Joshua 12:6
in Joshua 12Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Moses the servant of Jehovah and the children of Israel smote them: and Moses the servant of Jehovah gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
KJV
Them did Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
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This verse in Joshua 12
Commentary
7 notes on this verseJoshua's services and achievements are confessedly great, but let not those under Moses be overlooked and forgotten, since God was the same who wrought both, and both put together proclaim him the Alpha and Omega of Israel's great salvation.
This site's exposition
And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim
on Joshua 12:4-6
Og is named “the remnant of the Rephaim”, and his seat Ashtaroth is where Genesis 14:5 places the Rephaim struck by Chedorlaomer. Deuteronomy 3:11 alone gives his measure, an iron bed nine cubits long. Verse 6 records the grant of Numbers 32:33 as settled before any western king is named.
This site's exposition
Moses, the servant of the LORD
Matthew Henry reads the verse as a guard against forgetting the victories under Moses once Joshua's are told. The same God won both. John Gill sends the reader to Numbers 21 for the battles and to Numbers 32 for the terms of the grant to the eastern tribes.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Whoever believes in me will also do the works which I do, and will do even greater ones. And where is this word which he said, "The disciple is not greater than his master" [illustrated]? For example, Moses killed only three kings, but Joshua killed …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The triumphs and grants of the law were glorious, but those of the gospel far exceed in glory. 7 And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
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Smile - Fresh mercies must not drown the remembrance of former mercies: nor must the glory of the present instruments of good to the church, diminish the just honour of those that went before them.
Them did Moses the servant of the Lord, and the children of Israel, smite,.... That is, the inhabitants of those kingdoms they smote with the edge of the sword, and took possession of them, the history of which see in Num 21:1, and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it; the whole dominion of the two kings before mentioned: for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh: of which grant, and the conditions of it, see Num 32:1.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Half of the Gilod, the boundry of Sichon. That was the border of Sichon’s domain, as we said above, 1 See Verse. that half of Gilod was his, and this second half was Og’s.
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
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מֹשֶׁ֧ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| עֶֽבֶד־ | ʾeved- | [the] servant of | H5650 → | 799 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וּבְנֵ֥י | uvenei | and [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| הִכּ֑וּם | hikum | they defeated them | H5221 → | 499 times |
| וַֽ֠יִּתְּנָהּ | vaiyitenah | and he gave it | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֨ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| עֶֽבֶד־ | ʾeved- | [the] servant of | H5650 → | 799 times |
| יְהוָ֜ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| יְרֻשָּׁ֗ה | yerushah | a possession | H3425 → | 14 times |
| לָרֻֽאוּבֵנִי֙ | laruuveni | 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 |
| שֵׁ֥בֶט | shevet | [the] tribe of | H7626 → | 190 times |
| הַֽמְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ ס | hamnasheh | <the> Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
מֹשֶׁ֧הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
עֶֽבֶד־[the] servant of
ʾeved-H5650 →799 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וּבְנֵ֥יand [the] people of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
הִכּ֑וּםthey defeated them
hikumH5221 →499 times
וַֽ֠יִּתְּנָהּand he gave it
vaiyitenahH5414 →2011 times
מֹשֶׁ֨הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
עֶֽבֶד־[the] servant of
ʾeved-H5650 →799 times
יְהוָ֜הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
יְרֻשָּׁ֗הa possession
yerushahH3425 →14 times
לָרֻֽאוּבֵנִי֙to the Reubenite[s]
laruuveniH7206 →18 times
וְלַגָּדִ֔יand to the Gadite[s]
velagadiH1425 →16 times
וְלַחֲצִ֖יand to [the] half of
velachatziH2677 →125 times
שֵׁ֥בֶט[the] tribe of
shevetH7626 →190 times
הַֽמְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ ס<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 32:33So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 29:8
We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
- Joshua 22:4
And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you…
- Deuteronomy 3:12–17
So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with…
- Psalms 135:10–11
He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:
- Numbers 32:1
Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.
- Deuteronomy 29:8
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON TATIAN'S DIATESSARON 19.8; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.