Tuese: Division of the land in light of Acts 17:26

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Division of the land in light of Acts 17:26

Acts 17:26

NIV 26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.

WEB 26 He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

26“And He has made from one blood (text omits “blood”)

every nation (ethnos- “tribe”)

of men to dwell on all the face of the earth (ge- “land”),

and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings (see Joshua, Ezekiel etc for God dividing the land and making boundaries for the 12 tribes aka the “men” in focus.).

Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind,
he set up boundaries for the peoples
according to the number of the sons of Israel.

Joshua 11:23
So Joshua took the entire land, just as the Lord had directed Moses, and he gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. Then the land had rest from war.

Joshua 12:7
Here is a list of the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their lands as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their tribal divisions.

Joshua 13:8
Division of the Land

East of the Jordan
The other half of Manasseh, the Reubenites and the Gadites had received the inheritance that Moses had given them east of the Jordan, as he, the servant of the Lord, had assigned it to them.

Joshua 14:1
Division of the Land

West of the Jordan
Now these are the areas the Israelites received as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel allotted to them.

Joshua 18:10
Joshua then cast lots for them in Shiloh in the presence of the Lord, and there he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their tribal divisions.

Ezekiel 47:13

Boundaries and Division of the Land

This is what the Lord God says: “This shall be the boundary by which you shall divide the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall have two portions.

Ezekiel 48:1
The Division of the Land
“These are the tribes, listed by name: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion; it will follow the Hethlon road to Lebo Hamath; Hazar Enan and the northern border of Damascus next to Hamath will be part of its border from the east side to the west side.