Numbers 34

Chapter 34 gives the limits of the promised land, as well as those who have been called “territorial commissioners.” Ten men are selected, one from each tribe that would settle in Canaan. They would assist Eleazar, the high priest, and Joshua, their military leader, in apportioning the land. Interestingly, the only one mentioned elsewhere in Scripture is Caleb.

The closest Israel ever came to a full inheritance of the land was during the reigns of David and Solomon, although they didn’t have control of the coastal strip along the Mediterranean Sea during that time.

Thought for the day: The lack of Israel’s full inheritance is a reminder to us that we are awaiting our full inheritance too!

Hebrews 9:15 (WEB) “For this reason he [Jesus] is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.”