Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

chased them ... until they left none of them remaining." At the
command of God the chariots were burned and the horses lamed,
making them unfit for battle. The Israelites were not to put their
trust in chariots or horses, but "in the name of the Lord their God."
One by one the cities were taken, and Hazor, the stronghold of
the enemy alliance, was burned. The war continued for several
years, but at its close Joshua was master of Canaan. "Then the land
rested from war."
The power of the Canaanites had been broken, but they had not
been fully driven out. However, Joshua was not to continue the war.
The whole land, both the parts already conquered and what was still
not defeated, was to be divided among the tribes. Each tribe then
had the duty to fully conquer its own inheritance. If the people were
faithful to God, He would drive out their enemies in front of them.
The location for each tribe was determined by casting lots.
Moses himself
had set the borders of the country as it was to be divided among
the tribes, and he had appointed a prince from each tribe to oversee
the distribution. Forty-eight cities in various parts of the country
were assigned to the Levites as their inheritance.
Caleb Asks for the Most Difficult Place
Caleb and Joshua were the only ones among the original twelve
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