1445 BC · AM 2559 · Conquest and Judges

The land begins to be divided by lot

When Joshua was old, much land still remained to be possessed. The LORD identified the remaining territories, and Joshua and Eleazar began assigning the inheritance by lot to the nine and a half tribes west of the Jordan (Joshua 13:1-14:5), 1445 BC in the Ussher record.

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📖 Joshua 13:1

1Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed.

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