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An Inheritance for Joshua

49 When they had finished distributing the land as an inheritance by assigning borders, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them. 50 According to the command of the Lord, they gave him the city that he had requested, Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He built up the city and lived in it.

51 These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leading fathers of the tribes of Israel assigned by lot at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished distributing the land.

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The Allotment Is Completed

49 They finished assigning the land according to its borders, and the Israelites[a] gave an inheritance from among them to Joshua son of Nun. 50 According to the commandment of Yahweh,[b] they gave him the city that he requested, Timnath Serah, in the hill country of Ephraim, and he rebuilt the city and settled[c] in it. 51 These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes, distributed by allotment to the Israelites,[d] at Shiloh before Yahweh[e] at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And they finished dividing the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 19:49 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Joshua 19:50 Literally “On the mouth of Yahweh”
  3. Joshua 19:50 Or “dwelt”
  4. Joshua 19:51 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  5. Joshua 19:51 Or “in the presence of Yahweh”