Joshua 13:28

28 This the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families and according to their cities: according to their families they will turn their backs before their enemies, because their cities and their villages were according to their families.

Joshua 13:28 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 13:28

This [is] the inheritance of the children of Gad, after their
families
As described in ( Joshua 13:27 ) :

the cities and their villages;
the cities given them, some of which are mentioned by name, and the villages adjacent and belonging to them were included in them.

Joshua 13:28 In-Context

26 And from Esebon to Araboth by Massepha, and Botanim, and Maan to the borders of Daebon,

27 and Enadom, and Othargai, and Baenthanabra, and Soccotha, and Saphan, and the rest of the kingdom of Sean king of Esebon: and Jordan shall be the boundary as far as part of the sea of Chenereth beyond Jordan eastward.

28 This the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families and according to their cities: according to their families they will turn their backs before their enemies, because their cities and their villages were according to their families.

29 And Moses gave to half the tribe of Manasse according to their families.

30 And their borders were from Maan, and all the kingdom of Basan, and all the kingdom of Og king of Basan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in the region of Basan, sixty cities:

Footnotes

• [a]. necks. See note on chap. 7. 12.