Joshua 13:7
in Joshua 13Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
KJV
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
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This verse in Joshua 13
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
very much of the land remains to be possessed
on Joshua 13:1-7
Joshua 21:45 says none of the LORD's good promises failed, verse 1 says "very much of the land remains to be possessed", and both stand in one book. Adam Clarke reads the remainder against the condition of obedience, noting that the Sidonians of verse 6 were never expelled and were only subdued under David and Solomon. Other readers take Joshua to speak of the land as granted rather than occupied.
This site's exposition
divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes
Adam Clarke explains the count of nine and a half tribes from the earlier grants to Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh. Numbers 34:13 gave Moses the same count. Matthew Henry notes that the land came to them as an inheritance and was to pass to their children.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance,....
(1.) The promise of it came to them as an inheritance from their fathers; the land of promise pertained to the children of promise, who were thus beloved for their fathers' sakes, and in performance of the covenant with them. (2.) The possession of it was to be transmitted by them, as an inheritance to their children.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The 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.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַתָּ֗ה | veatah | and therefore | H6258 → | 433 times |
| חַלֵּ֞ק | chalek | apportion | H2505 → | 65 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאָ֧רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הַזֹּ֛את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| בְּנַחֲלָ֖ה | benachalah | <in> an inheritance | H5159 → | 222 times |
| לְתִשְׁעַ֣ת | letishat | to [the] nine | H8672 → | 58 times |
| הַשְּׁבָטִ֑ים | hashevatim | the tribes | H7626 → | 190 times |
| וַחֲצִ֖י | vachatzi | and [the] half of | H2677 → | 125 times |
| הַשֵּׁ֥בֶט | hashevet | the tribe | H7626 → | 190 times |
| הַֽמְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ | hamnasheh | <the> Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
וְעַתָּ֗הand therefore
veatahH6258 →433 times
חַלֵּ֞קapportion
chalekH2505 →65 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאָ֧רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
הַזֹּ֛את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
בְּנַחֲלָ֖ה<in> an inheritance
benachalahH5159 →222 times
לְתִשְׁעַ֣תto [the] nine
letishatH8672 →58 times
הַשְּׁבָטִ֑יםthe tribes
hashevatimH7626 →190 times
וַחֲצִ֖יand [the] half of
vachatziH2677 →125 times
הַשֵּׁ֥בֶטthe tribe
hashevetH7626 →190 times
הַֽמְנַשֶּֽׁה׃<the> Manasseh
hamnashehH4519 →146 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 33:54And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one…
it leads to
- Numbers 26:53–56
“The land is to be divided among the tribes as an inheritance, according to the number of names.
- Joshua 18:11
The first lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:
- Joshua 17:1–13
Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir…
- Joshua 15:1–12
Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:
- Joshua 16:1–4
The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of…
- Numbers 26:53–56
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.