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49 So they finished apportioning the land for inheritance by its borders. Then the sons of Israel gave an inheritance in their midst to Joshua the son of Nun. 50 In accordance with the [a]command of Yahweh they gave him the city for which he asked, (A)Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. So he built the city and [b]settled in it.

51 (B)These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the [c]households of the tribes of the sons of Israel distributed by lot in Shiloh before Yahweh at the doorway of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 19:50 Lit mouth
  2. Joshua 19:50 Lit dwelt
  3. Joshua 19:51 Lit fathers

Joshua’s Inheritance

49 When they had finished distributing the land into its territories, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them. 50 By the Lord’s command, they gave him the city Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim,(A) which he requested. He rebuilt the city and lived in it.

51 These were the portions that the priest Eleazar, Joshua son of Nun, and the family heads distributed to the Israelite tribes by lot at Shiloh in the Lord’s presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting.(B) So they finished dividing up the land.

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