Joshua 17:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, "The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers." Therefore, according to the commandment of the LORD, he gave them an inheritance among their father's brothers.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, 'The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.' So, in accordance with the LORD's command, they were given an inheritance among their father's brothers.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before hua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they came near{H7126} before{H6440} Eleazar{H499} the priest,{H3548} and before{H6440} Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun,{H5126} and before{H6440} the princes,{H5387} saying,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} Moses{H4872} to give{H5414} us an inheritance{H5159} among{H8432} our brethren:{H251} therefore according to the commandment{H6310} of Jehovah{H3068} he gave{H5414} them an inheritance{H5159} among{H8432} the brethren{H251} of their father.{H1}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they came near{H7126}{(H8799)} before{H6440} Eleazar{H499} the priest{H3548}, and before{H6440} Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun{H5126}, and before{H6440} the princes{H5387}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The LORD{H3068} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} Moses{H4872} to give{H5414}{(H8800)} us an inheritance{H5159} among{H8432} our brethren{H251}. Therefore according to the commandment{H6310} of the LORD{H3068} he gave{H5414}{(H8799)} them an inheritance{H5159} among{H8432} the brethren{H251} of their father{H1}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and they came before Eleasar the prest, and before Iosua the sonne of Nun, and before the rulers, and sayde: The LORDE commaunded Moses, to geue vs enheritaunce amonge oure brethren. And so they had enheritaunce geuen them amonge their fathers brethren, acordinge to the commaundement of the LORDE.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Which came before Eleazar the Priest, and before Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The Lord commanded Moses to giue vs an inheritance among our brethren: therefore according to the commaundement of the Lord he gaue them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Which came before Eleasar the priest, and before Iosuah the sonne of Nun, & before the Lordes, saying: The Lord commaunded Moyses to geue vs an enheritaunce among our brethren.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Yahweh commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers: therefore according to the commandment of Yahweh he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and they draw near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, `Jehovah commanded Moses to give to us an inheritance in the midst of our brethren;' and he giveth to them, at the command of Jehovah, an inheritance in the midst of the brethren of their father.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And they came before Eleazar the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and before the chiefs, saying, The Lord gave orders to Moses to give us a heritage among our brothers: so in agreement with the orders of the Lord he gave them a heritage among their father's brothers.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, "Yahweh commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers." Therefore according to the commandment of Yahweh he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They went before Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said,“The LORD told Moses to assign us land among our relatives.” So Joshua assigned them land among their uncles, as the LORD had commanded.

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 14:1 : 1 And these are the lands which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed as inheritance to them.
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  • Num 27:5-7 : 5 And Moses brought their case before the LORD. 6 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak rightly: you shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers; and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.
  • Num 34:17-29 : 17 These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And you shall take one leader of every tribe to divide the land by inheritance. 19 And these are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 20 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 the leader of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. 23 The leader of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod. 24 And the leader of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. 25 And the leader of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. 26 And the leader of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 27 And the leader of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. 28 And the leader of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. 29 These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 36:1-6
    6 verses
    84%

    1 And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

    2 And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel, and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.

    3 And if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they are received; thus it will be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

    4 And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they are received; so their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

    5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph has spoken well.

    6 This is what the LORD commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry whom they think best; only within the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

  • Num 27:4-11
    8 verses
    81%

    4 Why should the name of our father be removed from his family because he has no son? Give us, therefore, a possession among the brothers of our father.

    5 And Moses brought their case before the LORD.

    6 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak rightly: you shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers; and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.

    8 And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a man dies and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.

    9 And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.

    10 And if he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers.

    11 And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his nearest kinsman from his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be a statute of judgment to the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Josh 14:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1 And these are the lands which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed as inheritance to them.

    2 Their inheritance was by lot, as the LORD commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

    3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half-tribe on the other side of the Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.

  • Num 36:10-12
    3 verses
    78%

    10 As the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:

    11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father's brothers' sons.

    12 And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.

  • Num 27:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

    2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders and all the congregation, by the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying,

  • Josh 21:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 Then the heads of the fathers of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;

    2 And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with their suburbs for our livestock.

  • Num 34:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    17 These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.

  • 51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they completed the division of the country.

  • 3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters. And these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

  • 13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, 'This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half tribe:'

  • 28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel,

  • Josh 17:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5 Ten portions fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side of the Jordan;

    6 because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons, and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.

  • 29 These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

  • 49 When they had finished dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:

  • 7 But the Levites have no part among you, for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.

  • 2 Therefore, they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as He has said to them.

  • 29 And Moses gave inheritance to the half tribe of Manasseh; and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.

  • 15 until the LORD has given your brethren rest, as he has given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God is giving them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side of the Jordan toward the sunrise.

  • 14 The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have you given us only one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing we are a great people since the LORD has blessed us so far?"

  • 4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

  • 5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.

  • 1 And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan near Jericho, saying,

  • 7 Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh, Moses had given possession in Bashan; but to the other half Joshua gave among their brethren on this side of the Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also to their tents, then he blessed them,

  • 4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.

  • 8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.

  • 9 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • 2 Command the children of Israel and say to them, 'When you come into the land of Canaan, (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with its borders:)

  • 2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,