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New Living Translation

Joshua 13:7

Include all this territory as Israel's possession when you divide this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."

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 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 When Joshua was an old man, the Lord said to him, "You are growing old, and much land remains to be conquered. 2 This is the territory that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and the Geshurites, 3 and the larger territory of the Canaanites, extending from the stream of Shihor on the border of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron. It includes the territory of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. The land of the Avvites 4 in the south also remains to be conquered. In the north, the following area has not yet been conquered: all the land of the Canaanites, including Mearah (which belongs to the Sidonians), stretching northward to Aphek on the border of the Amorites; 5 the land of the Gebalites and all of the Lebanon mountain area to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath; 6 and all the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, including all the land of the Sidonians. "I myself will drive these people out of the land ahead of the Israelites. So be sure to give this land to Israel as a special possession, just as I have commanded you. 7 Include all this territory as Israel's possession when you divide this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."

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 10:19
and the territory of Canaan extended from Sidon in the north to Gerar and Gaza in the south, and east as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.
Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.
Genesis 13:14
After Lot had gone, the Lord said to Abram, "Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west.
Genesis 13:15
I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants as a permanent possession.
Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. There he built another altar to the Lord .
Genesis 21:25
Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech's servants had taken by force from Abraham's servants.
Genesis 26:20
But then the shepherds from Gerar came and claimed the spring. "This is our water," they said, and they argued over it with Isaac's herdsmen. So Isaac named the well Esek (which means "argument").
Genesis 34:30
Afterward Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have ruined me! You've made me stink among all the people of this land—among all the Canaanites and Perizzites. We are so few that they will join forces and crush us. I will be ruined, and my entire household will be wiped out!"
Exodus 2:17
But some other shepherds came and chased them away. So Moses jumped up and rescued the girls from the shepherds. Then he drew water for their flocks.
Nehemiah 5:9
Then I pressed further, "What you are doing is not right! Should you not walk in the fear of our God in order to avoid being mocked by enemy nations?

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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