Joshua 19:49-51
New American Standard Bible
49 When they finished apportioning the land for inheritance by its borders, the sons of Israel gave an inheritance among them to Joshua the son of Nun. 50 In accordance with the [a]command of the Lord, 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, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the tribes of the sons of Israel apportioned by lot in Shiloh before the Lord at the doorway of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.
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- Joshua 19:50 Lit mouth
- Joshua 19:50 Lit dwelt
Joshua 19:49-51
New English Translation
Joshua Receives Land
49 When they finished dividing the land into its regions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun some land.[a] 50 As the Lord had instructed, they gave him the city he requested—Timnath Serah in the Ephraimite hill country. He built up the city and lived in it.
51 These are the land assignments that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders[b] made by drawing lots in Shiloh before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting.[c] So they finished dividing up the land.
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- Joshua 19:49 tn Heb “an inheritance in their midst.”
- Joshua 19:51 tn Heb “the leaders of the fathers of the tribes.”
- Joshua 19:51 tn Heb “at the entrance of the tent of assembly.”sn On the tent of meeting see Exod 33:7-11.
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