Bible Journey – Day 106

Joshua 16-18

• Reading through these chapters on the division of the land (not the most exciting stuff, you know) but when I came across the Zelophehad, who was the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh (who had no sons, only daughters) I noticed that one of his daughter’s names was Noah.  Why would a parent in Biblical times name a girl “Noah”?  I mean, Noah was NOAH, right?  Even though this Noah was a girl, wouldn’t she have difficulty going through life being compared to the other Noah?
• Joshua had to deal with a tribe of people who weren’t satisfied with their land alotment.  He gave them some hill country and told them to clear the trees.  I’m sensing that they weren’t happy with that, but once they cut the trees down, they had lumber, paper and firewood.  That should have been enough, right?
• There were still seven tribes who had not yet received their inheritance.  Joshua appointed a committee (bad idea, Josh) and instructed them to divide up the rest of the land.  This process took 7,000 years to complete.  I don’t know that for sure-it’s just a guess.  Actually, it was probably more like 8,000 years, because “seven” is a holy number, and committees are not holy.