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Contemporary English Version

Joshua 13:7

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Geshur;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy Land;   Theocracy, the, or Immediate Government by God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Israel;   Tribes;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Joshua, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Manasseh;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Joshua, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Conquest of Canaan;   Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Joshua;   Priests and Levites;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Canaan (2);   Tribes;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joshua, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jordan, the;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”
Hebrew Names Version
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Menashsheh.
King James Version
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
Lexham English Bible
Therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-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 Century Version
"Now divide the land among the nine tribes and West Manasseh."
New English Translation
Now, divide up this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."
Amplified Bible
"So now, divide this land [west of the Jordan] as an inheritance for the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."
New American Standard Bible
"Now therefore, apportion this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe therefore deuide this lande to inherite, vnto the nine tribes, and to the halfe tribe of Manasseh.
Legacy Standard Bible
So now, apportion this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."
Complete Jewish Bible
So now, divide this land as an inheritance for the nine tribes and the half-tribe of M'nasheh."
Darby Translation
And now divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and to half the tribe of Manasseh;
Easy-to-Read Version
Now divide the land among the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh."
George Lamsa Translation
Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh along with them,
Good News Translation
Now then, divide this land among the other nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh, for them to possess as their own."
Literal Translation
Now, then, divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Deuyde thou this lode now to enheritauce amonge the nyne trybes and ye halfe trybe of Manasse.
American Standard Version
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Bible in Basic English
So now make division of this land for a heritage to the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nowe therfore deuide this lande to inherite vnto the nine tribes, and the halfe tribe of Manasses.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.'
King James Version (1611)
Now therefore, diuide this land for an inheritance vnto the nine tribes, and the halfe tribe of Manasseh,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now divide this land by lot to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasse.
English Revised Version
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
Berean Standard Bible
Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou now departe the lond in to possessioun to the nyne lynagis, and to the half lynage of Manasses,
Young's Literal Translation
`And now, apportion this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh,' --
Update Bible Version
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh; from the Jordan as far as the great sea in the west, you shall give it-the great sea and its border.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
World English Bible
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
New King James Version
Now therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh."
New Living Translation
Include all this territory as Israel's possession when you divide this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."
New Life Bible
Divide this land for a gift to the nine families and to the half-family group of Manasseh."
New Revised Standard
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, apportion this land as 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,
Revised Standard Version
Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manas'seh."
THE MESSAGE
The Receiving of the Land When Joshua had reached a venerable age, God said to him, "You've had a good, long life, but there is a lot of land still to be taken. This is the land that remains: all the districts of the Philistines and Geshurites; the land from the Shihor River east of Egypt to the border of Ekron up north, Canaanite country (there were five Philistine tyrants—in Gaza, in Ashdod, in Ashkelon, in Gath, in Ekron); also the Avvim from the south; all the Canaanite land from Arah (belonging to the Sidonians) to Aphek at the Amorite border; the country of the Gebalites; all Lebanon eastward from Baal Gad in the shadow of Mount Hermon to the Entrance of Hamath; all who live in the mountains, from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim; all the Sidonians. "I myself will drive them out before the People of Israel. All you have to do is allot this land to Israel as an inheritance, as I have instructed you. Do it now: Allot this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now therefore, apportion this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."

Contextual Overview

1 Many years later, the Lord told Joshua: Now you are very old, but there is still a lot of land that Israel has not yet taken. 2First, there is the Canaanite territory that starts at the Shihor River just east of Egypt and goes north to Ekron. The southern part of this region belongs to the Avvites and the Geshurites, and the land around Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron belongs to the five Philistine rulers. The other Canaanite territory is in the north. Its northern border starts at the town of Arah, which belongs to the Sidonians. From there, it goes to Aphek, then along the Amorite border to Hamath Pass. The eastern border starts at Hamath Pass and goes south to Baal-Gad at the foot of Mount Hermon, and its southern boundary runs west from there to Misrephoth-Maim. This northern region includes the Lebanon Mountains and the land that belongs to the Gebalites and the Sidonians who live in the hill country from the Lebanon Mountains to Misrephoth-Maim. With my help, Israel will capture these Canaanite territories and force out the people who live there. But you must divide up the land from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea among the nine tribes and the half of Manasseh that don't have any land yet. Then each tribe will have its own land.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 26:53-56, Numbers 33:54, Numbers 32:2-14, Ezekiel 47:13-23, Ezekiel 48:23-29

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:5 - two sons Joshua 18:8 - that I may here Joshua 23:4 - Behold 1 Chronicles 12:37 - the other side Psalms 78:55 - divided Psalms 105:44 - inherited

Cross-References

Genesis 12:6
Abram went as far as the sacred tree of Moreh in a place called Shechem. The Canaanites were still living in the land at that time,
Genesis 13:14
After Abram and Lot had gone their separate ways, the Lord said to Abram: Look around to the north, south, east, and west.
Genesis 13:15
I will give you and your family all the land you can see. It will be theirs forever!
Genesis 13:18
Abram took down his tents and went to live near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar in honor of the Lord .
Genesis 21:25
One day, Abraham told Abimelech, "Some of your servants have taken over one of my wells."
Genesis 26:20
But the shepherds of Gerar Valley quarreled with Isaac's shepherds and claimed the water belonged to them. So the well was named "Quarrel," because they had quarreled with Isaac.
Genesis 34:30
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "Look what you've done! Now I'm in real trouble with the Canaanites and Perizzites who live around here. There aren't many of us, and if they attack, they'll kill everyone in my household."
Exodus 2:17
Some shepherds tried to chase them away, but Moses came to their rescue and watered their animals.
Nehemiah 5:9
I continued, "What you have done is wrong! We must honor our God by the way we live, so the Gentiles can't find fault with us.
1 Corinthians 3:3
because you are not yet spiritual. You are jealous and argue with each other. This proves that you are not spiritual and that you are acting like the people of this world.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance,.... Having the command and authority of God for it, he was to set about it at once, with all diligence and application:

unto the nine tribes: of Judah, Simeon, Benjamin, Dan, Ephraim, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali, in which order they are placed, when the Lord gave to Moses the names of the men that should divide the land under Eleazar and Joshua, Numbers 34:16;

and the half tribe of Manasseh; that half which had no inheritance on the other side Jordan, and for which a prince of the children of Joseph was appointed to divide, Numbers 34:23.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 13:7. The nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh — The other half tribe of Manasseh, and the two tribes of Reuben and Gad, had got their inheritance on the other side of Jordan, in the land formerly belonging to Og king of Bashan, and Sihon king of the Amorites.


 
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