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Joshua 17:4

in Joshua 17

They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the command of the LORD.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren: therefore according to the commandment of Jehovah he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

KJV

And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

This verse in Joshua 17

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Machir--his descendants. the father of Gilead--Though he had a son of that name (Nu 26:29; 27:1), yet, as is evident from the use of the Hebrew article, reference is made, not to the person, but the province of Gilead. "Father" here means lord or possessor of Gilead.

This site's exposition

had no sons but only daughters

on Joshua 17:3-6

Numbers 27:1-11 heard this case before Moses and Numbers 36 refined the ruling, and verse 4 settles it by name a generation later. How the ten shares of verse 5 are counted is disputed, Albert Barnes reckoning five from Gilead's male line and five for the daughters.

This site's exposition

They approached Eleazar the priest

The daughters quote the command given through Moses. At Numbers 27:4 they had asked for property among their father's brothers, the terms in which Joshua now grants it. Matthew Henry observes that Joshua raised no objection that they had fought in none of the wars.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) The assignment of their portions according to their claim. Joshua knew very well what God had ordered in their case, and did not object that they having not served in the wars of Canaan there was no reason why they should share in the possessions of Canaan, but readily gave them as inheritance among the brethren of their father.
And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes,....

The words behind it

29 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַתִּקְרַ֡בְנָהand they drew near

    vatikravnahH7126 →280 times

  • לִפְנֵי֩<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • אֶלְעָזָ֨רEleazar

    ʾelazarH499 →72 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֜ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • וְלִפְנֵ֣י׀and <to> before

    velifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַJoshua

    yehoshua'H3091 →218 times

  • בִּן־[the] son of

    bin-H1121 →4930 times

  • נ֗וּןNun

    nunH5126 →30 times

  • וְלִפְנֵ֤יand <to> before

    velifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • הַנְּשִׂיאִים֙the leaders

    hanesiimH5387 →134 times

  • לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • צִוָּ֣הhe commanded

    tzivahH6680 →494 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • לָֽתֶת־to give

    latet-H5414 →2011 times

  • לָ֥נוּto <the> us

    lanu

  • נַחֲלָ֖הan inheritance

    nachalahH5159 →222 times

  • בְּת֣וֹךְin among

    betokhH8432 →418 times

  • אַחֵ֑ינוּbrothers our

    ʾacheinuH251 →630 times

  • וַיִּתֵּ֨ןand he gave

    vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times

  • לָהֶ֜םto <the> them

    lahem

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • פִּ֤י[the] mouth of

    piH6310 →498 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • נַֽחֲלָ֔הan inheritance

    nachalahH5159 →222 times

  • בְּת֖וֹךְin among

    betokhH8432 →418 times

  • אֲחֵ֥י[the] brothers of

    ʾacheiH251 →630 times

  • אֲבִיהֶֽן׃father their

    ʾavihenH1 →1212 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

6 stops

Each 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

    Galatians 3:28

    There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 12:12–13

      The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.

    • Colossians 3:11

      Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

    • Romans 3:29–30

      Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,

    • Galatians 5:6

      For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.

    • Romans 10:12–15

      For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,

  • Through

    Joshua 14:1

    Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of…

    it leads to

    • Numbers 34:17–29

      “These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and The Berean Standard Bible, Joshua 17, with the verses cited in the note.