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Joshua 13:8
The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua addresses the tribal representatives as he initiates the formal land distribution to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
The words — לָקְח֖וּ (la.ke.Chu) marks the completed action of receiving, and נַחֲלָתָם (na.cha.la.Ta/m) specifies the legal portion or inheritance transferred.
The thread — The eastern grant is recorded in Numbers 32:33 and Deuteronomy 3:12 as the original assignment, and Joshua 12:6 notes the preceding military defeat that secured the territory.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to recognize that Moses' prior assignment to the eastern tribes was already fulfilled, framing the subsequent western division as a continuation of established divine order.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them;
Cross-references
- Joshua 12:6 Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
- Numbers 32:33 So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.
- Deuteronomy 3:12 So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.
- Joshua 4:12 The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them.
- Joshua 22:4 And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.