Joshua 15 · Verse 20

Joshua 15:20

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
Joshua 15:20, King James Version

Joshua 15:20 in other translations

BSBThis is the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Judah.
WEBThis is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
ASVThis is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
YLTThis is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah, for their families.
DARBYThis is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
BBEThis is the heritage of the tribe of Judah, by their families.
WebsterThis is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.

What does Joshua 15:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 15:16-20

Jos 15:16-20. Othniel, for His Valor, Has Achsah to Wife. 16-20. He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher--This offer was made as an incentive to youthful bravery (see on 1Sa 17:25); and the prize was won by Othniel, Caleb's younger brother (Jud 1:13; 3:9). This was the occasion of drawing out the latent energies of him who was destined to be the first judge in Israel.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 15:20-63
Here is a list of the cities of Judah. But we do not here find Bethlehem, afterwards the city of David, and ennobled by the birth of our Lord Jesus in it. That city, which, at the best, was but little among the thousands of Judah, Mi 5:2, except that it was thus honoured, was now so little as not to be accounted one of the cities.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Joshua 15:20 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.

זֹ֗אתZotthisH2063
נַחֲלַ֛תna.cha.Lat[was] [the] inheritance ofH5159
מַטֵּ֥הma.Teh[the] tribe ofH4294
בְנֵי\־ve.nei-[the] descendants ofH1121
יְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם\׃le.mish.pe.cho.Tamto clans theirH4940

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Cross references for Joshua 15:20

  • Deuteronomy 33:7

    And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.

  • Genesis 49:8-12

    Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ge 49:8-12; De 33:7

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Context

  • Joshua 15:19

    Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.

  • Joshua 15:20

    This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.

  • Joshua 15:21

    And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,

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Joshua 15:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Esta pues es la herencia de la tribu de los hijos de Judá por sus familias.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est ici l’héritage de la tribu des fils de Juda, selon leurs familles.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Das war das Erbteil des Stammes der Kinder Juda, nach ihren Geschlechtern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hæc est possessio tribus filiorum Juda per cognationes suas.