Why Every Detail in the Bible Matters 📜 | Joshua 15 Devotional (7-Step QT)
7-Step QT Notes
1. 🙏 Quiet Time
Pause.
Take a deep breath.
Ask God to help you see His promises in His Word today.
2. 📅 December 9, 2025
Today’s passage reminds us:
God’s Word is not just history—it’s His living promise for you today.
3. ✝️ Joshua 15:20-63
This passage details the inheritance of the tribe of Judah according to their clans. It lists numerous towns and villages across different regions—the southern border near Edom, the lowland, the hill country, and the wilderness—showing the vastness of Judah’s territory. Despite these conquests, the Jebusites in Jerusalem were not driven out and continued to live among Judah.
4. 📖 Key Verse
“This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans.” (v. 20)
5. 📝 Reflection
At first glance, today’s passage might feel like a long list of hard-to-pronounce names. But these details matter—they show that God keeps His promises down to the smallest detail. Every village listed is proof that what God said, He did.
If we treat the Bible as mere history, it feels distant. But when we see it as God’s living Word, it becomes personal. These records remind us that God is faithful—not just to Judah thousands of years ago, but to you today. His promises are not empty words; they are life-giving truths.
So when you read Scripture, don’t rush past the “boring parts.” They testify to a God who never forgets His Word. Trust Him with your future, because the same God who fulfilled His promises then is working in your life now. Dear friends, expect His grace today as you remember His faithfulness yesterday.
6. 💬 What does this passage speak to you today?
- Do I see God’s Word as living and active, or just ancient history?
- How can I trust His promises in my current situation?
- What “details” in my life show His faithfulness?
7. 🙏 Prayer
Lord, thank You for being faithful to Your promises.
Help me see Your Word as living and trust You fully today.
Amen.
Scriptures
📖 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans. 21 The cities belonging to the tribe of the people of Judah in the extreme south, toward the boundary of Edom, were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, 22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, 23 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, 24 Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, 25 Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor), 26 Amam, Shema, Moladah, 27 Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet, 28 Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, 29 Baalah, Iim, Ezem, 30 Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, 31 Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, 32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon: in all, twenty-nine cities with their villages.
33 And in the lowland, Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, 34 Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam, 35 Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, 36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, Gederothaim: fourteen cities with their villages.
37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad, 38 Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel, 39 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, 40 Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish, 41 Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities with their villages.
42 Libnah, Ether, Ashan, 43 Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, 44 Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages.
45 Ekron, with its towns and its villages; 46 from Ekron to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
47 Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the Brook of Egypt, and the Great Sea with its coastline.
48 And in the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, 49 Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir), 50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, 51 Goshen, Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities with their villages.
52 Arab, Dumah, Eshan, 53 Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah, 54 Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages.
55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, 56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, 57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah: ten cities with their villages.
58 Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor, 59 Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon: six cities with their villages.
60 Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.
61 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah, 62 Nibshan, the City of Salt, and Engedi: six cities with their villages.
63 But the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the people of Judah could not drive out, so the Jebusites dwell with the people of Judah at Jerusalem to this day (Joshua 15:20-63, ESV).
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