Joshua 13:24
in Joshua 13This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Gad:
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Moses gave unto the tribe of Gad, unto the children of Gad, according to their families.
KJV
And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.
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This verse in Joshua 13
Commentary
4 notes on this verseSuccoth and Penuel, which we read of in the story of Gideon, were in this tribe; and that forest which is called the wood of Ephraim (from the slaughter Jephthah made there of the Ephraimites), in which Absalom's rebellious army was beaten, while his father David lay at Mahanaim, one of the frontier-cities of this tribe,
This site's exposition
what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Gad
on Joshua 13:24-31
Gad inherits Jacob's ground, since Mahanaim is where Jacob met the angels of God at Genesis 32:1-2. Adam Clarke identifies Ramath-mizpeh with Ramoth-gilead, a city of refuge at Joshua 20:8 and the field where Ahab dies. Manasseh receives the sixty towns of Jair, named by Jair at Numbers 32:41.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad,.... On the other side Jordan, as he did to Reuben: even unto the children of Gad, according to their families: according to the number and largeness of them, dividing to each their part and portion.
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
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּתֵּ֤ן | vaiyiten | and he gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| מֹשֶׁה֙ | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| לְמַטֵּה־ | lemateh- | to [the] tribe of | H4294 → | 252 times |
| גָ֔ד | gad | Gad | H1410 → | 72 times |
| לִבְנֵי־ | livnei- | to [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גָ֖ד | gad | Gad | H1410 → | 72 times |
| לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃ | lemishpechotam | to clans their | H4940 → | 303 times |
וַיִּתֵּ֤ןand he gave
vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times
מֹשֶׁה֙Moses
moshehH4872 →765 times
לְמַטֵּה־to [the] tribe of
lemateh-H4294 →252 times
גָ֔דGad
gadH1410 →72 times
לִבְנֵי־to [the] descendants of
livnei-H1121 →4930 times
גָ֖דGad
gadH1410 →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; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.