Numbers 34:15
in Numbers 34These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
KJV
The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
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This verse in Numbers 34
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
ye shall point out your east border
on Numbers 34:10-16
The east line comes down past the sea of Chinnereth, which the Gospels call the sea of Galilee, then follows Jordan to the salt sea where the south line began. Everything inside those four borders is Canaan, and verse 13 gives it to nine tribes and a half, because Reuben, Gad and half Manasseh had asked in chapter 32 for the pasture on the far side of Jordan. Joshua 22:24-25 records the fear those tribes carried afterward, that Jordan had been made a border and their children would be told they had no part in the LORD.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The two tribes and the half tribe,.... The tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh: have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho, eastward, toward the sun rising; that is, they received the grant of it there, even in the plains of Moab, opposite Jericho, which lay to the east of the land of Canaan.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁנֵ֥י | shenei | [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| הַמַּטּ֖וֹת | hamatot | the tribes | H4294 → | 252 times |
| וַחֲצִ֣י | vachatzi | and [the] half of | H2677 → | 125 times |
| הַמַּטֶּ֑ה | hamateh | the tribe | H4294 → | 252 times |
| לָקְח֣וּ | lakechu | they have taken | H3947 → | 966 times |
| נַחֲלָתָ֗ם | nachalatam | inheritance their | H5159 → | 222 times |
| מֵעֵ֛בֶר | meever | from [the] other side | H5676 → | 90 times |
| לְיַרְדֵּ֥ן | leyarden | of [the] Jordan | H3383 → | 182 times |
| יְרֵח֖וֹ | yerecho | of Jericho | H3405 → | 57 times |
| קֵ֥דְמָה | kedemah | east -ward | H6924 → | 87 times |
| מִזְרָֽחָה׃ פ | mizrachah | east -ward | H4217 → | 74 times |
שְׁנֵ֥י[the] two
sheneiH8147 →768 times
הַמַּטּ֖וֹתthe tribes
hamatotH4294 →252 times
וַחֲצִ֣יand [the] half of
vachatziH2677 →125 times
הַמַּטֶּ֑הthe tribe
hamatehH4294 →252 times
לָקְח֣וּthey have taken
lakechuH3947 →966 times
נַחֲלָתָ֗םinheritance their
nachalatamH5159 →222 times
מֵעֵ֛בֶרfrom [the] other side
meeverH5676 →90 times
לְיַרְדֵּ֥ןof [the] Jordan
leyardenH3383 →182 times
יְרֵח֖וֹof Jericho
yerechoH3405 →57 times
קֵ֥דְמָהeast -ward
kedemahH6924 →87 times
מִזְרָֽחָה׃ פeast -ward
mizrachahH4217 →74 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.