Joshua 19 · Verse 40

Joshua 19:40

And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
Joshua 19:40, King James Version

Joshua 19:40 in other translations

BSBThe seventh lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Dan:
WEBThe seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
ASVThe seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
YLTFor the tribe of the sons of Dan, for their families, hath the seventh lot gone out;
DARBYThe seventh lot came forth for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
BBEFor the tribe of Dan by their families the seventh heritage came out;
WebsterAnd the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

What does Joshua 19:40 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 19:40-46

Jos 19:40-48. Of Dan.

40-46. the seventh lot came out for the tribe ... Dan--It lay on the west of Benjamin and consisted of portions surrendered by Judah and Ephraim. Its boundaries are not stated, as they were easily distinguishable from the relative position of Dan to the three adjoining tribes.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 19:17-51

Joshua waited till all the tribes were settled, before he asked any provision for himself. He was content to be unfixed, till he saw them all placed, and herein is an example to all in public places, to prefer the common welfare before private advantage. Those who labour most to do good to others, seek an inheritance in the Canaan above: but it will be soon enough to enter thereon, when they have done all the…

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Joshua 19:40 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.

לְמַטֵּ֥הle.ma.Tehfor [the] tribe ofH4294
בְנֵי\־ve.nei-[the] descendants ofH1121
דָ֖ןdanDanH1835
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑םle.mish.pe.cho.Tamto clans theirH4940
יָצָ֖אya.Tza'it came outH3318
הַגּוֹרָ֥לha.go.Ralthe lotH1486
הַשְּׁבִיעִֽי\׃ha.she.vi.'I<the> seventhH7637

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

Context

  • Joshua 19:39

    This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

  • Joshua 19:40

    And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.

  • Joshua 19:41

    And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir–shemesh,

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Joshua 19:40 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
La séptima suerte salió por la tribu de los hijos de Dan por sus familias.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Le septième sort échut à la tribu des fils de Dan, selon leurs familles.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Für den Stamm der Kinder Dan, nach ihren Geschlechtern, kam das siebte Los heraus.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Tribui filiorum Dan per familias suas egressa est sors septima: