Focused Passage

Joshua 13:29-33

Land Still Remaining and the Eastern Tribal Inheritances

The LORD tells aged Joshua that much land remains, commands him to allot the land, and the chapter records the eastern inheritances already given to Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, while emphasizing that Levi’s inheritance is the LORD Himself.

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29This is what Moses had given to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh:

30The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;

31half of Gilead; and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan. All this was for the clans of the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half of the descendants of Machir.

32These were the portions Moses had given them on the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho.

33To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as He had promised them.

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Verse 29

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[This is what] Mosesמֹשֶׁ֔הH4872Noun - proper - masculine singularhad givenוַיִּתֵּ֣ןH5414Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularto the clansלְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָֽם׃H4940Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine pluralof the half-tribeלַחֲצִ֖יH2677Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular construct. . .שֵׁ֣בֶטH7626Noun - masculine singular constructof Manassehמְנַשֶּׁ֑הH4519Noun - proper - masculine singularthat isוַיְהִ֗יH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularto halfלַחֲצִ֛יH2677Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular constructthe tribeמַטֵּ֥הH4294Noun - masculine singular constructof the descendantsבְנֵֽי־H1121Noun - masculine plural constructof Manassehמְנַשֶּׁ֖הH4519Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 30

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-וַיְהִ֣יH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularThe territoryגְבוּלָ֗םH1366Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralfrom Mahanaimמִמַּחֲנַ֨יִםH4266Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singularthrough allכָּֽל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructBashanהַבָּשָׁ֜ןH1316Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularallכָּֽל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe kingdomמַמְלְכ֣וּת׀H4468Noun - feminine singular constructof Ogע֣וֹגH5747Noun - proper - masculine singularkingמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428Noun - masculine singular constructof Bashanהַבָּשָׁ֗ןH1316Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularincluding allוְכָל־H3605Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructthe townsחַוֺּ֥תH2333Noun - feminine plural constructof Jairיָאִ֛ירH2971Noun - proper - masculine singularthatאֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relativeare in Bashanבַּבָּשָׁ֖ןH1316Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularsixtyשִׁשִּׁ֥יםH8346Number - common pluralcitiesעִֽיר׃H5892Noun - feminine singular
Verse 31

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halfוַחֲצִ֤יH2677Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructof Gileadהַגִּלְעָד֙H1568Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularand Ashtarothוְעַשְׁתָּר֣וֹתH6252Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singularand Edreiוְאֶדְרֶ֔עִיH154Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singularthe royalמַמְלְכ֥וּתH4468Noun - feminine singular constructcitiesעָרֵ֛יH5892Noun - feminine plural constructof Ogע֖וֹגH5747Noun - proper - masculine singularin Bashanבַּבָּשָׁ֑ןH1316Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular[All this was] for the clansלְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָֽם׃H4940Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine pluralof the descendantsלִבְנֵ֤יH1121Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural constructof Machirמָכִיר֙H4353Noun - proper - masculine singularsonבֶּן־H1121Noun - masculine singular constructof Manassehמְנַשֶּׁ֔הH4519Noun - proper - masculine singularthat is, half ofלַחֲצִ֥יH2677Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular constructthe descendantsבְנֵֽי־H1121Noun - masculine plural constructof Machirמָכִ֖ירH4353Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 32

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Theseאֵ֕לֶּהH428Pronoun - common plural-אֲשֶׁר־H834Pronoun - relative{were the portions} Mosesמֹשֶׁ֖הH4872Noun - proper - masculine singularhad given themנִחַ֥לH5157Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singularon the plainsבְּעַֽרְב֣וֹתH6160Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural constructof Moabמוֹאָ֑בH4124Noun - proper - feminine singularbeyondמֵעֵ֛בֶרH5676Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructthe Jordanלְיַרְדֵּ֥ןH3383Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singulareastמִזְרָֽחָה׃סH4217Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singularof Jerichoיְרִיח֖וֹH3405Noun - proper - feminine singular
Verse 33

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To the tribeוּלְשֵׁ֙בֶט֙H7626Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructof Leviהַלֵּוִ֔יH3878Article | Noun - proper - masculine singularhoweverמֹשֶׁ֖הH4872Noun - proper - masculine singular[Moses] had givenנָתַ֥ןH5414Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularnoלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particleinheritanceנַחֲלָ֑הH5159Noun - feminine singularThe LORDיְהוָ֞הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularthe Godאֱלֹהֵ֤יH430Noun - masculine plural constructof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478Noun - proper - masculine singular. . .ה֣וּאH1931Pronoun - third person masculine singularis their inheritanceנַחֲלָתָ֔םH5159Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine pluraljust asכַּאֲשֶׁ֖רH834Preposition-k | Pronoun - relativeHe had promisedדִּבֶּ֥רH1696Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singularthemלָהֶֽם׃Preposition | third person masculine plural

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