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Seven tribes remain without allocation of land. Reuben, Gad, Menashe, Judah, and Ephraim all had their land allocated already. Joshua sends cartographers out to map out the remaining part of the land and assign it to the remaining tribes. Then Joshua gathers everyone for a lottery. Is this the same lottery as the last chapter or is this a different lottery?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The conquest seems to have been accomplished in order. First, the outer tribes conquered their land back in Deuteronomy. Next the two larger and more powerful tribes of Judah and the sons of Joseph conquered their territory. Now, the story focuses on the remaining tribes. Some commentators point to the fact that these other tribes were smaller so they banded together to help each other. They were afraid of settling their areas because then they would lose their combined fighting force.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But the timeline does not seem to match the details. The outer tribes can be set aside as their territory was granted in Deuteronomy. Why would Joshua send out cartographers only for the smaller tribes? How did Judah and Joseph know the borders of their lands? It would make sense that the cartographers were sent to demarcate the whole land and then the land would be split. What would be the point of having a lottery for only two tribes? Also, how would the smaller tribes know what land to conquer without it being assigned?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Based on the text, the entire land was conquered: \u201cThe land was now under their control\u201d (verse 1). The issue was that the smaller tribes had not yet taken over their part: \u201cbut there remained seven tribes of the Israelites which had not yet received their portions.\u201d (verse 2). Judah and Joseph remain in their areas in the north and south, leaving the rest of the land open: \u201cThey shall divide it into seven parts\u2014Judah shall remain by its territory in the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain by its territory in the north\u201d (verse 5).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If Joseph and Judah had received their portion by lottery already, why would Joshua have to confirm that they will remain in their areas? There are two possible answers here. The first is that there were two lotteries. The first demarcated the land for the larger tribes. Joseph and Judah were large and they were able to take over their areas easily. The rest of the tribes needed to band together to conquer the rest, which did not allow them to settle in a specific area. So now there was a lot of open land, but none of the tribes knew where to go, so Joshua had a second lottery.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The second option is that the lottery only happened now. Judah and Joseph had an \u201couter tribes\u201d situation whereby they simply settled in the areas that the nation had conquered together because they were larger. 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We use the image of a <\/span>tent<\/span><\/em> often. When standing under a chuppah <\/em>at a wedding, the officiant likens the chuppah<\/em> to a tent that is open on all sides as a metaphor for the type of home that we hope will be created. Our quintessential prayer for peace uses the image of <\/span>sukkat shalom<\/span><\/em>, a tent-like protective structure that we beseech God to provide. And even when referring in the English language to the groups with whom we feel aligned in some significant way, we say they are either <\/span>inside<\/span><\/em> or <\/span>outside<\/span><\/em> the proverbial tent.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Yet little attention is paid to the actual building of the structure itself. Who undertakes the work of building a canopy of shared values, a canopy of peace, a canopy of <\/span>home<\/span><\/em>?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe <\/span>whole<\/b> community of the Israelite people assembled at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there\u2026\u201d (verse 1).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In reading this verse there is a powerful message and a reminder that we are sorely in need of today. \u00a0The word \u201cwhole\u201d (\u05db\u05dc) indicates that <\/span>all<\/span><\/em> of the Israelites were assembled in one place and were involved in the building of the holy, protective tent. The Torah, which uses no extra words, is emphasizing that each member of the community played an integral role in the creation of their shared spiritual home.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is a message of inclusion. It is not about encouraging inclusion for the sake of feeling good about ourselves or for fulfilling an act of <\/span>chesed<\/em> <\/span>(kindness). Rather, this message of inclusion is the reminder that each and every human being is imbued with purpose, meaning, and worthwhile contribution to the greater whole. This verse reinforces that each and every person was created <\/span>b\u2019tzelem Elohim<\/span><\/em>, in God\u2019s image, for each Israelite\u2019s presence and contribution was needed in order to be \u201cthe whole community of the Israelite people.\u201d The tent of meeting would not have been structurally or spiritually sound were it not for the radical inclusion of each and every member of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This message resonates today, for its truth endures. 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Chapter 18 begins with us learning that all the Israelites gathered at Shiloh to build the first non-mobile Tabernacle (Mishkan), one that lasted for 369 years until the Beit HaMikdash was built in Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Immediately following a very short verse about erecting the Mishkan, Joshua chastises the seven tribes who have not yet conquered their portions of land. The 15<\/span>th<\/span> century commentator Abarbanel explains why these tribes were delaying their mission. They feared that as long as the borders remained undefined the Israelites would be united, but once clearly defined, an each-tribe-for-themselves mentality might emerge. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

So, the timing of building the Mishkan now, instead of what seems more logically to be after all the land is conquered, is no accident. Even with nearly half of the tribes already having established their portions, all the Israelites came together in unity to build the Mishkan. Now the Israelites had a center for communal spiritual expression, and private offerings to God were no longer allowed. Our sages tell us that this spiritual focus would empower the remaining tribes to conquer their land with the knowledge that they are already unified, regardless of territorial division.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It\u2019s an odd set of instructions Joshua gives to these seven tribes: appoint men to traverse the land, describe their inheritance in writing, bring that book back to Joshua, and he will then proceed with the prophetic lottery ritual, at the Mishkan, to confirm their inheritance. Why is this lottery even necessary? The details of the land inheritance were clearly demarcated already in the book of Deuteronomy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The definition of boundaries for the portions of land was never meant to be a purely legalistic division of property. True ownership comes from what they do with their inheritance. It is only after they have collectively claimed their portions, built a nation and established unity and spiritual ownership, that their inheritance is complete and the multitude of laws pertaining to the land of Israel take effect. The lottery doesn\u2019t define the borders. If that were the case then it would only be required for 11 tribes, as the 12<\/span>th<\/span> portion is clearly whatever remains, yet later we\u2019ll see that portion detailed as well. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The lottery is about the integrity of the process, and the internalization that this land is for all of Israel, from God, given to them as a unified nation, and for a holy purpose.<\/span>
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Joshua said to the Israelites, \u201cHow long will you be lackadaisical about taking possession of the land which the Holy Blessed One, the God of your ancestors, has assigned to you?\" (18:3)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There was a meme used by the Obama campaign in the final few months of his Presidential contest against John McCain. The meme was a short video clip of a bicyclist nearing the end of a race.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The man, seeing an end in sight, began to shake his hands in the air feverishly to celebrate his soon-to-be victory. But due to his wild gesticulating, his balance was thrown off, so he crashed just before the finish line. So close, and yet so far.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The soon-to-be President Obama did not want his campaign to emulate that of the racer and to have his pace slowed, even as the poll numbers indicated that he was in the lead. No time to be lackadaisical - one must finish strong, he advocated.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There are many instances in the Tanakh of characters that find themselves close to their goal but not acquiring it. However, not all falling-short stories are for a lack of hustle or the result of being distracted, or overconfident. Jonah attempted to bolt from his mission to warn the residents of Nineveh of their impending doom - but then was suddenly swallowed by a fish. The early humans strove to build a tower towards the heavens in Babel - to which God said: \u201cnice try!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

These two examples and the many more like them are about the various human characters that had a plan that ran counter to the will of God. In these clashes of desire, the Godly plan wins out at the end of the day.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When the plan is aligned with the will of God, however, all one has to do is not give up, slow down, or celebrate too early.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Israelites, led by Joshua, are at the finish line of their own marathon. Joshua, having seen his colleagues - the spies - get so close to the Land of Israel and falter due to their insecurities, grows weary of his new compatriots that have been given a promise from God but cannot seize the opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There is a saying \"man plans, and God laughs\"; but the lesson of this chapter is \"God wants for us to succeed, so we should act accordingly.\" If you do not give up on yourself, then the universe has your back.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Before we get further into more of the minute details of how the land was apportioned among the remaining tribes, we would do well to consider some of the larger particulars.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Each tribe\u2019s portion is described in terms of its boundaries, which are noted according to each of the four cardinal directions. The Hebrew term for boundary is <\/span>gevul<\/span><\/em>; <\/span>tzafon<\/span><\/em> is north, <\/span>negev<\/span><\/em> is south, <\/span>yam<\/span><\/em> is west and <\/span>kedem<\/span><\/em> is east. What are the etymologies of these words?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The noun <\/span>gevul<\/span><\/em> derives from a verb that means to demarcate. We encountered it, first, on the eve of the revelation at Sinai when God instructed Moses to \u201cdemarcate (<\/span>hagbel<\/span><\/em>) the mountain and sanctify it\u201d (Exodus 19:23), and, again, in the prohibition \u201cDo not displace the demarcations (<\/span>gevul<\/span><\/em>) delineated (<\/span>gav\u2019lu<\/span><\/em>) by your predecessors\u201d (Dt. 19:14). Rather than lines on a map, these demarcations were most likely boundary stones; indeed, in Arabic, a Semitic language closely related to Hebrew, <\/span>g-b-l<\/span><\/em> means mountain, the earliest and most natural form of boundary. (The island of Gibraltar was originally named <\/span>G-B-L Tarik<\/span><\/em> after the Arab conqueror of Spain, Tarik Ibn Ziyad.)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Yam<\/span><\/em> (v. 12) is west in biblical geography because the Mediterranean Sea lies to Israel\u2019s west, whereas <\/span>negev<\/span><\/em> (v. 13) is south because the verb <\/span>N-G-B<\/span><\/i> means to dry and the driest part of Israel lies to its south. <\/span>Tzafon<\/span><\/em> (v. 5) is a bit of a puzzle because its only meaning in Hebrew is \u201chidden,\u201d which may be a way of signifying that in the east-west arc of the \u201cFertile Crescent\u201d (Mesopotamia-Egypt), anything off to the north was out of the way. (Curiously, in Arabic, south is <\/span>g-n-<\/span>b<\/span><\/em>, Hebrew for stolen, or hidden away.)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Mizrach<\/span><\/em> (v. 7), for east, is the place of shining (of the sun - zarach<\/em>), just as its correspondent, <\/span>Ma`arav<\/span><\/em>, west (absent in our chapter), is the place of its setting ('erev - <\/em>evening)<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Nevertheless, it is the term <\/span>kedem<\/span><\/em> (v. 20), that is the most intriguing. Its other meanings in Hebrew include \u201cfront\u201d and \u201cbefore,\u201d indicating that it is the direction right in front of me. Since I can face any direction, however, there needs to be a more objective sense to it. Since the cardinal direction I can count on finding under almost any circumstance is east\u2014as long as I await sunrise\u2014there is an implicit assumption that we start by facing eastward. That is why even in English we call directional alignment \u201corientation,\u201d because it is anchored in the east, the direction of the rising sun. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The developments in the structure of the Tabernacle mirror the national story of the people of Israel through the process of settling in the land. Throughout the wilderness, the Tabernacle was an exclusively temporary affair that reflected that condition. Entering the land and embarking on the wars of conquest unleashed a transitional period of national flux, reflected in the life of the tent-like Tabernacle by the temporary suspension of the ban on sacrifices at the high places. Eventually, after Joshua completed the initial wars of conquest, the Tabernacle was established at Shilo, but this time as a sanctuary taking on the trappings of permanence. The tent-like, temporary cover was preserved, but the walls were fashioned out of stone to indicate that the people of Israel had succeeded in entering the land and had started to put down roots in its rocky slopes. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Historically, the period of Shilo corresponds to the rule of the judges, a provisional era in which central authority was weak, external threats were myriad, and tribal unity was still unrealized. After the Tabernacle at Shilo was destroyed by the Philistines, the high places returned to vogue, as if to highlight the provisional character of the era as well as its dangerous instability. It was David who finally succeeded in both unifying the tribes and neutralizing their enemies, eventually founding the national capital at Jerusalem and initiating the process of building the Temple. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

As Solomon built that edifice, the prolonged odyssey of the people of Israel finally came to an end. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The national stability, unity, security, and cultural ascendancy that Israel enjoyed during the brief period of his reign corresponded to the building of the Temple, a building that was structurally permanent in every sense of the term. Again, the fortunes of the people were mirrored by the architectural form of their holy place. The critical principle is this: Whenever there is acute national instability, the Ark is in one geographic location while the rest of the Tabernacle is elsewhere. And whenever there is prolonged physical separation between the Ark and the Tabernacle, the high places are permitted. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

As the expression of God's abode on earth among the people of Israel, the fortunes of the Ark and the Tabernacle ought to reflect the travails and triumphs of the Jewish nation. As surely as God's presence is among them and His concern is never far removed, the Tabernacle\/Temple and its precious Ark mirror their destiny. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Joshua: The Challenge of the Promised Land <\/span><\/i>(Jerusalem: Koren, 2015); <\/span>Chapter: \u201cThe Tabernacle at Shilo\u201d <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Image: Tel Shiloh, by Beit Hashalom, 2008 \/ wikimedia<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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    1. Shiloh <\/span><\/i>(verse 1). The one in the West Bank - not the Wild West. An important religious center from here until its destruction in another 31 chapters. <\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    2. Delegating authority<\/span><\/i>. Joshua passes along the responsibility for settlement to the tribes themselves. He included a little scolding: \u201cSo Joshua said to the Israelites, \u2018\u201cHow long will you be slack about going and taking possession of the land...?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
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    4. To which tribe does Jerusalem belong?<\/span><\/i> Or Jebus, as it is still called here? To the tribe of Judah, as stated in 15:63? Or to Benjamin, as related here, in verse 28? The Temple will later be described as straddling both of these territories, not unlike the capital city of Washington being relegated to a separate district (Columbia), rather than being assigned exclusively to one of the states.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

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