Joshua 13:8-9

Division of the Land East of the Jordan

8 The other half of Manasseh,^[a] the Reubenites and the Gadites had received the inheritance that Moses had given them east of the Jordan, as he, the servant of the LORD, had assigned it to them.

9 It extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and included the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,

Joshua 13:8-9 Meaning and Commentary

\\INTRODUCTION JOSHUA 13\\

In this chapter Joshua is informed by the Lord, or put in mind, that
part of the land of Canaan remained unconquered, and which it was; and
is directed to divide the whole land among the nine tribes, and the
half tribe of Manasseh, Jos 13:1-9; and since the two tribes of Reuben
and Gad, and the other half tribe of Manasseh, had received their
inheritance on the other side Jordan, Jos 13:8; that is described in
general, Jos 13:9-14; and, then the particular portion of Reuben,
Jos 13:15-23; and of Gad, Jos 13:24-28; and of the half tribe of
Manasseh, Jos 13:29-33.

Cross References

• 1. S Joshua 12:6
• 2. Joshua 18:7
• 3. ver 16; S Numbers 32:34; Deuteronomy 2:36; Judges 11:26; 2 Samuel 24:5
• 4. ver 17,21; Jeremiah 48:8,21
• 5. S Numbers 21:30; S Numbers 32:3; Isaiah 15:2; Jeremiah 48:18,22

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "With it" (that is, with the other half of Manasseh)