Joshua 13:7

Joshua 13:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
• New International Version (NIV)and divide it as an inheritance among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”

Context of Joshua 13:7

5the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon east from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath — 6all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians. I will drive them out before the Israelites, only distribute the land as an inheritance for Israel, as I have commanded you. Therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.” 8With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh, the Reubenites and Gadites had received the inheritance Moses gave them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the Lord’s servant had given them: 9From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, all the Medeba plateau as far as Dibon,

Joshua 13:7 word by word

וְעַתָּ֗ה חַלֵּ֞ק אֶת־הָאָ֧רֶץ הַזֹּ֛את בְּנַחֲלָ֖ה לְתִשְׁעַ֣ת הַשְּׁבָטִ֑ים וַחֲצִ֖י הַשֵּׁ֥בֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּֽׁה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now therefore divideחָלַקchâlaq · to divideH2505
• this landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• for an inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• unto the nineתֵּ֫שַׁעtêsha‛ tish‛âh · nineH8672
• tribesשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribeH7626
• and the halfחֲצִיchêtsîy · halfH2677
• of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashsheh · ManassehH4519

Cross-references for Joshua 13:7

• Numbers 26:53“The land is to be divided among them as an inheritance based on the number of names.
• Numbers 33:54You are to receive the land as an inheritance by lot according to your clans. Increase the inheritance for a large clan and decrease it for a small one. Whatever place the lot indicates for someone will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to your ancestral tribes.
• Numbers 32:2So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, the priest Eleazar, and the leaders of the community and said,
• Ezekiel 47:13This is what the Lord God says: “This is the border you will use to divide the land as an inheritance for the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph will receive two shares.
• Ezekiel 48:23“As for the rest of the tribes: From the east side to the west, will be Benjamin — one portion.

Commentaries on Joshua 13:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh - The other half tribe of Manasseh, and the two tribes of Reuben and Gad, had got their inheritance on the other side of Jordan, in the land formerly belonging to Og king of Bashan, and Sihon king of the Amorites.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-33Verses 7-33 The land must be divided among the tribes. It is the will of God that every man should know his own, and not take that which is another's. The world must be governed, not by force, but right. Wherever our habitation is placed, and in whatever honest way our portion is assigned, we should consider them as allotted of God; we should be thankful for, and use them as such, while every prudent method should be used to prevent disputes about…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7Israel had not yet conquered the lands mentioned. However, God instructed Joshua to demonstrate his faith by assigning them to the tribes for the future, when Israel would capture them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-331. Now Joshua was old and stricken in years--He was probably above a hundred years old; for the conquest and survey of the land occupied about seven years, the partition one; and he died at the age of one hundred ten years (Jos 24:29). The distribution, as well as the conquest of the land, was included in the mission of Joshua; and his advanced age supplied a special reason for entering on the immediate discharge of that duty; namely, of allocating Canaan…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Joshua 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings