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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”

Joshua’s Allocation

49 When the Israelis had completed distribution of the various territories of the land as inheritances, they provided an inheritance to Nun’s son Joshua. 50 By a command from the Lord, they allocated the town that he requested, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He rebuilt the town and settled there. 51 These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Nun’s son Joshua, and the heads of the families of the Israeli tribes distributed by lot in the Lord’s presence at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing the land.

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