Joshua 14:5

So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they divided the land.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.

In Context

4The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.

6Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:28And the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.

Joshua 18:10And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.

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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