Joshua 14:1

Israel's Inheritance in Canaan

1 The Israelites received these portions that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes gave them in the land of Canaan.

Joshua 14:1 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 14:1

And these [are the countries] which the children of Israel
inherited in the land of Canaan
Of which an exact account is given in the following chapters, particularly in the ( Joshua 15:1-19:51 ) ;

which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of
the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for an
inheritance unto them;
namely, ten princes, one of each tribe, who, with Eleazar and Joshua, were appointed of the Lord by name to do this business, even seven years ago, before their entrance into the land of Canaan, ( Numbers 34:17-29 ) .

Joshua 14:1 In-Context

1 The Israelites received these portions that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes gave them in the land of Canaan.

2 Their inheritance was by lot as the Lord commanded through Moses for the nine and a half tribes,

3 because Moses had given the inheritance to the two and a half tribes beyond the Jordan. But he gave no inheritance among them to the Levites.

4 The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. No portion of the land was given to the Levites except cities to live in, along with pasturelands for their cattle and livestock.

5 So the Israelites did as the Lord commanded Moses, and they divided the land.