Joshua 14:2

Joshua 14:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
• New International Version (NIV)Their inheritances were assigned by lot to the nine-and-a-half tribes, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Their inheritance was by lot, just as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses for the nine and one-half tribes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Their inheritance was by lot, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

Context of Joshua 14:2

1This is the land that the people of Israel inherited in Canaan. The priest Eleazar, Joshua (son of Nun), and the heads of Israel’s tribes distributed it to the people. The land inherited by the nine-and-a-half tribes was determined by drawing lots as the Lord had commanded through Moses. 3Moses had given the two-and-a-half tribes their inheritance east of the Jordan River. He did not give any land as an inheritance to Levi’s tribe, 4because Joseph’s descendants, Manasseh and Ephraim, formed two tribes. The Levites were not given a share of the land. Joseph’s descendants gave the Levites cities to live in with pasturelands for their cattle and everything they had.

Joshua 14:2 word by word

בְּגוֹרַ֖ל נַחֲלָתָ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁ֔ה לְתִשְׁעַ֥ת הַמַּטּ֖וֹת וַחֲצִ֥י הַמַּטֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• By lotגּוֹרָלgôrâl gôrâl · allottedH1486
• their inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• as the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• by the handיָדyâd · handH3027
• of Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• for the nineתֵּ֫שַׁעtêsha‛ tish‛âh · nineH8672
• tribesמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• the halfחֲצִיchêtsîy · halfH2677

Cross-references for Joshua 14:2

• Numbers 26:55But the land must be divided by drawing lots. The tribes will receive their land based on the names of their ancestors.
• Numbers 33:54Divide the land among your families by drawing lots. Give more land to larger families and less land to smaller ones. The land must be given to each family by drawing lots. Divide it among your ancestors’ tribes.
• Numbers 34:13Moses commanded the Israelites, “This is the land you will divide by drawing lots. The Lord has commanded that this land will be given to the nine-and-a-half tribes.
• Psalms 16:5The Lord is my inheritance and my cup. You are the one who determines my destiny.
• Proverbs 16:33The dice are thrown, but the Lord determines every outcome.
• Proverbs 18:18Flipping a coin ends quarrels and settles ⌞issues⌟ between powerful people.
• Matthew 25:34“Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, my Father has blessed you! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.

Commentaries on Joshua 14:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2By lot was their inheritance - Concerning the meaning and use of the lot, see the note on Numbers 26:55; and concerning the manner of casting lots in the case of the scapegoat, see the note on Leviticus 16:8, Leviticus 16:9. On this subject Dr. Dodd has selected some good observations from Calmet and Masius, which I here borrow: "Though God had sufficiently pointed out by the predictions of Jacob when dying, and those of Moses, what portions he designed…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2By lot - We are not told in what manner the lot was cast. Perhaps two urns were employed, one containing a description of the several districts to be allotted, the other the names of the tribes; and the portion of each tribe would then be determined by a simultaneous drawing from the two urns. Or a drawing might be made by some appointed person, or by a delegate of each tribe from one urn containing the description of the ten inheritances. The lot only…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2assigned by lot: See study note on 7:16–18.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-51. these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan--This chapter forms the introduction to an account of the allocation of the land west of Jordan, or Canaan proper, to the nine tribes and a half. It was also made by lot in presence of a select number of superintendents, appointed according to divine directions given to Moses (see on Nu 34:16). In everything pertaining to civil government, and even the division of the…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Joshua 14

• 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