Guiding Questions: Joshua 17

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This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

In Joshua 17:3, are the names of the daughters of Tzlafhad identical with those set down in the Five Books?
What do Joshua 17:4-6 indicate about property rights of women at the time when this particular section was being written?
Joshua 17:12 indicates that there were other exceptions to the conquest. Which particular geographic expressions are included in the exception?
What is the significance of Joshua 17:13 in describing that the “Canaanites were made to serve” (as it were) but they were not conquered? How will this presently relate to the tensions as set forth in the other historic books of the TanakhAn acronym for the name of the Hebrew Bible: Torah, Neviim, and Ketuvim.?
What is the complaint of the Josephites (Joshua 17:14)?
What is Joshua’s ruling in terms of the claim of the Josephites? (And, how does this reflecton the numbers of the Judeans in the previous chapter?)

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Post tags: Joshua 17, Perek Yomi (USCJ)

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