Joshua 14:5

5 So the Israelites divided the land, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Joshua 14:5 in Other Translations

5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.

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

5 So the land was distributed in strict accordance with the LORD ’s commands to Moses.

5 The People of Israel followed through exactly as God had commanded Moses. They apportioned the land. Caleb

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

Joshua 14:5 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 14:5

As the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did,
&c.] Particularly with respect to the division of the land, and making provision for the Levites; this they did by their heads and representatives, the high priest and chief ruler, and the princes of the several tribes:

and they divided the land;
met about it, and began to take measures in order to do it; they prepared for it, though as yet it was not actually done, and previous to it was the following incident.

Joshua 14:5 In-Context

3 Moses had granted the two-and-a-half tribes their inheritance east of the Jordan but had not granted the Levites an inheritance among the rest,

4 for Joseph’s descendants had become two tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites received no share of the land but only towns to live in, with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.

5 So the Israelites divided the land, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

6 Now the people of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh Barnea about you and me.

7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions,

Cross References

• 1. S Numbers 34:13; Numbers 35:2; Joshua 21:2