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Joshua 15:20

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This is the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Judah.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.

KJV

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.

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This verse in Joshua 15

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

This is the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Judah

on Joshua 15:20-32

The cities are grouped by region, and this run covers the dry south toward Edom. A list like this is a legal record of title, which is why later books can argue from it. Beersheba stands in the middle of it at verse 28, already old by Genesis 21:31.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

And when this was done there was a more equal dividend (either in quantity or quality) of the remainder among the seven tribes. And this, probably, was intended in that general rule which was given concerning this partition ( Num. xxxiii.

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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah, according to their families. The general description of which is given in the preceding part of the chapter, as the particular cities belonging to it are enumerated in the following part; the account of the gift of Hebron to Caleb, and the taking of Debir by Othniel, with the request of Achsah, and the grant of it, are inserted between them, and stand as it were in a parenthesis.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher--This offer was made as an incentive to youthful bravery (see on 1Sa 17:25); and the prize was won by Othniel, Caleb's younger brother (Jud 1:13; This was the occasion of drawing out the latent energies of him who was destined to be the first judge in Israel.

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The words behind it

6 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.

  • זֹ֗אתthis

    zotH2063 →603 times

  • נַחֲלַ֛ת[was] [the] inheritance of

    nachalatH5159 →222 times

  • מַטֵּ֥ה[the] tribe of

    matehH4294 →252 times

  • בְנֵי־[the] descendants of

    venei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יְהוּדָ֖הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃to clans their

    lemishpechotamH4940 →303 times

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

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

5 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

    Deuteronomy 33:7

    And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his…

    it leads to

    • Genesis 49:8–12

      Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

    • Psalms 11:1–7

      In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!

    • 1 Corinthians 15:25

      For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.

    • Revelation 19:13–16

      He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God.

    • Psalms 146:5

      Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.
Joshua: the study guide →Read Joshua 15 →

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); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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