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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)These nine and a half tribes received their grants of land by means of sacred lots, in accordance with the Lord’s command through Moses.

Context of Joshua 14:2

1Now these are the areas the Israelites received as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel allotted to them. Their inheritances were assigned by lot to the nine-and-a-half tribes, as the Lord had commanded through Moses. 3Moses had granted the two-and-a-half tribes their inheritance east of the Jordan but had not granted the Levites an inheritance among the rest, 4for Joseph’s descendants had become two tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites received no share of the land but only towns to live in, with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.

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 26:55Be sure that the land is distributed by lot. What each group inherits will be according to the names for its ancestral tribe.
• Numbers 33:54Distribute the land by lot, according to your clans. To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one. Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.
• Numbers 34:13Moses commanded the Israelites: “Assign this land by lot as an inheritance. The Lord has ordered that it be given to the nine-and-a-half tribes,
• Psalms 16:5Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure.
• Proverbs 16:33The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord.
• Proverbs 18:18Casting the lot settles disputes and keeps strong opponents apart.
• Matthew 25:34“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since 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