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New Century Version

Joshua 14:5

The Lord had told Moses how to give the land to the tribes of Israel, and the Israelites divided the land.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy Land;   Jews, the;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Joshua;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Caleb;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joshua (2);   Joshua, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the Israelites did as the Lord commanded Moses, and they divided the land.
Hebrew Names Version
As the LORD commanded Moshe, so the children of Yisra'el did; and they divided the land.
King James Version
As the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
Lexham English Bible
Just as Yahweh commanded Moses, so the Israelites did; and they allotted the land.
English Standard Version
The people of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses; they allotted the land.
New English Translation
The Israelites followed the Lord 's instructions to Moses and divided up the land.
Amplified Bible
The Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they divided the land.
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Israel did exactly as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they divided the land.
Geneva Bible (1587)
As the Lord had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did when they deuided the land.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus the sons of Israel did just as Yahweh had commanded Moses, and they divided the land.
Complete Jewish Bible
As Adonai had ordered Moshe, so the people of Isra'el did — they divided the land.
Darby Translation
As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord had told Moses how to divide the land among the tribes of Israel. The Israelites divided the land the way the Lord had commanded.
George Lamsa Translation
As the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel, and they divided the land.
Good News Translation
The people of Israel divided the land as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Literal Translation
as Jehovah commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did, and they allotted the land.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Euen as the LORDE comaunded Moses, so dyd the childre of Israel, and deuyded the londe.
American Standard Version
As Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land.
Bible in Basic English
As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so the people of Israel did, and they made division of the land.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
As the Lord commaunded Moyses: euen so the children of Israel dyd, when they deuided the lande.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
King James Version (1611)
As the Lord commaunded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they diuided the land.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
As the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel; and they divided the land.
English Revised Version
As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
Berean Standard Bible
So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they divided the land.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
As the Lord comaundide to Moises, so the sones of Israel diden, and departiden the lond.
Young's Literal Translation
as Jehovah commanded Moses, so have the sons of Israel done, and they apportion the land.
Update Bible Version
As Yahweh commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did; and they divided the land.
Webster's Bible Translation
As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
World English Bible
As Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land.
New King James Version
As the LORD had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land.
New Living Translation
So the land was distributed in strict accordance with the Lord 's commands to Moses.
New Life Bible
The people of Israel did just as the Lord had told Moses. They divided the land.
New Revised Standard
The Israelites did as the Lord commanded Moses; they allotted the land.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did the sons of Israel, - when they apportioned the land.
Douay-Rheims Bible
As the Lord had commanded Moses so did the children of Israel, and they divided the land.
Revised Standard Version
The people of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses; they allotted the land.
THE MESSAGE
The People of Israel followed through exactly as God had commanded Moses. They apportioned the land.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus the sons of Israel did just as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they divided the land.

Contextual Overview

1 Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders of all the tribes of Israel decided what land to give to the people in the land of Canaan. 2 The Lord had commanded Moses long ago how he wanted the people to choose their land. The people of the nine-and-a-half tribes threw lots to decide which land they would receive. 3 Moses had already given the two-and-a-half tribes their land east of the Jordan River. But the tribe of Levi was not given any land like the others. 4 The sons of Joseph had divided into two tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim. The tribe of Levi was not given any land. It was given only some towns in which to live and pastures for its animals. 5 The Lord had told Moses how to give the land to the tribes of Israel, and the Israelites divided the land.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 14:10
There were many tar pits in the Valley of Siddim. When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah and their armies ran away, some of the soldiers fell into the tar pits, but the others ran away to the mountains.
Genesis 14:11
Now Kedorlaomer and his armies took everything the people of Sodom and Gomorrah owned, including their food.
Genesis 14:20
And we praise God Most High, who has helped you to defeat your enemies." Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything he had brought back from the battle.
Genesis 14:23
I promise that I will not keep anything that is yours. I will not keep even a thread or a sandal strap so that you cannot say, ‘I made Abram rich.'
Genesis 15:20
Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
Deuteronomy 1:4
This was after the Lord had defeated Sihon and Og. Sihon was king of the Amorite people and lived in Heshbon. Og was king of Bashan and lived in Ashteroth and Edrei.
Deuteronomy 3:11
(Only Og king of Bashan was left of the few Rephaites. His bed was made of iron, and it was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide! It is still in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)
Deuteronomy 3:20
until the Lord also gives your Israelite relatives a place to rest. They will receive the land the Lord your God has given them on the other side of the Jordan River. After that, you may each return to the land I have given you."
Deuteronomy 3:22
Don't be afraid of them, because the Lord your God will fight for you."
Joshua 12:4
Og king of Bashan was one of the last of the Rephaites. He ruled the land in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did,.... Particularly with respect to the division of the land, and making provision for the Levites; this they did by their heads and representatives, the high priest and chief ruler, and the princes of the several tribes:

and they divided the land; met about it, and began to take measures in order to do it; they prepared for it, though as yet it was not actually done, and previous to it was the following incident.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 14:5. They divided the land. — This work was begun some time before at Gilgal, and was finished some time after at Shiloh. It must have required a very considerable time to make all the geographical arrangements that were necessary for this purpose.


 
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