Joshua 13:7 and divide it as an inheritance among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh."

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
and divide it as an inheritance among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh."

English Standard Version
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”

New American Standard Bible
"Now therefore, apportion this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."

King James Bible
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh."

International Standard Version
You only have to allocate the land as an inheritance, just as I commanded you."

American Standard Version
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And now divide the land in possession to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasses,

Darby Bible Translation
And now divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and to half the tribe of Manasseh;

Young's Literal Translation
'And now, apportion this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh,' --

Cross References

Joshua 13:6
All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide you it by lot to the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded you.

Joshua 13:8
With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;

Psalm 78:55
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

Psalm 105:44
And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labor of the people;

Ezekiel 45:1
Moreover, when you shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an oblation to the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

13:7-33 The land must be divided among the tribes. It is the will of God that every man should know his own, and not take that which is another's. The world must be governed, not by force, but right. Wherever our habitation is placed, and in whatever honest way our portion is assigned, we should consider them as allotted of God; we should be thankful for, and use them as such, while every prudent method should be used to prevent disputes about property, both at present and in future. Joshua must be herein a type of Christ, who has not only conquered the gates of hell for us, but has opened to us the gates of heaven, and having purchased the eternal inheritance for all believers, will put them in possession of it. Here is a general description of the country given to the two tribes and a half, by Moses. Israel must know their own, and keep to it; and may not, under pretence of their being God's peculiar people, encroach on their neighbours. Twice in this chapter it is noticed, that to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance: see Nu 18:20. Their maintenance must be brought out of all the tribes. The ministers of the Lord should show themselves indifferent about worldly interests, and the people should take care they want nothing suitable. And happy are those who have the Lord God of Israel for their inheritance, though little of this world falls to their lot. His providences will supply their wants, his consolations will support their souls, till they gain heavenly joy and everlasting pleasures.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

6, 7. All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim—(See on [189]Jos 11:8)—that is, "all the Sidonians and Ph�nicians."

them will I drive out—The fulfilment of this promise was conditional. In the event of the Israelites proving unfaithful or disobedient, they would not subdue the districts now specified; and, in point of fact, the Israelites never possessed them though the inhabitants were subjected to the power of David and Solomon.

only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance—The parenthetic section being closed, the historian here resumes the main subject of this chapter—the order of God to Joshua to make an immediate allotment of the land. The method of distribution by lot was, in all respects, the best that could have been adopted, as it prevented all ground of discontent, as well as charges of arbitrary or partial conduct on the part of the leaders; and its announcement in the life of Moses (Nu 33:54), as the system according to which the allocations to each tribe should be made, was intended to lead the people to the acknowledgment of God as the proprietor of the land and as having the entire right to its disposal. Moreover, a solemn appeal to the lot showed it to be the dictate not of human, but divine, wisdom. It was used, however, only in determining the part of the country where a tribe was to be settled—the extent of the settlement was to be decided on a different principle (Nu 26:54). The overruling control of God is conclusively proved because each tribe received the possession predicted by Jacob (Ge 49:3-28) and by Moses (De 33:6-25).