The children of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses, and they divided the land.
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The children of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses, and they divided the land.
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As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
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As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
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Passages linked to Joshua 14:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 21:2 They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, “Yahweh commanded through Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands for our livestock.”
- Numbers 35:1-2 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, “Command the children of Israel to give to the Levites cities to dwell in out of their inheritance. You shall give pasture lands for the cities around them to the Levites.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jos 14:5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the…
Jos 14:5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
Ver. 5. As the Lord commanded Moses.] To see that the Levites had their lands as well as other incomes, {Num 35:2} and that no man else should challenge any propriety in them. {Lev 25:32-34}
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain They, i.e. the persons named Jos 14:5, who represented…
They, i.e. the persons named Jos 14:5, who represented and acted in the name of the children of Israel, divided it, either now, or presently after; which is here spoken by anticipation.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain As the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of…
As the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did,.... Particularly with respect to the division of the land, and making provision for the Levites; this they did by their heads and representatives, the high priest and chief ruler, and the princes of the several tribes:
and they divided the land; met about it, and began to take measures in order to do it; they prepared for it, though as yet it was not actually done, and previous to it was the following incident.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain They - That is, the persons named, ver. 5,…
They - That is, the persons named, ver. 5, who acted in the name of the children of Israel, divided it, either now, or presently after.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. They divided the land.] This work was…
Verse 5. They divided the land.] This work was begun some time before at Gilgal, and was finished some time after at Shiloh. It must have required a very considerable time to make all the geographical arrangements that were necessary for this purpose.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Land: or they were making all necessary preparations for…
Land: or they were making all necessary preparations for the work, when Caleb came to remind Josue of what had been promised to him. No doubt land-measurers would be sent through the country.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the children of Israel . . . divided the…
the children of Israel . . . divided the land--that is, they made the preliminary arrangements for the work. A considerable time was requisite for the survey and measurement.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. they divided the land] The division was not…
5. they divided the land] The division was not finished at once. See below, ch. Jos_18:1. But that is not the point here. The section contains the general introduction to the distribution of the land.
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