Cannon Divided Among the 12 Tribes

Having successfully overcome the resistance of the 31 Canaanite city-states, Joshua divided the Promised Land among the 12 tribes of Israel. There were many pockets of remaining resistance, and the various tribes would have to trust God going forward to thoroughly overcome their foes. Yet, on the whole, the promise of a ‘great land’ for Abraham’s descendants (Gen.12:1-3) had been fulfilled. Now, Israel settles into her inheritance and begins to live out her true purpose as a ‘kingdom of priests’ revealing God to the world (see Exodus 19:5,6).