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

5There is also the land of the Gebalites, and all of Lebanon in the east. That land goes from Baal Gad at the side of Hermon mountain, to Lebo-Hamath. 6I myself will chase out all the people of Sidon in front of the Israelites. I will chase them out of the hill country, from Lebanon as far as Misrephoth Maim. You must give this land to the tribes of Israel, as I have already told you. Each of the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, must receive its own part of the land.’ 8Moses had already given land to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the other half of Manasseh. Their land was on the east side of the Jordan River. Moses, the Lord's servant, had given a piece of land to each tribe. 9Their land went from Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon valley and the town in the middle of the valley. It included all the flat land of Medeba, 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‘I will give part of the land to each tribe. You need to know the number of names that you have on your list for each tribe.
• Numbers 33:54You must use lots to choose how to give part of the land to each family. You must give more land to the larger clans and you must give less land to the smaller clans. The lots will decide which piece of land belongs to each family. Each of your ancestors' tribes will get its own part of the land.
• Numbers 32:2They went to speak to Moses, Eleazar and the other leaders of the Israelites.
• Ezekiel 47:13This is what the Almighty Lord says: ‘This is the land that you will share among Israel's 12 tribes. Give one part to each tribe, but Joseph's descendants will have two parts.
• Ezekiel 48:23The other tribes will each have a part of the land that is south of this special part. The land for each of these tribes will go all the way from Israel's border in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. South of the special land will be the land for Benjamin.

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