Joshua 19:49-51

The Inheritance for Joshua

49 When they had finished distributing the several territories of the land as inheritances, the people of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun.

50 By command of the LORD they gave him the city that he asked, ¹Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. And he rebuilt the city and settled in it.

51 ²These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel distributed by lot ³at Shiloh before the LORD, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.

Joshua 19:49-51 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 19

In this chapter an account is given of the lots of the six remaining tribes, and the cities in them, as of Simeon, whose cities were chiefly within the tribe of Judah, Jos 19:1-9; of Zebulun, its border and cities, Jos 19:10-16; of Issachar, its border and cities, Jos 19:17-23; of Asher, its border and cities, Jos 19:24-31; of Naphtali, its border and cities, Jos 19:32-39; of Dan, its border and titles, Jos 19:40-48; and lastly of a gift of inheritance to Joshua, Jos 19:49-51.

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 24:30; Judges 2:9
• 2. Joshua 14:1; Numbers 34:17
• 3. See Joshua 18:1