Joshua 18 · Grade 5
No More Delay
Read and Think
Joshua 18 opens with worship at the center: The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there. The land was subdued before them. God's dwelling now stood in the promised land, and the rest of the division would happen in His presence.
Still, seven tribes had not received their inheritance. Joshua asked a pointed question: How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you? The problem was not God's slowness but the people's delay. Joshua's answer was practical: three men from each tribe would walk through the land, describe it, and return.
The men surveyed it by cities into seven portions in a book and returned to Shiloh. Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh. The lots were cast before Yahweh, so the portions were given in His presence. Benjamin's lot came first, lying between Judah and Joseph, and included Jericho, Bethel, Gibeon, and Jebus, which is Jerusalem.
Show What You Know
What did the congregation set up at Shiloh?
What was the problem with the seven tribes?
What was Joshua's practical answer?
Why were lots cast before Yahweh?
Name two cities in Benjamin's lot.
Crossword
Across
- Where the Tent of Meeting was set up.
- The first lot at Shiloh came up for him.
Down
- surveyed it by cities into seven portions in a ____.
- How many men from each tribe.
- How many tribes had not received land.
Think About It
Joshua asked how long they would neglect to go in and possess the land God gave. What might God be asking you not to delay?
Why is it wise to put God at the center before making plans?
Memory Verse
“Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you?”
Joshua 18:3 (WEB)
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Prayer
Dear God, thank You for being at the center of my life. Help me . Amen.
Take It Home
For families: talk about these together.
- How can you be fair when you share with others?
- How can you stop putting off what God has given you to do?
- What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?
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