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Share share

In our colloquial way we will always say to our children, "share share" (a Malaysian phrase) to encourage to be generous in sharing what they had. However, it goes without saying that, learning to share comes best when adults demonstrate it themselves among each other. One of the greatest time of sharing was when the land was divided among the people of Israel. Joshua 19:51, These were the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel divided as an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the country. They drew lots and everyone got their portion in that order. Everyone respected their turn and submitted it to be God's choice area for them. No one is recorded as having complained. In fact some extended their borders. Joshua 19:47, And the border of the children of Dan went beyond these, because the children ...