Josué 14:2

2 Foi feita por sorte a partilha da herança entre as nove tribos e meia, como o Senhor ordenara por intermédio de Moisés.

Josué 14:2 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 14:2

By lot [was] their inheritance
Every tribe had its part and portion assigned to it, by the casting of lots; which was done to prevent any future quarrels, animosities and strifes among the tribes, the disposition being of the Lord; and to show the exact agreement between the lot and the divine predictions by Jacob and Moses; and to make it appear that the division of the land was not owing to the private combination of the above men, and their private settlement of it; but to the providence of God, the directors of the lot; their chief business was to see that the lot was executed in a faithful manner, and that every tribe had its allotment according to it. In this Canaan was a type of the heavenly inheritance, which the saints obtain by lot, in and through Christ, the antitypical Joshua, ( Ephesians 1:11 ) ;

as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses,
( Numbers 26:55 Numbers 26:56 ) ;

for the nine tribes, and [for] the half tribe;
see ( Joshua 13:7 ) ; the reason why this number of them is particularly mentioned follows.

Josué 14:2 In-Context

1 Estas, pois, são as heranças que os filhos de Israel receberam na terra de Canaã, as quais Eleazar, o sacerdote, e Josué, filho de Num, e os cabeças das casas paternas das tribos dos filhos de Israel lhes repartiram.

2 Foi feita por sorte a partilha da herança entre as nove tribos e meia, como o Senhor ordenara por intermédio de Moisés.

3 Porquanto �s duas tribos e meia Moisés já dera herança além do Jordão; mas aos levitas não deu herança entre eles.

4 Os filhos de José eram duas tribos, Manassés e Efraim; e aos levitas não se deu porção na terra, senão cidades em que habitassem e os arrabaldes delas para o seu gado e para os seus bens. :

5 Como o Senhor ordenara a Moises, assim fizeram os filhos de Israel e repartiram a terra.