Joshua 1:12
in Joshua 1But to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
KJV
And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
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This verse in Joshua 1
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
half the tribe of Manasseh
on Joshua 1:12-15
Joshua holds the two and a half tribes to the terms Moses set at Numbers 32:20-22, that they cross armed in front of their brethren and go home only when the land is subdued. Their wives, children and cattle stay east of the river, so these men fight for ground they will never live on. Mighty men of valour occurs here for the first time in Scripture, and it runs on through Joshua and the books of Chronicles as the standard term for fighting strength. Rest is what verse 13 says they already have, and Hebrews 4:8 uses the Greek form of Joshua's name, printed Jesus in the King James, to argue that if he had given the rest no other day would have been spoken of afterward.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Let us look closely at what sign those two and a half tribes hold who receive the land of inheritance through Moses, and what sign the remainder of the nine and a half tribes hold who receive the promise of the holy land through Jesus [Joshua].First of all, I think it is impossible for it to have happened accidentally that those who receive a portion through Moses were all firstborn.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
35 ), where they might be furnished in part with other provisions, it did not fall so plentifully, nor did they gather so much as when they had it first given to them in the wilderness, but decreased gradually, and therefore they are ordered to provide other victuals, in which perhaps was included all other things necessary to their march.
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And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh,.... Who were settled on that side Jordan where Israel now were: spake Joshua, saying; as follows.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
At the same time Joshua himself convened the two and a half tribes which had settled east of Jordan, to remind them of their promise (Nu 32:1-42) to assist their brethren in the conquest of western Canaan.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Prepare your travel needs. [Prepare] everything necessary for (traveling) and weapons for the [upcoming] battle, he said to them. You cannot say the צֵדָה refers to food and drink.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלָרֽאוּבֵנִי֙ | velaruveni | and to the Reubenite[s] | H7206 → | 18 times |
| וְלַגָּדִ֔י | velagadi | and to the Gadite[s] | H1425 → | 16 times |
| וְלַחֲצִ֖י | velachatzi | and to [the] half of | H2677 → | 125 times |
| שֵׁ֣בֶט | shevet | [the] tribe of | H7626 → | 190 times |
| הַֽמְנַשֶּׁ֑ה | hamnasheh | <the> Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| אָמַ֥ר | ʾamar | he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ | yehoshua' | Joshua | H3091 → | 218 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וְלָרֽאוּבֵנִי֙and to the Reubenite[s]
velaruveniH7206 →18 times
וְלַגָּדִ֔יand to the Gadite[s]
velagadiH1425 →16 times
וְלַחֲצִ֖יand to [the] half of
velachatziH2677 →125 times
שֵׁ֣בֶט[the] tribe of
shevetH7626 →190 times
הַֽמְנַשֶּׁ֑ה<the> Manasseh
hamnashehH4519 →146 times
אָמַ֥רhe said
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַJoshua
yehoshua'H3091 →218 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonConquestJoshuaMoses' minister and successor, one of the two faithful spies; he led Israel across Jordan, around Jericho, and through the conques…
- PersonLate monarchyManassehJudah's longest-reigning and worst king, who filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; the book names his apostasy as the cause of 586…
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 3.1.