Joshua 13:28

28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and their hamlets.

Joshua 13:28 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 13:28

This [is] the inheritance of the children of Gad, after their
families
As described in ( Joshua 13:27 ) :

the cities and their villages;
the cities given them, some of which are mentioned by name, and the villages adjacent and belonging to them were included in them.

Joshua 13:28 In-Context

26 and from Heshbon to Ramath-Mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;
27 and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-Nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon the king of Heshbon, the Jordan and [its] border, as far as the edge of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward.
28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and their hamlets.
29 And Moses gave [a portion] to half the tribe of Manasseh; and for half the tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families:
30 their territory was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, the whole kingdom of Og the king of Bashan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Enclosures, farm-houses: so Ex. 8.13 and elsewhere.
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