Joshua 14:5
What does Joshua 14:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 14:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000As Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land.
KJV
King James Version · 1611As the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901As Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so the people of Israel did, and they made division of the land.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862as Jehovah commanded Moses, so have the sons of Israel done, and they apportion the land.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752As the Lord had commanded Moses so did the children of Israel, and they divided the land.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
Context
v.4For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: and they gave no portion unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for their cattle and for their substance.
v.5This passage
v.6Then the children of Judah drew nigh unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that Jehovah spake unto Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning thee in Kadesh-barnea.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 21:2
and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded by Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
- Numbers 35:1
And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
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