Yosua 14:1-5

Judah’s Tribal Lands

14:1 The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders. ¹  14:2 The land assignments to the nine-and-a-half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the Lord had instructed Moses. ²  14:3 Now Moses had assigned land ³  to the two-and-a-half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land ⁴  to the Levites. ⁵  14:4 The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions. ⁶  14:5 The Israelites followed the Lord’s instructions to Moses and divided up the land. ⁷ 

[14:1]  ¹ tn Heb “These are [the lands] which the sons of Israel received as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes assigned as an inheritance to the sons of Israel.”

[14:2]  ² tn Heb “By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord had commanded by Moses, to the nine tribes and the half-tribe.”

[14:3]  ³ tn Or “assigned an inheritance.”

[14:3]  ⁴ tn Or “no inheritance.”

[14:3]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text adds, “in their midst.”

[14:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they did not assign a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities [in which] to live and their pastures for their cattle and property.”

[14:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “Just as the Lord had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did, and they divided up the land.”