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href="/bsb/joshua/14.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/joshua/14.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Their inheritances were assigned by lot to the nine-and-a-half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/joshua/14.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />These nine and a half tribes received their grants of land by means of sacred lots, in accordance with the LORD’s command through Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joshua/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Their inheritance was by lot, just as the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses for the nine and one-half tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joshua/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joshua/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />By lot <i>was</i> their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and <i>for</i> the half tribe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joshua/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Their inheritance <i>was</i> by lot, as the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joshua/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />by the lot of their inheritance, just as the LORD commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />by the lot of their inheritance, as the LORD commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joshua/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />by the lot of their inheritance, as the LORD commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joshua/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />by the lot of their inheritance, as Yahweh commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joshua/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />by the lot of their inheritance, as the LORD had commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joshua/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their inheritance was by lot as the LORD commanded through Moses for the nine and a half tribes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their inheritance was by lot as the LORD commanded through Moses for the nine and a half tribes, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />by the lot of their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />by the lot of their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joshua/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The land inherited by the nine-and-a-half tribes was determined by drawing lots as the LORD had commanded through Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joshua/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />As the LORD had commanded Moses, the territories of the nine and one-half tribes west of the Jordan were determined by drawing lots. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joshua/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />by lot, just as the LORD commanded through Moses for the nine tribes and the half-tribe, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joshua/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joshua/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The land assignments to the nine-and-a-half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the LORD had instructed Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joshua/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />by the lot of their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, to give to the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />by the lot of their inheritance, as Yahweh commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joshua/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />their inheritance [is] by lot, as YHWH commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joshua/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />By lot their inheritance as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half tribe.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Dividing all by lot, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, to the nine tribes, and the half tribe. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joshua/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />dividing all by lot, just as the Lord had instructed by the hand of Moses, to the nine tribes and to the one half tribe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />their heritage by lot, as the LORD had commanded through Moses concerning the remaining nine and a half tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Their inheritance was by lot, as the LORD had commanded Moses for the nine and one-half tribes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joshua/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />By lot was their inheritance divided, as the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses, to be given to the nine tribes and to the half tribe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joshua/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />In the lot of their inheritance, just as LORD JEHOVAH commanded by the hand of Moshe to give to the nine tribes and to the half tribe<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joshua/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />by the lot of their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joshua/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />They inherited according to their lots, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Joshua to the nine tribes and the half tribe, on the other side of Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joshua/14-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=3631" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joshua/14.htm">Land Division West of the Jordan</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5159.htm" title="5159: na·ḥă·lā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- From nachal; properly, something inherited, i.e. occupancy, or an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion.">Their inheritance</a> <a href="/hebrew/1486.htm" title="1486: bə·ḡō·w·ral (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Or goral; from an unused root meaning to be rough; properly, a pebble, i.e. A lot; figuratively, a portion or destiny.">was assigned by lot</a> <a href="/hebrew/8672.htm" title="8672: lə·ṯiš·‘aṯ (Prep-l:: Number-msc) -- A nine. Or tishtah; perhaps from sha'ah through the idea of a turn to the next or full number ten; nine or Ninth.">for the nine</a> <a href="/hebrew/2677.htm" title="2677: wa·ḥă·ṣî (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Half. From chatsah; the half or middle.">and a half</a> <a href="/hebrew/4294.htm" title="4294: ham·maṭ·ṭeh (Art:: N-ms) -- Or mattah; from natah; a branch; figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising, ruling, throwing, or walking."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4294.htm" title="4294: ham·maṭ·ṭō·wṯ (Art:: N-mp) -- Or mattah; from natah; a branch; figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising, ruling, throwing, or walking.">tribes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣiw·wāh (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">had commanded</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yaḏ- (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">through</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/26-52.htm">Numbers 26:52-56</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, / “The land is to be divided among the tribes as an inheritance, according to the number of names. / Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one; each tribe is to receive its inheritance according to the number of those registered. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/34-13.htm">Numbers 34:13-29</a></span><br />So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes. / For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance. / These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the sunrise.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/19-2.htm">Deuteronomy 19:2-10</a></span><br />then you are to set apart for yourselves three cities within the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess. / You are to build roads for yourselves and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities. / Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/33-54.htm">Numbers 33:54</a></span><br />And you are to divide the land by lot according to your clans. Give a larger inheritance to a larger clan and a smaller inheritance to a smaller one. Whatever falls to each one by lot will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/47-13.htm">Ezekiel 47:13-14</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions. / You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/27-1.htm">Numbers 27:1-11</a></span><br />Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached / the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the whole congregation, and said, / “Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among the followers of Korah who gathered together against the LORD. Instead, he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-38.htm">Deuteronomy 1:38</a></span><br />Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/3-28.htm">Deuteronomy 3:28</a></span><br />But commission Joshua, encourage him, and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit the land that you will see.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-7.htm">Deuteronomy 31:7-8</a></span><br />Then Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance. / The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-19.htm">Acts 13:19</a></span><br />And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-8.htm">Hebrews 4:8</a></span><br />For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-45.htm">Acts 7:45</a></span><br />And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-30.htm">Hebrews 11:30-31</a></span><br />By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days. / By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-13.htm">Romans 4:13</a></span><br />For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/3-18.htm">Galatians 3:18</a></span><br />For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/26-55.htm">Numbers 26:55,56</a></b></br> Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/33-54.htm">Numbers 33:54</a></b></br> And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: <i>and</i> to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's <i>inheritance</i> shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/34-13.htm">Numbers 34:13</a></b></br> And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This <i>is</i> the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/13-8.htm">Assigned</a> <a href="/joshua/13-6.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-19.htm">Decision</a> <a href="/joshua/13-31.htm">Half</a> <a href="/joshua/13-29.htm">Half-Tribe</a> <a href="/joshua/11-8.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/joshua/13-33.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/joshua/14-1.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/joshua/14-1.htm">Inheritances</a> <a href="/joshua/7-14.htm">Lot</a> <a href="/joshua/13-33.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/joshua/13-7.htm">Nine</a> <a href="/numbers/15-10.htm">One-Half</a> <a href="/joshua/11-15.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/joshua/13-33.htm">Tribe</a> <a href="/joshua/14-1.htm">Tribes</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/20-8.htm">Assigned</a> <a href="/joshua/14-5.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/joshua/18-6.htm">Decision</a> <a href="/joshua/14-3.htm">Half</a> <a href="/joshua/14-3.htm">Half-Tribe</a> <a href="/joshua/17-7.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/joshua/14-3.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/joshua/14-3.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/joshua/18-4.htm">Inheritances</a> <a href="/joshua/15-1.htm">Lot</a> <a href="/joshua/14-3.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/joshua/15-32.htm">Nine</a> <a href="/joshua/14-3.htm">One-Half</a> <a href="/joshua/14-5.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/joshua/14-3.htm">Tribe</a> <a href="/joshua/14-3.htm">Tribes</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/14-1.htm">The nine tribes and a half are to have their inheritance by lot</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/14-6.htm">Caleb by privilege obtains Hebron</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Casting lots was seen as a way to discern God's will, as evidenced in <a href="/proverbs/16-33.htm">Proverbs 16:33</a>, which states, "The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD." This method ensured that the distribution of land was perceived as fair and divinely ordained, minimizing human bias or conflict. The use of lots is also seen in other biblical contexts, such as the selection of Saul as king (<a href="/1_samuel/10-20.htm">1 Samuel 10:20-24</a>) and the replacement of Judas Iscariot by Matthias (<a href="/acts/1-26.htm">Acts 1:26</a>).<p><b>for the nine and a half tribes</b><br>The nine and a half tribes refer to the tribes of Israel that settled west of the Jordan River. This division occurred because the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had already received their inheritance east of the Jordan, as described in <a href="/numbers/32.htm">Numbers 32</a>. The nine and a half tribes included Judah, Ephraim, Benjamin, Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, Dan, and the remaining half of Manasseh. This division highlights the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham regarding the land of Canaan (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a>).<p><b>as the LORD had commanded through Moses</b><br>This phrase underscores the continuity of God's covenantal promises and commands from Moses to Joshua. Moses, as the servant of the LORD, had received detailed instructions regarding the division of the land (<a href="/numbers/34-13.htm">Numbers 34:13-29</a>). Joshua's leadership in carrying out these commands demonstrates his role as Moses' successor and the importance of obedience to God's directives. This continuity is crucial for maintaining the unity and identity of the Israelite nation as they settle in the Promised Land. The command also reflects the fulfillment of God's promises to the patriarchs, reinforcing the theme of divine faithfulness throughout the biblical narrative.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a></b><br>The leader of Israel after Moses, responsible for leading the Israelites into the Promised Land and overseeing the distribution of the land among the tribes.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_nine_and_a_half_tribes.htm">The Nine and a Half Tribes</a></b><br>Refers to the tribes of Israel that received their inheritance west of the Jordan River. This includes all tribes except Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, who received their inheritance east of the Jordan.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The servant of the LORD who led the Israelites out of Egypt and through the wilderness. He was given the command by God regarding the distribution of the land.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who promised the land to Abraham's descendants and directed its distribution.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_sovereignty_in_allocation.htm">Divine Sovereignty in Allocation</a></b><br>The use of lots in distributing the land underscores God's sovereignty and His direct involvement in the affairs of His people. Believers can trust that God is in control of their circumstances and decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_god's_commands.htm">Faithfulness to God's Commands</a></b><br>Joshua and the Israelites' adherence to God's instructions through Moses demonstrates the importance of obedience to God's Word. Christians are called to follow God's commands as revealed in Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_and_fairness_in_community.htm">Unity and Fairness in Community</a></b><br>The distribution by lot ensured fairness and prevented disputes among the tribes. In the church, believers are encouraged to seek unity and fairness, valuing each member's role and contribution.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/inheritance_in_christ.htm">Inheritance in Christ</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites received a physical inheritance, believers have a spiritual inheritance in Christ. This inheritance is secure and eternal, offering hope and assurance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_didn't_tribes_fully_possess_land.htm">If the land division was divinely ordained, why do other biblical accounts (e.g., Judges 1) describe tribes failing to fully possess these assigned territories?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_was_joshua_17_14-15_allotment_small.htm">Joshua 17:14–15: If the tribe’s population was huge, why was their allotment so limited, and is this numerically believable? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_hebron_given_to_caleb.htm">In Joshua 14:13-15, what evidence supports or challenges the biblical claim that Hebron was specially given to Caleb?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_levites'_lands_align_biblically.htm">In Joshua 14:3-4, how does the Levites' lack of a territorial inheritance align with other biblical passages that mention Levitical cities and lands?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joshua/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">By lot . . . as the Lord commanded . . . Moses.</span>--See <a href="/context/numbers/26-52.htm" title="And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,">Numbers 26:52-56</a>; <a href="/context/numbers/34-17.htm" title="These are the names of the men which shall divide the land to you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.">Numbers 34:17-29</a>.<p><span class= "bld">The nine tribes, and for the half tribe;</span> and (3) <span class= "bld">For Moses had given;</span> and (4) <span class= "bld">For the children of Joseph were two tribes.</span>--The argument of these verses can only mean that the tribal inheritances were to be <span class= "ital">twelve in number, </span>and therefore the Levites were excluded from any distinct territorial position, for the children of Joseph were to be two tribes. Of Ephraim and Manasseh, Jacob had said to Joseph, "as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine:" <span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> though grandsons, they shall count as sons of Jacob, and each one shall be the head of a tribe. Thus there are two ways of counting Jacob's sons, each making twelve; and these two seem to be recognised as distinct in Exodus 28. There we are told that the high priest should bear the names of the children of Israel on his shoulders <span class= "ital">according to their birth </span>(<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>Joseph being counted as well as Levi, but not Ephraim and Manasseh). On his breastplate he must have them <span class= "ital">according to the twelve tribes </span>(<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>Ephraim and Manasseh being specified, but Joseph and Levi left out). Both ways of reckoning were necessary in order that the complete Israel might be represented by the high priest. And in each way the number <span class= "ital">twelve </span>was preserved and emphasised, as it is evidently intended to be in this place,<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">By lot was their inheritance.</span> The commentators, following the Rabbis, have amused themselves by speculations <span class="accented">how</span> the lot was taken. The question is of no great practical importance; but no doubt the contrivance was a very primitive one, as the word <span class="hebrew">גורָל</span> a small pebble, used here, seems to imply. What is of more importance is the fact that the distribution of territory was the result of no one's caprice, or ambition, or intrigue. The whole matter was referred to God, and the leader of the Israelitish hosts and the high priest presided over the ceremony. It was a common belief among the Gentiles, as well as the Jews, that the use of the lot was to refer the matter to a Divine decision. So we read in the Proverbs, "The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord" (<a href="/proverbs/16-33.htm">Proverbs 16:33</a>; cf. 18:18). It is a strong evidence for the truth of this narrative that we read of no conflicts between the various tribes respecting the division of territory. Jealousies sprung up between the tribes, as the narratives in <a href="/judges/8.htm">Judges 8, 9, 12</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/19-43.htm">2 Samuel 19:43</a>, are sufficient to show. But in no one case was there any complaint of unfairness, any attempt to disturb the territorial arrangement made at the time of the original settlement in Palestine. There can be little doubt that Keil is right in supposing this original division to have been in outline merely. It is obvious from the onward course of the narrative (especially ch. 18.) that no very minute accuracy in detail could possibly have been arrived at. The country was roughly mapped out at first, and the complete adjustment of boundaries was a matter which would naturally be put off until the land were actually in possession. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joshua/14-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Their inheritance</span><br /><span class="heb">נַחֲלָתָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(na·ḥă·lā·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5159.htm">Strong's 5159: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was assigned by lot</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּגוֹרַ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḡō·w·ral)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1486.htm">Strong's 1486: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lot -- a lot (for casting)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the nine</span><br /><span class="heb">לְתִשְׁעַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ṯiš·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8672.htm">Strong's 8672: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nine, ninth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and a half</span><br /><span class="heb">וַחֲצִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(wa·ḥă·ṣî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2677.htm">Strong's 2677: </a> </span><span class="str2">The half, middle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tribes,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמַּטּ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ham·maṭ·ṭō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4294.htm">Strong's 4294: </a> </span><span class="str2">A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had commanded</span><br /><span class="heb">צִוָּ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṣiw·wāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order</span><br /><br /><span class="word">through</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיַד־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yaḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moses.</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/14-2.htm">Joshua 14:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/14-2.htm">Joshua 14:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/14-2.htm">Joshua 14:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/14-2.htm">Joshua 14:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joshua/14-2.htm">Joshua 14:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/14-2.htm">Joshua 14:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/14-2.htm">Joshua 14:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/14-2.htm">Joshua 14:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/14-2.htm">Joshua 14:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joshua/14-2.htm">Joshua 14:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joshua/14-2.htm">OT History: Joshua 14:2 By the lot of their inheritance as (Josh. 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