Joshua 12:6

Translations

Modern

Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Traditional

Them did Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.

Literal

Moses the servant of YHWH and the sons of Israel had struck them down, and Moses the servant of YHWH had given it as a possession to the Reubenite, and to the Gadite, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Latin

Moyses famulus Domini et filii Israël percusserunt eos, tradiditque terram eorum Moyses in possessionem Rubenitis, et Gaditis, et dimidiæ tribui Manasse.

Original

Hebrew

English

Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Notes

Joshua 12:6

the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh: See Numbers 32. The author of Joshua reminded the Israelites that their relatives living east of the Jordan River were also part of Israel.

Joshua 12:1–24

This chapter summarizes Israel's victories on both sides of the Jordan River. It then moves to Joshua distributing the land of Canaan among the tribes of Israel (chapter 13).

Joshua 7:1–12:24

This second major section of the book records Joshua's southern and northern campaigns against two coalitions of kings from Canaan. Joshua's victories allowed Israel to settle the hill country from Galilee in the north to the Negev in the south.

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua

Events

War with Canaanites

Related verses

Numbers 32:33
So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.
Deuteronomy 3:11–17
(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
Numbers 32:29
And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.
Luke 22:29–42
And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me,
Numbers 21:24–35
And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok—but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.
Joshua 13:8–32
The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Manasseh: Firstborn son of Joseph, blessed by Jacob Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt Reuben: Firstborn son of Jacob and Leah

Glossary

Conquest and Allotment of the Land Gad, Tribe of Jabbok Joshua (Person) Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Og Sihon Tribe of Dan

Topics

Bashan: Allotted to the Two and One Half Tribes, Which had Their Possession East of the Jordan River Canaan: Land of After the Conquest by Joshua Og: Land of, Given to the Tribes of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh

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