Joshua 14:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

Navigate

Chapter 14

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

⁵As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.

Joshua 14:5 —

My Notes

Notes are saved on this device.

← Joshua 14:4 Joshua 14:6 →

Original word meaning

— of 8

Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.

Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 21:2
And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
Numbers 35:1-2
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-5)

The historian, having in the foregoing chapter given an account of the disposal of the countries on the other side Jordan, now comes to tell us what they did with the countries in the land of Canaan. They were not conquered to be left desert, a habitation for dragons, and a court for owls, Isa. 34:13. No, the Israelites that had hitherto been closely encamped in a body, and the greatest part of th…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. the children of Israel ... divided the land--that is, they made the preliminary arrangements for the work. A considerable time was requisite for the survey and measurement.