And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:
Goshen and Holon and Giloh are three of eleven cities in the mountains, with their villages, that fell by lot as the portion of the tribe of Judah. The verse stands in Joshua 13-22, which records the distribution and settling of the land of Canaan, the Promised Land, among the tribes. That record names cities with their villages as inheritance, and gives an accurate description of property based on written documents.
The conquering of the Canaanites and the division of the land to which the verse belongs comes after Achan's sin and its fearful consequences. The larger record also shows lack of faith and slowness on Israel's part in taking possession, yet it closes with God having wrought all that He had promised with nothing failing.
Goshen and Holon and Giloh are three of eleven cities in the mountains, with their villages, that fell by lot as the portion of the tribe of Judah. The verse stands in Joshua 13-22, which records the distribution and settling of the land of Canaan, the Promised Land, among the tribes. That record names cities with their villages as inheritance, and gives an accurate description of property based on written documents.
The conquering of the Canaanites and the division of the land to which the verse belongs comes after Achan's sin and its fearful consequences. The larger record also shows lack of faith and slowness on Israel's part in taking possession, yet it closes with God having wrought all that He had promised with nothing failing.