Hey, this is Shelby and Scott. We're in the book of Joshua. Today we're going to be talking through chapters 19 through 21. We're still in some land allotments here. So what do we got going on in these chapters, Scott? But it's the last day of land allotments. Okay. I'm sorry to say. No, no, we've learned a lot through land allotments. Everyone's very disappointed to be out of this section. So, no, we made it. And I know, these aren't the most thrilling chapters we've been in. But again, they are super, super important, just to the biblical narrative. And yesterday we talked about how the Israelites gathered at Shiloh to portion out the rest of the land to the remaining seven tribes.

And that started at the end of Joshua 18 with land allotted to Benjamin.

That continues on in chapter 19 with land for Simeon, Zebulun, Isikar, Asher, Naftali, and Dan.

And then we get to Joshua himself, like, just land that he inherits.

And remember, he and Caleb were the only two spies back in numbers who had said that they

could take the promised lands.

And this whole land allotment section started with the portion Caleb would receive.

And it actually ends with the portion Joshua would receive, which I think is kind of a cool bookends.

Chapter 20 got more cities of refuge which if you're curious about you might want to go back to

the final episode of numbers. That was day 50. And then chapter 21 wraps up this section which

began in chapter 13 by really focusing in on the Levites.

Yeah, so I know we mentioned previously that the Levites weren't given land as an allotment.

Their inheritance was the Lord himself.

And so what exactly is happening here then with the Levites?

So they're not going to inherit large portions of land, like you said, like the other tribes.

Instead, God would give them 48 different towns scattered throughout the promised land for their

inheritance. And really, their inheritance was ultimately to serve the tabernacle, which included

offering sacrifices on behalf of the people to God.

And since they didn't have any land inheritance, the remaining tribes are continually told to look after them, effectively, to provide for them.

One example of this is going back to Deuteronomy 14, verse 27, do not neglect the Levite within your city gates since he has no portion or inheritance

among you. And so, you know, they could have been a very vulnerable people not inheriting land

like the other tribes. God commands the other tribes to look after them, which I think is really,

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