Joshua 13:8
Division of the Land East of the Jordan
Read Joshua 13:8 Using Other Translations
What does Joshua 13:8 mean?
With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received
their
inheritance
That is, along with the half tribe of Manasseh, but not with that
half of it before mentioned, who was to haven division of a part
with the nine tribes, but with the other half of the tribe
settled beyond Jordan; with them the tribes of Reuben and Gad had
received their portion at their own request, and so were to have
no share in the present distribution:
which Moses gave them beyond Jordan eastward;
at their desire, ( Numbers
32:1-5 ) , and upon certain conditions to be performed by
them, ( Numbers
32:20-23 ) ;
[even] as Moses the servant of the Lord gave
them;
this character of Moses, as the "servant of the Lord", seems to
be observed to show that he gave the said tribes their
inheritance: according to the will of God, and in obedience to
it: here end the words of the Lord to Joshua, and next follows an
account of the land given to the two tribes and a half described
by the writer of this book.
