Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Today we continue looking at the land allotments for the tribes.

Remember, they've been waiting 40 years for this.

They've been fighting for this quite literally.

These assignments are where they will build their lives and

raise their families. If you've ever been in a military family or you've ever

waited to find out where your residency is or to see what colleges have

accepted you, you might know a little bit about how this

feels, but chances are you weren't waiting 40 years to find out where you'd live.

Plus for the Israelites, this wasn't a temporary placement.

This was marked out as the home of the people of their tribe forever,

provided they kept up their end of the covenant they made with God.

Since many of the ways these places are referred to in scripture mean

nothing to us, I'm going to give a short description of each place we see

today. Imagine you're one of the seven tribes who haven't gotten their land

yet and you're waiting to find

out where your family will live.

We're also including that general map of the tribal allotments again in today's show notes.

Simeon gets the land assigned in the midst of Judah's plot of desert in the south.

Pass.

Zebulen gets a tiny plot in the north.

It's the smallest plot besides Benjamin's.

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