Joshua 13:24

Gad’s Inheritance

24 Moses gave [an inheritance] to the tribe of Gad, to the descendants of Gad, according to their families.

Joshua 13:24 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 13:24

And Moses gave [inheritance] unto the tribe of Gad
On the other side Jordan, as he did to Reuben:

[even] unto the children of Gad, according to their families:
according to the number and largeness of them, dividing to each their part and portion.

Joshua 13:24 In-Context

22 [In addition] to their slain, the {Israelites} killed with the sword Balaam son of Beor, who practiced divination.

23 And the border of the descendants of Reuben [was] the Jordan and [its] banks. This [was] the inheritance of the descendants of Reuben according to their families, the cities, and their villages.

24 Moses gave [an inheritance] to the tribe of Gad, to the descendants of Gad, according to their families.

25 Their territory was Jazer and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the {Ammonites} up to Aroer, {which is east of Rabbah};

26 and from Heshbon up to Ramah-Mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim up to the territory to Debir;

Footnotes

• [a] Or "sons"