated much wealth through the destruction of the peoples they defeated. And Joshua thought to send a great deal of that wealth with the Trans-Jordan tribes as they returned to their homes. Again, the fairness that I’ve talked about the last two days…
War averted!! Then the people of Israel sent … Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and with him ten chiefs, one from each of the tribal families of Israel, … And they came to the people of Reuben, the people of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and they said to them… (vv. 13-15) It was a simple matter of sending a delegation instead of an army! I wonder how often I need to go talk to someone instead of “warring” with them in my head!
Blessings!
See also: March 10 (2023) / Joshua 20-22