The Name of Samuel and the Stem (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Name of Samuel and the Stem Again, when Joshua's share in the conquered territory of Pa is spoken of, we are told (jos. Mag-n15 )5 illy fijfi', 525w The reference is to the city timnath-serah, which is given to Joshua by lot The verb must, therefore, have reference to a religious inquiry and not to a personal request made by Joshua. We must, accordingly, translate, By the decree of Yahweh they gave him the city, regarding which one had sought an oracle. The lot was one way, and indeed the most common way, of ascertaining what was the decree of Yahweh. With this passage may be compared Jos. Where the success of the strategy of the Gibeonites is attributed to the fact that the Israelites F1131, did not seek an oracular decision of Yahweh. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.