Joshua 13:15
in Joshua 13This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben:
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.
KJV
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.
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This verse in Joshua 13
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben
on Joshua 13:15-23
Verse 22 is the only verse that calls Balaam a diviner, and it sets his death among the slain of Midian, closing Numbers 31:8. Heshbon had been Moab's before Sihon took it at Numbers 21:26, and Isaiah 16:8 and Jeremiah 48 find Moab holding these towns again.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
According to their families - Dividing the inheritance into as many parts as they had families; but this is only spoken of the greater families; for the lesser distributions to the several small families was done by inferior officers, according to the rules which Moses gave them.
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families. According to the number of them, and sufficient for them.
If they had been appointed to a lot entire by themselves, Moses would have served them first, not because it was his own tribe, but because it was God's; but they must be provided for in another manner; their habitations must be scattered in all the tribes, and their maintenance brought out of all the tribes, and God himself was the portion both of their inheritance and of their cup, Deut. x.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּתֵּ֣ן | vaiyiten | and he gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| לְמַטֵּ֥ה | lemateh | to [the] tribe of | H4294 → | 252 times |
| בְנֵֽי־ | venei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רְאוּבֵ֖ן | reuven | Reuben | H7205 → | 72 times |
| לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃ | lemishpechotam | to clans their | H4940 → | 303 times |
וַיִּתֵּ֣ןand he gave
vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
לְמַטֵּ֥הto [the] tribe of
lematehH4294 →252 times
בְנֵֽי־[the] descendants of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
רְאוּבֵ֖ןReuben
reuvenH7205 →72 times
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃to clans their
lemishpechotamH4940 →303 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.