Joshua 14:5
As the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
Joshua 14:5 in other translations
| BSB | So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they divided the land. |
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| WEB | The children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses, and they divided the land. |
| ASV | As Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land. |
| YLT | as Jehovah commanded Moses, so have the sons of Israel done, and they apportion the land. |
| DARBY | As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. |
| BBE | As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so the people of Israel did, and they made division of the land. |
| Webster | As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. |
What does Joshua 14:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 14:1-5
The Israelites must occupy the new conquests. Canaan would have been subdued in vain, if it had not been inhabited. Yet every man might not go and settle where he pleased. God shall choose our inheritance for us. Let us survey our heritage of present mercy, our prospect for the land of promise, eternal in the heavens. Is God any respecter of persons? Is it not better that our place, as to earthly good or sorrow…
Joshua 14:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 14:5
- Joshua 21:2
And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
- Numbers 35:1-2
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
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Context
- Joshua 14:4
For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
- Joshua 14:5
As the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
- Joshua 14:6
Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh–barnea.
Joshua 14:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | De la manera que Jehová lo había mandado á Moisés, así lo hicieron los hijos de Israel en el repartimiento de la tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les fils d’Israël firent comme l’ Éternel l’avait commandé à Moïse, et ils partagèrent le pays. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | So wie Jehova dem Mose geboten hatte, also taten die Kinder Israel, und sie teilten das Land. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sicut præceperat Dominus Moysi, ita fecerunt filii Israël, et diviserunt terram. |