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Joshua 13

Josh. 13:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now therefore divide
chalaq (Hebrew #2505)
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
KJV usage: deal, distribute, divide, flatter, give, (have, im-)part(-ner), take away a portion, receive, separate self, (be) smooth(-er).
Pronounce: khaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
this land
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
for an inheritance
nachalah (Hebrew #5159)
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
KJV usage: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare 5158.
Pronounce: nakh-al-aw'
Origin: from 5157 (in its usual sense)
unto the nine
tesha` (Hebrew #8672)
perhaps from 8159 through the idea of a turn to the next or full number ten; nine or (ord.) ninth
KJV usage: nine (+ -teen, + -teenth, -th).
Pronounce: tay'-shah
Origin: or (masculine) tishtah {tish-aw'}
tribes
shebet (Hebrew #7626)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
KJV usage: X correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: shay'-bet
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off
, and the half
chetsiy (Hebrew #2677)
the half or middle
KJV usage: half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.
Pronounce: khay-tsee'
Origin: from 2673
tribe
shebet (Hebrew #7626)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
KJV usage: X correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: shay'-bet
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off
of Manasseh
Mnashsheh (Hebrew #4519)
causing to forget; Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Manasseh.
Pronounce: men-ash-sheh'
Origin: from 5382
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Cross References

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Num. 26:53‑56• 53{i}Unto these shall the land be divided for an inheritance according to the number of the names;{/i}
 54{i}to the many thou shalt increase their inheritance, and to the few thou shalt diminish their inheritance; to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.{/i}
 55{i}Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers shall they inherit;{/i}
 56{i}according to lot shall his inheritance be divided to each, be they many or few in number.{/i} (Num. 26:53‑56)
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Num. 33:54• 54{i}And ye shall take for yourselves the land as an inheritance by lot according to your families: to the many ye shall increase their inheritance, and to the few thou shalt diminish their inheritance: where the lot falleth to him, there shall be each man's inheritance; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye take for yourselves the inheritance.{/i} (Num. 33:54)
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Num. 32:2‑14• 2{i}And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the assembly, saying,{/i}
 3{i}Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jaazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elaleh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,{/i}
 4{i}the country that Jehovah smote before the assembly of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle;{/i}
 5{i}and they said, If we have found favour in thine eyes, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession: bring us not over the Jordan.{/i}
 6{i}And Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye abide here?{/i}
 7{i}And why do ye discourage the children of Israel from going over into the land that Jehovah has given them?{/i}
 8{i}Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land:{/i}
 9{i}they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, and discouraged the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land that Jehovah had given them.{/i}
 10{i}And Jehovah's anger was kindled the same time, and he swore, saying,{/i}
 11{i}If the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob! for they have not wholly followed me;{/i}
 12{i}save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; for they have wholly followed Jehovah.{/i}
 13{i}And Jehovah's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation was consumed that had done evil in the eyes of Jehovah.{/i}
 14{i}And behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, a progeny of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Jehovah toward Israel.{/i} (Num. 32:2‑14)
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Ezek. 47:13‑23• 13Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
 14And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.
 15And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;
 16Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran.
 17And the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.
 18And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
 19And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.
 20The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath.
 21This is the west side. So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
 22And it shall come to pass that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
 23And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 47:13‑23)
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Ezek. 48:23‑29• 23As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side; Benjamin, one.
 24And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side; Simeon, one.
 25And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side; Issachar, one.
 26And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side; Zebulun, one.
 27And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side; Gad, one.
 28And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar [unto] the waters of strife [in] Kadesh, [and] to the river toward the great sea.
 29This [is] the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these [are] their portions, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 48:23‑29)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And now divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and to half the tribe of Manasseh;

W. Kelly Translation

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Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh.