Joshua 14:1-5

The Inheritance West of the Jordan

1 These are the inheritances that the people of Israel received in the land of Canaan, which ¹Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel gave them to inherit.

2 Their inheritance was ²by lot, just as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses for the nine and one-half tribes.

3 ³For Moses had given an inheritance to the two and one-half tribes beyond the Jordan, ⁴but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

4 For ⁵the people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion was given to the Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands for their livestock and their substance.

5 The people of Israel did ⁶as the Lord commanded Moses; they allotted the land.

Joshua 14:1-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 14

This chapter proceeds to give an account of the countries divided to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan, Jos 14:1-5; but previous to that division relates the claim of Caleb to Hebron, through a promise made unto him by Moses forty five years ago, upon his report of the good land, whither he was sent a spy by him, Jos 14:6-12; and the grant which Joshua made of it to him, with his blessing, Jos 14:13-15.

Cross References

• 1. 14:1 ch. 17:4; 21:1; Num. 34:17, 18
• 2. 14:2 Num. 26:56; 33:54; 34:13
• 3. 14:3 See ch. 13:8
• 4. 14:3 See ch. 13:33
• 5. 14:4 Gen. 48:5; 1 Chr. 5:1, 2
• 6. 14:5 ch. 21:2; Num. 35:1, 2