Joshua 13:7
5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;
9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto 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
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
Read in contextNumbers 33:54
And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
Read in contextEzekiel 47:13–23
Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
Read in contextEzekiel 48:23–29
As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.
Read in contextNumbers 32:2–14
The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
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