Numbers 34:15

Numbers 34:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
• New International Version (NIV)These two-and-a-half tribes have received their inheritance east of the Jordan across from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, toward the sunrise."
• New King James Version (NKJV)The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, across from Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.”

Context of Numbers 34:15

13And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: 14For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance ; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance: The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side of Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising. 16And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 17These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Numbers 34:15 word by word

שְׁנֵ֥י הַמַּטּ֖וֹת וַחֲצִ֣י הַמַּטֶּ֑ה לָקְח֣וּ נַחֲלָתָ֗ם מֵעֵ֛בֶר לְיַרְדֵּ֥ן יְרֵח֖וֹ קֵ֥דְמָה מִזְרָֽחָה׃ פRead the interlinear

• twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• tribesמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• halfחֲצִיchêtsîy · halfH2677
• receivedלָקַחlâqach · to take: recieveH3947
• inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• sideעֵ֫בֶר‛êber · side: beyondH5676
• Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
• Jerichoיְרִיחוֹyerîychô yerêchô yerîychôh · JerichoH3405
• eastwardקֵ֫דֶםqedem qêdmâh · eastH6924
• sunrisingמִזְרָחmizrâch · eastH4217

Cross-references for Numbers 34:15

• Numbers 32:32We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.

Commentaries on Numbers 34:15

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-15Apportion this land by lot: Compare with 26:55–56. Two and a half tribes (Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh) settled in Transjordan (the region east of the Jordan River; compare with 32:33). So, Canaan was to be divided among the nine and a half remaining tribes.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1513-15. The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan--The conquered territories of Sihon and Og, lying between the Arnon and mount Hermon, were allotted to them--that of Reuben in the most southerly part, Gad north of it, and the half Manasseh in the northernmost portion.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Jericho
• Jordan
• Jordan River, Jordan
• Reach
• West
• Beyond
• Genealogy
• Joshua (2)
• Numbers, Book of
• Parousia

Commentaries on Numbers 34

• 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