"by lot" as the Priest alone had the "Urim and Thummim". There is, however, something

more than this to be learnt. We have here a prophetic foreshadowing of the day when the

Lord Jesus Christ shall fulfil the words of Zechariah:

The Gospel according to Matthew sets forth the Lord first as the Son of David, the

King (Matt. 1: - 16: 20), and then (Matt. 16: 21 - 28:) as the Son of Abraham, the

Offering (and also the Priest). In the Book of the Revelation these offices are combined,

for He Who is "Prince of the kings of the earth" (Rev. 1: 5) is seen also as the Great High

Priest (Rev. 1: 12, 13).

The second feature of prophetic importance is the fact that the statement, "The land

had rest from war" (Josh. 14: 15) is made during the first sabbatic year of Israel's

history, and is a pledge and foreshadowing of the "rest that remaineth to the people of

God", the thousand years of peace before the end (Rev. 20:).

The structure of Josh. 14: and 15: alternates the whole tribe of Judah and the

allotment of their inheritance, with Caleb the Overcomer; and at the end the whole tribe

are placed in contrast with Caleb, for they fail as Overcomers in the matter of the

Josh. 15: 1-12 is of importance as a legal document, but we do not feel that a detailed

examination of these geographical boundaries would justify the space involved. We

draw attention, however, to the following points, which are of interest to all the people of

(1) No writer who did not possess first-hand information would expose himself to

detection as the writer of Josh. 15: had done. The detailed account of the country, the

names of the cities and the added comments are evidence that the Book of Joshua cannot

have been a "pious forgery".

(2) The size of the territory allotted to Judah was a piece of country about 45 miles in

length by 50 miles in breadth, and it is clear from the chapter that the land literally

teemed with people.

Colonel Condor writes: