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Numbers 34:14

For the sons of Reuben have received their land by their fathers' houses. The sons of Gad have received theirs by their fathers' houses. And the half-family group of Manasseh has received their land.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Canaan;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Government;   Land (of Israel);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Numbers, Book of;   Zin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Reuben;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
for the tribe of the children of Re'uven according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Menashsheh have received, their inheritance:
King James Version
For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
Lexham English Bible
For the tribe of the children of the Reubenites, the children of the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh took their inheritance according to the house of their families.
English Standard Version
For the tribe of the people of Reuben by fathers' houses and the tribe of the people of Gad by their fathers' houses have received their inheritance, and also the half-tribe of Manasseh.
New Century Version
The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh have already received their land.
New English Translation
because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families, the tribe of the Gadites by their families, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.
Amplified Bible
for the tribe of the sons of Reuben and the tribe of the sons of Gad have received their inheritance by their fathers' households, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their possession.
New American Standard Bible
"For the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received theirs according to their fathers' households, and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to their fathers' households, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their possession.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For the tribe of the children of Reuben, according to the housholdes of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad, according to their fathers housholdes, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh, haue receiued their inheritance.
Legacy Standard Bible
For the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received theirs according to their fathers' households, and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to their fathers' households, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.
Contemporary English Version
The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh have already been given their land
Complete Jewish Bible
The tribe of the descendants of Re'uven have already received their land for inheritance according to their clans, and so have the descendants of Gad and the half-tribe of M'nasheh.
Darby Translation
For the tribe of the children of the Reubenites according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of the Gadites according to their fathers' houses, have received, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance;
Easy-to-Read Version
The tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already taken their land.
George Lamsa Translation
For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, and the half tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance;
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
For the tribe of Reuben’s descendants and the tribe of Gad’s descendants have received their inheritance according to their ancestral families, and half the tribe of Manasseh has received its inheritance.
Literal Translation
For the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to their fathers' houses have received; and the half tribe of Manasseh shall have received their inheritance.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For the trybe of the children of Ruben after their fathers house, and the trybe of the children of Gad acordinge to their fathers house, and the half trybe of Manasse haue receaued their porcion.
American Standard Version
for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
Bible in Basic English
For the tribe of the children of Reuben, by their fathers' families, and the tribe of the children of Gad, by their fathers' families, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, have been given their heritage:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the tribe of the chyldren of Ruben, according to the housholdes of their fathers, and the tribe of the chyldren of Gad accordyng to their fathers householdes, and halfe the tribe of Manasse, haue receaued their inheritaunce.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance;
King James Version (1611)
For the tribe of the children of Reuben, according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad, according to the house of their fathers, haue receiued their inheritance, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh haue receiued their inheritance.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For the tribe of the children of Ruben, and the tribe of the children of Gad have received their inheritance according to their families; and the half-tribe of Manasse have received their inheritances.
English Revised Version
for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
Berean Standard Bible
For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for the lynage of the sones of Ruben, bi her meynees, and the lynage of the sones of Gad, bi kynrede and noumbre, and half the lynage of Manasses,
Young's Literal Translation
for the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received, by the house of their fathers; and the tribe of the children of Gad, by the house of their fathers; and the half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance;
Update Bible Version
for the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
Webster's Bible Translation
For the tribe of the children of Reuben, according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received [their inheritance]; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
World English Bible
for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
New King James Version
For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and the half-tribe of Manasseh has received its inheritance.
New Living Translation
The families of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received their grants of land
New Revised Standard
for the tribe of the Reubenites by their ancestral houses and the tribe of the Gadites by their ancestral houses have taken their inheritance, and also the half-tribe of Manasseh;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For the tribe of the sons of the Reubenites by their ancestral house, and the tribe of the sons of Gad, by their ancestral house, have received, and, the half tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:
Douay-Rheims Bible
For the tribe of the children of Ruben by their families, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the number of their kindreds, and half of the tribe of Manasses,
Revised Standard Version
for the tribe of the sons of Reuben by fathers' houses and the tribe of the sons of Gad by their fathers' houses have received their inheritance, and also the half-tribe of Manas'seh;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received theirs according to their fathers' households, and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to their fathers' households, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their possession.

Contextual Overview

1 Then the Lord said to Moses, 2 "Tell the people of Israel, ‘When you go into the land of Canaan, this is the land that will be given to you, all the land of Canaan. 3 Your south side will be from the Desert of Zin along the side of Edom. It will go east from the end of the Salt Sea. 4 Then the side of your land will turn from the south up to the pass of Akrabbim and on to Zin. Its end will be south of Kadesh-barnea. It will go to Hazaraddar and on to Azmon. 5 Then it will turn from Azmon to the river of Egypt, and will end at the sea. 6 ‘The west side of your land will be the shore of the Great Sea. 7 ‘Your north side will be from the Great Sea to Mount Hor. 8 And it will go from Mount Hor to the Lebohamath, and end at Zedad. 9 Then it will go to Ziphron and end at Hazer-enan. This will be the north side. 10 ‘The east side of your land will be from Hazer-enan to Shepham,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 32:23, Numbers 32:33, Deuteronomy 3:12-17, Joshua 13:8-12, Joshua 14:2, Joshua 14:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 35:22 - Now the sons

Cross-References

Genesis 17:11
In this religious act the skin is cut off from the end of your sex part. This will be the special act of the agreement between Me and you.
Genesis 17:14
But the man who has not had this religious act done, of cutting off his piece of skin, will be cut off from his people. He has broken My agreement."
Genesis 34:1
Now Leah's daughter Dinah, who was born to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.
Genesis 34:2
And she was seen by Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of the land. He took her and made her lay with him, and she was put to shame.
Genesis 34:9
Marry with our people. Give your daughters to us. And take our daughters for yourselves.
1 Samuel 14:6
Jonathan said to the young man who was carrying his battle-clothes, "Come, let us go over to the place where the soldiers are who have not gone through the religious act of the Jews. It may be that the Lord will work for us, for there is nothing to keep the Lord from saving by many or by few."
1 Samuel 17:26
Then David said to the men standing by him, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away Israel's shame? For who is this Philistine who has not gone through the religious act of the Jews? Who is he, that he should make fun of the armies of the living God?"
1 Samuel 17:36
Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear. And this Philistine who has not gone through our religious act will be like one of them. For he has made fun of the armies of the living God."
2 Samuel 1:20
Do not tell about it in Gath. Do not tell about it in the streets of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines might be filled with joy. The daughters of those who have not gone through our religious act might be filled with joy.
2 Samuel 15:7
At the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, "I ask you, let me go to Hebron and keep my promise that I have promised to the Lord.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the tribe of the children of Reuben, according to the house of their fathers,.... That tribe, and all the families belonging to it:

have received their inheritance, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance; that is, it was agreed they should have it on condition of their going along with the other tribes over Jordan into the land of Canaan, and assist them in the conquest of it,

Numbers 32:1.


 
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