Joshua 19:51 Meaning and Explanation
“These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.”
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Read Full Chapter →The whole work of dividing the land is concluded by Eleazar, Joshua, and the tribal leaders before the LORD at Shiloh.
What Does Joshua 19:51 Mean?
The chapter closes with a solemn summary. The priest Eleazar, the leader Joshua, and the heads of the tribes have divided all the inheritances by lot at Shiloh, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle. With this, the dividing of the country is finished.
Every step was done in God's presence, at the place of worship, under both priestly and civil leadership together. The land was not seized by the strong but received as a gift and shared in reverence before God. So the long promise to the fathers comes to its rest, and the people stand at last at home in the land the Lord had sworn to give.
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What does Joshua 19:51 mean?
The whole work of dividing the land is concluded by Eleazar, Joshua, and the tribal leaders before the LORD at Shiloh.