In this video listen to Joshua 16 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In Joshua 16 the tribes of Joseph receive their inheritance. Of course Manasseh already received land east of the Jordan. Once again, they received their inheritance, but didn’t drive out the inhabitants. This becomes a repetitive idea as it seems all of God’s people fail to do this properly. What parts of the devil’s resistance in your own life are you failing to drive out?

The previous entire chapter was given to outlining the inheritance (63 verses) of Judah, but this chapter is so short and not anywhere as detailed. Of all the tribes, why was such attention given to Juda and not to the rest? Is it because God knew in advance that Judah represented the inheritance of Christ?

Also in this chapter Joseph is one of the twelve sons, but ...