Joshua 14:1

And this is what the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, allotted for inheritance to them:

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.

In Context

2their inheritance was by lot, as Jehovah had commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and the half tribe.

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Cross References

Numbers 34:17These are the names of the men who shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Joshua 13:6all the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians; I will dispossess them from before the children of Israel. Only, partition it by lot to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

Joshua 21:1Then the chief fathers of the Levites drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

Ezekiel 45:1And when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer a heave-offering unto Jehovah, a holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand [cubits], and the breadth ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 14:1

Here is, I. The general method that was taken in dividing the land, ver. 1-5 . II. The demand Caleb made of Hebron, as his by promise, and therefore not to be put into the lot with the rest, ver. 6-12 . And Joshua's grant of that demand, ver. 13-15 . This was done at Gilgal, which was as yet their head-quarters. Read the whole commentary →

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