Joshua 14:4
for the sons of Joseph became two tribes: Manasseh and Ephraim,—so they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, save only cities to dwell in, with the pasture lands thereof, for their cattle and for their substance.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
5As Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did the sons of Israel,—when they apportioned the land.
Cross References
Genesis 41:52And, the name of the second, called he Ephraim, For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my humiliation.
Genesis 48:6But thine offspring which thou hast begotten after them, thine own shall they be,—after the name of their brethren, shall they be called in their inheritance.
Joshua 16:4So the sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.
1 Chronicles 5:1And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, for, he, was the firstborn, but because he defiled the couch of his father, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel,—and he is not to be enrolled in the place of firstborn,
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 →