Numbers 34:14

14 For the tribe of the children of the Reubenites, the children of the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh took their inheritance according to the house of their families.

Numbers 34:14 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 34:14

For the tribe of the children of Reuben, according to the
house of their fathers
That tribe, and all the families belonging to it:

have received their inheritance, and half the tribe of Manasseh
have received their inheritance; that is, it was agreed they should have it on condition of their going along with the other tribes over Jordan into the land of Canaan, and assist them in the conquest of it, ( Numbers 32:1-42 ) .

Numbers 34:14 In-Context

12 The boundary will go down to the Jordan, and its limits will be at the Salt Sea. This will be your land according to its boundaries all around.'"

13 So Moses commanded the {Israelites}, saying, "This [is] the land that you will obtain as an inheritance for yourself by lot, which Yahweh commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes.

14 For the tribe of the children of the Reubenites, the children of the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh took their inheritance according to the house of their families.

15 The two and a half tribes have taken their inheritance from beyond the Jordan [across] Jericho, east toward the sunrise."

16 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "Reubenite"
• [b]. Hebrew "Gadite"
• [c]. Or "their fathers"