Joshua 14:2
“By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hande of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the halfe tribe.”
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Joshua 14:2 Context
1And these are the countreys which the children of Israel inherited in the lande of Canaan, which Eleazar the Priest, & Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel distributed for inheritance to them: 2By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hande of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the halfe tribe. 3For Moses had giuen the inheritance of two tribes and an halfe tribe, on the other side Iordan: but vnto the Leuites hee gaue none inheritance among them. 4For the children of Ioseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gaue no part vnto the Leuites in the land, saue cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattell, and for their substance.
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Other Translations for Joshua 14:2
By lot [was] their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and [for] the half tribe.
- King James Version
by the lot of their inheritance, as the LORD commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
by the lot of their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Their heritage by the Lord's decision, as he gave orders by Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.
- Basic English Bible
their inheritance was by lot, as Jehovah had commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and the half tribe.
- Darby Bible
By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.
- Webster's Bible
by the lot of their inheritance, as Yahweh commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.
- World English Bible
by lot [is] their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine of the tribes, and the half of the tribe;
- Youngs Literal Bible
by the lot of their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.--
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Joshua 14:2
14:2 By lot - This course God ordained, partly to prevent discontents, enmities and quarrels among the tribes, and partly to demonstrate the truth and wisdom of his providence, by which alone those parts fell to each of them, which Jacob long since, and Moses lately, foretold; so that as a learned man saith, he must be more stupid than stupidity, that doth not acknowledge a Divine hand in this matter. The lot did only determine the several parts to the several tribes, but did not precisely fix all the bounds of it; these might be either enlarged or diminished according to the greater or smaller number of the tribes.