Joshua 13:7
5 the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim—all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive out before the Israelites. Be sure to divide it by lot as an inheritance to Israel, as I have commanded you.
Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
8 The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:
9 The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
- KJV
- Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
- WEB
- Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
- ASV
- Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
- DARBY
- And now divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and to half the tribe of Manasseh;
- BLB
- And now divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
- ÅB
- Så skift nå dette land ut til arv for de ni stammer og den halve del av Manasse stamme!
- OTB
- Fordel nå derfor dette landet som en arv blant de ni stammene og den halve Manasse-stammen.»
- B1930
- Så skift nu dette land ut til arv for de ni stammer og den halve del av Manasse stamme!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 26:53–56
“The land is to be divided among the tribes as an inheritance, according to the number of names.
Read in contextNumbers 33:54
And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.
Read in contextEzekiel 47:13–23
This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions.
Read in contextEzekiel 48:23–29
As for the rest of the tribes: Benjamin will have one portion extending from the east side to the west side.
Read in contextNumbers 32:2–14
So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,
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