Joshua 16

Theme of chapter: Dividing of the land for Manasseh and Ephraim

Most important verse: Joshua 16:4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. (Joseph, a son of Jacob, had two sons Manasseh and Ephraim who were two of the tribes)

Most prominent word: Joseph (he will add)

Teaching about Christ: Christ gives abundantly to his children.

Command to obey: put your faith in Christ for salvation

Promise to claim: Faith in Christ grants an everlasting inheritance.

New truth learned: Manasseh had some of their territory on the wrong side of Jordan. They had chosen to stay out of the promised land. The other half of Manasseh were given an inheritance on the right side of th Jordan.