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New Living Translation

Joshua 14:5

So the land was distributed in strict accordance with the Lord 's commands to Moses.

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 Century Version
The Lord had told Moses how to give the land to the tribes of Israel, and the Israelites divided 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 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 The remaining tribes of Israel received land in Canaan as allotted by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the tribal leaders. 2 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. 3 Moses had already given a grant of land to the two and a half tribes on the east side of the Jordan River, but he had given the Levites no such allotment. 4 The descendants of Joseph had become two separate tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim. And the Levites were given no land at all, only towns to live in with surrounding pasturelands for their livestock and all their possessions. 5 So the land was distributed in strict accordance with the Lord 's commands to Moses.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 14:10
As it happened, the valley of the Dead Sea was filled with tar pits. And as the army of the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into the tar pits, while the rest escaped into the mountains.
Genesis 14:11
The victorious invaders then plundered Sodom and Gomorrah and headed for home, taking with them all the spoils of war and the food supplies.
Genesis 14:20
And blessed be God Most High, who has defeated your enemies for you." Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the goods he had recovered.
Genesis 14:23
that I will not take so much as a single thread or sandal thong from what belongs to you. Otherwise you might say, ‘I am the one who made Abram rich.'
Genesis 15:20
Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
Deuteronomy 1:4
This took place after he had defeated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and at Edrei had defeated King Og of Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth.
Deuteronomy 3:11
(King Og of Bashan was the last survivor of the giant Rephaites. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide. It can still be seen in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)
Deuteronomy 3:20
When the Lord has given security to the rest of the Israelites, as he has to you, and when they occupy the land the Lord your God is giving them across the Jordan River, then you may all return here to the land I have given you.'
Deuteronomy 3:22
Do not be afraid of the nations there, for the Lord your God will fight for you.'
Joshua 12:4
King Og of Bashan, the last of the Rephaites, lived at 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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