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Joshua 14:4 KJV
Joshua · chapter 14 · verse 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 14:4 · King James Version
Joshua 14:4 in context
2By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
3For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.
4For 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.
5As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
6Then 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 Kadeshbarnea.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- ManassehMᵉnashshehMenashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryH4519 →
- EphraimʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- LevitesLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of LeviH3881 →
- JosephYôwçêphJoseph, the name of seven IsraelitesH3130 →
- tribesmaṭṭeha branchH4294 →
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The historian, having in the foregoing chapter given an account of the disposal of the countries on the other side Jordan, now comes to tell us what they did with the countries in the land of Canaan. They were not conquered to be left desert, a habitation for dragons, and a court for owls, Isa 34:13.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5