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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 13:7

The Command to Divide the Land (Joshua 13:7).

Joshua 13:7

‘ Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance for the nine tribes and the half tribe of Manasseh.'

“This land” is the whole land of Canaan not just the part mentioned above. God has now turned from the land yet to be possessed to the whole land. It was to be divided between all but the two and a half tribes Beyond Jordan. The inheritance was under the covenant. It was a fruit of the covenant promises, reminding them that it was a gift from God.

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See also Joshua 13:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Joshua 13:7. _THE NINE TRIBES, AND THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH_] The other half tribe of Manasseh, and the two tribes of Reuben and Gad, had got their inheritance on the other side of Jordan, in...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    1. INSTRUCTION GIVEN: THE TWO AND ONE-HALF TRIBES CHAPTER 13 _ 1. Jehovah speaks to Joshua (Joshua 13:1)_ 2. Inheritance of the two and one-half tribes (Joshua 13:8) About seven years had gone by s...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOSHUA 13. PARTS OF THE LAND AS YET UNCONQUERED. IN HERITANCE OF THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES ON THE E. OF JORDAN. In Joshua 13:1 we meet with a statement which causes surprise. The whole land has been s...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MANASSEH. The Septuagint adds, "from the Jordan to the Great Sea westward thou shalt give it: the Great Sea shall be the boundary; and to the two tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasseh"....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Now therefore divide_ Here we have a more definite statement of the tribes amongst whom western Palestine was to be divided....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    TERRITORIES OF THE EASTERN TRIBES 1-7. These vv. describe the land which, though still unconquered, is to be assigned to the 9½ tribes. It includes the W. and N. borders of Palestine. Wellhausen ('His...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 13 3. THE EXTENT OF THE *BLESSING The lan...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XIII. DESCRIPTION OF THE TERRITORY TO BE DIVIDED (Joshua 13:1). (b) According to its boundaries. (1) JOSHUA WAS OLD AND STRICKEN IN YEARS. — Rather, _he had aged, and was advanced in days._ Old is t...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ עַתָּ֗ה חַלֵּ֞ק אֶת ־הָ אָ֧רֶץ הַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXI. JOSHUA'S OLD AGE- DIVISION FOR THE EASTERN TRIBES. Joshua Ch. 13, 14:1-5. "THE Lord said unto Joshua, Thou art old and stricken in years." To many men and women this would not be a wel...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, Ver. 7. _Now therefore divide this land._] Even those parts thereof also that are yet unsubdued...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Now, therefore, divide this land_ Both that which was conquered and that which remained unconquered was to be divided, that every tribe might know what belonged to them by God's gift, and be encourag...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The bounds of the land not yet conquered. 8 The inheritance of the two Tribes and halfe. 14.33 The Lord and his sacrifices, are the inheritance of Leui. 15 The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Now, therefore, divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes and the half tribe of Manasseh, those that had not yet been assigned a part of Canaan,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE COMMAND TO DISTRIBUTE THE LAND...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    LAND REMAINING TO BE CONQUERED (vv. 1-7) Joshua became "old and advanced in years" (v. 1). In fact, he was not a young man when he led Israel across the Jordan, at least in his sixties. If, as we ri...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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. Wh...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Joshua 13:7 divide H2505 (H8761) land H776 inheritance H5159 nine H8672 tribes H7626 half H2677 tribe H7626 Manasseh...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Joshua instructed concerning the division of the land. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua. CONCLUSION: All people, and especially old people, should set themselves to do that quickly which mus...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Joshua 13:1. _Joshua was old;_ now more than a hundred years of age. Joshua 13:3. _Sihor, Sichor;_ that is, _turbid,_ the waters being muddy. The map will show the geographical situation of most of th...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thou art old and stricken in years._ JOSHUA’S OLD AGE “The Lord said unto Joshua, Thou art old and stricken in years.” To many men and women this would not be a welcome announcement. They do not lik...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOSHUA 13:1 Dividing the Land. In this third major section the Lord instructs Joshua in dividing and assigning the land. It is packed with geographical details. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JOSHUA COMMANDED TO DIVIDE THE LAND: THE CITIES AND BOUNDARIES OF THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES_ CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 13:1. Old and stricken in years] _Heb. = “old and come into days_,” or “_years_.”...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE DIVISION OF THE TERRITORY.— JOSHUA 13:1 NOW JOSHUA WAS OLD. This is usually regarded as the second part of the Book of Joshua; the first being devoted to the history of the conquest o...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    In chapter thirteen, Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; [It means that he was beginning to be a little feeble. The idea of "stricken in years" refers to more or less the feebleness that oftent...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezekiel 47:13; Ezekiel 48:23; Numbers 26:53; Numbers 32:2;...

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