Joshua 19:51

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵ֣לֶּה הַנְּחָלֹ֡ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִחֲל֣וּ אֶלְעָזָ֣ר הַכֹּהֵ֣ן ׀ וִיהוֹשֻׁ֪עַ בִּן־נ֟וּן וְרָאשֵׁ֣י הָֽאָב֣וֹת לְמַטּוֹת֩ בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל ׀ בְּגוֹרָ֤ל ׀ בְּשִׁלֹה֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וַיְכַלּ֕וּ מֵֽחַלֵּ֖ק אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ פ

Transliteration

These hanəḥālōt ʾăšer niḥălû ʾelʿāzār hakkōhēn wîhôšuaʿ bin-nûn wərāʾšê hāʾāvôt ləmaṭṭôt bənê-yiśrāʾēl bəgôrāl bəšilōh lipnê YHWH petaḥ ʾōhel môʿēd waykallû mēḥallēq ʾet-hāʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, plural - these
*hanəḥālōt*: definite article + noun, feminine plural - the inheritances
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*niḥălû*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person common plural - they distributed/divided as inheritance
*ʾelʿāzār*: proper noun - Eleazar
*hakkōhēn*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the priest
*wîhôšuaʿ*: conjunction waw + proper noun - and Joshua
*bin*: construct state, masculine singular - son of
*nûn*: proper noun - Nun
*wərāʾšê*: conjunction waw + noun, masculine plural construct - and the heads of
*hāʾāvôt*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the fathers
*ləmaṭṭôt*: preposition lamed + noun, masculine plural construct - for the tribes of
*bənê*: construct state, masculine plural - sons of/children of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*bəgôrāl*: preposition bet + noun, masculine singular - by lot
*bəšilōh*: preposition bet + proper noun - in Shiloh
*lipnê*: preposition lamed + noun, plural construct - before/in the presence of
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*petaḥ*: noun, masculine singular construct - door of/entrance of
*ʾōhel*: noun, masculine singular construct - tent of
*môʿēd*: noun, masculine singular - meeting/appointed time
*waykallû*: conjunction waw + verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they finished
*mēḥallēq*: preposition min + verb, piel infinitive construct - from dividing
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land

Word Meanings

*hanəḥālōt*: the inheritances/the possessions/the allotments
*niḥălû*: they distributed/they gave as inheritance/they allotted
*rāʾšê*: heads/chiefs/leaders
*hāʾāvôt*: the fathers/the ancestors/the patriarchal houses
*maṭṭôt*: tribes/staffs/rods
*bəgôrāl*: by lot/by casting lots/by allotment
*lipnê*: before/in the presence of/in front of
*petaḥ*: entrance/doorway/opening
*ʾōhel* *môʿēd*: tent of meeting/tabernacle of the congregation
*kallû*: finished/completed/ended
*mēḥallēq*: from dividing/from apportioning/from distributing

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Referenced Verses

Josh 18:10 : 10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
Josh 14:1 : 1 And these are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed unto them,
Josh 18:1 : 1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there: and the land was subdued before them.
Gen 49:10 : 10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.
Num 34:17-29 : 17 These are the names of the men that shall divide the land unto you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance. 19 And these are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22 And of the tribe of the children of Dan a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli. 23 Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod. 24 And of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. 25 And of the tribe of the children of Zebulun a prince, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. 26 And of the tribe of the children of Issachar a prince, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 27 And of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. 28 And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. 29 These are they whom Jehovah commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
Judg 21:19 : 19 And they said, Behold, there is a feast of Jehovah from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
Judg 21:21 : 21 and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
1 Sam 1:3 : 3 And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Jehovah, were there.
Ps 47:3-4 : 3 He subdueth peoples under us, And nations under our feet. 4 He chooseth our inheritance for us, The glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah
Ps 78:60 : 60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which he placed among men;
Jer 7:12-14 : 12 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. 13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not: 14 therefore will I do unto the house which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.
Matt 20:23 : 23 He saith unto them, My cup indeed ye shall drink: but to sit on my right hand, and on [my] left hand, is not mine to give; but [it is] [for them] for whom it hath been prepared of my Father.
Matt 25:34 : 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
John 14:2-3 : 2 In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also.
John 17:2 : 2 even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life.
Heb 4:8-9 : 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, {G302} he would not have spoken {G5023} afterward of another day. 9 There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Josh 14:1-3
3 verses
87%
1And these are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed unto them,
2by the lot of their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the {H2677} half-tribe.
3For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the {H2677} half-tribe beyond the Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
Josh 18:5-11
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5And they shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north.
6And ye shall describe the land into seven portions, and bring [the description] hither to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah our God.
7For the Levites have no portion among you; for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance: and Gad and Reuben and the {H2677} half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them.
8And the men arose, and went: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh.
9And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua unto the camp at Shiloh.
10And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
11And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
Josh 19:49-50
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49So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by the borders thereof; and the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them:
50according to the commandment of Jehovah they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in the hill-country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
Num 34:17-18
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17These are the names of the men that shall divide the land unto you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
18And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance.
Num 26:53-56
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53Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
54To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one according to those that were numbered of him shall his inheritance be given.
55Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
56According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.
Num 33:54
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54And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit.
Num 34:29
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29These are they whom Jehovah commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.
Num 34:13
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13And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which Jehovah hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half - tribe;
Ezek 47:21-22
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21So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel.
22And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you and to the strangers that sojourn among you, who shall beget children among you; and they shall be unto you as the home - born among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
Josh 17:4
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4And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren: therefore according to the commandment of Jehovah he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
Acts 13:19
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19And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave [them] their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred and fifty years:
Josh 11:23
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23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Jehovah spake unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.
Ezek 48:29
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29This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their several portions, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Josh 14:5
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5As Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did; and they divided the land.
Josh 23:4
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4Behold, I have allotted unto you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun.
Josh 13:32
75%
32These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward.
Josh 18:2
74%
2And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheritance.
Isa 34:17
74%
17And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
Josh 21:1-2
2 verses
73%
1Then came near the heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel;
2and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
Josh 13:7
73%
7Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the {H2677} half-tribe of Manasseh.
Ezek 47:13
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13Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This shall be the border, whereby ye shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph [shall have two] portions.
Josh 22:7
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7Now to the one {H2677} half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given [inheritance] in Bashan; but unto the other half gave Joshua among their brethren beyond the Jordan westward; moreover when Joshua sent them away unto their tents, he blessed them,
Josh 12:7
72%
7And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel smote beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; and Joshua gave it unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
Josh 17:14
71%
14And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as hitherto Jehovah hath blessed me?
Num 34:2
71%
2Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof),
Josh 16:1
71%
1And the lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el;
Judg 2:6
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6Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
1 Chr 6:65
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65And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.