Numbers 34:15

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

Numbers 34:15 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 34:15

The two tribes and the half tribe
The tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh:

have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho,
eastward, toward the sun rising;
that is, they received the grant of it there, even in the plains of Moab, opposite Jericho, which lay to the east of the land of Canaan.

Numbers 34:15 In-Context

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,

17 "These [are] the names of the men who divide up the land for your inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.