Numbers 34:15

15 The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance^[a] across the Jordan from Jericho, eastward toward the sunrise."

Numbers 34:15 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 34:15

The two tribes and the half tribe
The tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh:

have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho,
eastward, toward the sun rising;
that is, they received the grant of it there, even in the plains of Moab, opposite Jericho, which lay to the east of the land of Canaan.

Numbers 34:15 In-Context

13 So Moses commanded the Israelites, "This is the land you are to receive by lot as an inheritance, which the Lord commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes.

14 For the tribe of the Reubenites and the tribe of the Gadites have received [their inheritance] according to their ancestral houses, and half the tribe of Manasseh has received its inheritance.

15 The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, eastward toward the sunrise."

16 The Lord spoke to Moses,

17 "These are the names of the men who are to distribute the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.

Footnotes

• [a]. Nm 32:33