Joshua 13 · Verse 28

Joshua 13:28

This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages.
Joshua 13:28, King James Version

Joshua 13:28 in other translations

BSBThis was the inheritance of the clans of the Gadites, including the cities and villages.
WEBThis is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and its villages.
ASVThis is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
YLTThis is the inheritance of the sons of Gad, for their families, the cities and their villages.
DARBYThis is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and their hamlets.
BBEThis is the heritage of the children of Gad by their families, with its towns and its unwalled places
WebsterThis is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages.

What does Joshua 13:28 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 13:7-33

The land must be divided among the tribes. It is the will of God that every man should know his own, and not take that which is another's. The world must be governed, not by force, but right. Wherever our habitation is placed, and in whatever honest way our portion is assigned, we should consider them as allotted of God; we should be thankful for, and use them as such, while every prudent method should be used to…

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Joshua 13:28 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

זֹ֛אתzotthisH2063
נַחֲלַ֥תna.cha.Lat[was] [the] inheritance ofH5159
בְּנֵי\־be.nei-[the] descendants ofH1121
גָ֖דgadGadH1410
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑םle.mish.pe.cho.Tamto clans theirH4940
הֶעָרִ֖יםhe.'a.Rimthe citiesH5892
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽם\׃ve.chatz.rei.Hemand villages theirH2691

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Joshua 13:27

    And in the valley, Beth–aram, and Beth–nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

  • Joshua 13:28

    This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages.

  • Joshua 13:29

    And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.

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Joshua 13:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Esta es la herencia de los hijos de Gad, por sus familias, estas ciudades con sus villas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ce fut là l’héritage des fils de Gad, selon leurs familles: les villes et leurs hameaux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Das war das Erbteil der Kinder Gad nach ihren Geschlechtern, die Städte und ihre Dörfer.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hæc est possessio filiorum Gad per familias suas, civitates et villæ earum.