Joshua 13:29
in Joshua 13This is what Moses had given to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh:
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Moses gave inheritance unto the half-tribe of Manasseh: and it was for the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families.
KJV
And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.
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This verse in Joshua 13
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh,.... Whether at their request or of himself, there being land enough for them, and the two tribes of Gad and Reuben, is not certain: and this is the possession of the half tribe of Manasseh, by their families; which is after related and described.
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.
This site's exposition
that is, to half the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh
Numbers 32:1 has only Reuben and Gad asking for land east of the Jordan. Manasseh enters the grant at Numbers 32:33 with no recorded request. John Gill leaves open whether the half-tribe asked, and Adam Clarke thinks Moses assigned it because the tribe was large and had much cattle.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
In the edge of the tribe stood Chorazin, honoured with Christ's wondrous works, but ruined by his righteous woe for not improving them. [4.] Twice in this chapter it is taken notice of that to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance (
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The Distribution of Canaan. 1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the L ORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.
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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 Nineteenth Century1 voice
The half tribe of Manasseh - When the tribes of Reuben and Gad requested to have their settlement on the east side of Jordan, it does not appear that any part of the tribe of Manasseh requested to be settled in the same place. But as this tribe was numerous, and had much cattle, Moses thought proper to appoint one half of it to remain on the east of Jordan, and the other to go over and settle on the west side of that river.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּתֵּ֣ן | vaiyiten | and he gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| לַחֲצִ֖י | lachatzi | to [the] half of | H2677 → | 125 times |
| שֵׁ֣בֶט | shevet | [the] tribe of | H7626 → | 190 times |
| מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה | menasheh | Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| וַיְהִ֗י | vayhi | and it belonged | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לַחֲצִ֛י | lachatzi | to [the] half of | H2677 → | 125 times |
| מַטֵּ֥ה | mateh | [the] tribe of | H4294 → | 252 times |
| בְנֵֽי־ | venei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה | menasheh | Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָֽם׃ | lemishpechotam | to clans their | H4940 → | 303 times |
וַיִּתֵּ֣ןand he gave
vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
לַחֲצִ֖יto [the] half of
lachatziH2677 →125 times
שֵׁ֣בֶט[the] tribe of
shevetH7626 →190 times
מְנַשֶּׁ֑הManasseh
menashehH4519 →146 times
וַיְהִ֗יand it belonged
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
לַחֲצִ֛יto [the] half of
lachatziH2677 →125 times
מַטֵּ֥ה[the] tribe of
matehH4294 →252 times
בְנֵֽי־[the] descendants of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
מְנַשֶּׁ֖הManasseh
menashehH4519 →146 times
לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָֽם׃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.