Joshua 14:3

For to two tribes and a half Moses had given possession beyond the Jordan: besides the Levites, who received no land among their brethren:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.

In Context

2Dividing all by lot, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, to the nine tribes, and the half tribe.

4But in their place succeeded the children of Joseph divided into two tribes, of Manasses and Ephraim: neither did the Levites receive other portion of land, but cities to dwell in, and their suburbs to feed their beasts and flocks.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:12And we possessed the land at that time from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the torrent Amen, unto the half of mount Galaad: and I gave the cities thereof to Ruben and Gad.

Joshua 13:8With whom Ruben and Gad have possessed the land, which Moses the servant of the Lord delivered to them beyond the river Jordan, on the east side.

Joshua 13:16And their border was from Aroer, which is on the bank of the torrent Arnon, and in the midst of the valley of the same torrent: all the plain, that leadeth to Medaba,

Joshua 13:32This possession Moses divided in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, over against Jericho on the east side.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 14:2-6

The Distribution of Canaan. ( b. c. 1444.) 1 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. 2 By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. 3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto… Read the whole commentary →

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