Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    True Bible Study - Joshua and Israel's Inheritance Joshua 13-24
    True Bible Study - Joshua and Israel's Inheritance Joshua 13-24
    True Bible Study - Joshua and Israel's Inheritance Joshua 13-24
    Ebook282 pages2 hours

    True Bible Study - Joshua and Israel's Inheritance Joshua 13-24

    By Maura K. Hill

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    The Book of Joshua chapters 13 – 24 provides information about Joshua and Israel's inheritance in the Promised Land of Canaan.

    It includes details about the inheritance for Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh on the east side of the Jordan river; plus inheritance for Judah, the rest of Manasseh, Ephraim, Benjamin, Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Dan on the west side of the Jordan river. In addition, it provides information on the cities for refuge, cities for the Levites, the covenant with the descendants of Israel, and the death of Joshua.

    This book includes verses translated from the Greek old covenant writing, sometimes referred to as the Septuagint. Additionally, some comparisons to the Hebrew text are provided.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMaura K. Hill
    Release dateSep 8, 2017
    ISBN9781370624133
    True Bible Study - Joshua and Israel's Inheritance Joshua 13-24
    Author

    Maura K. Hill

    Maura K. Hill was born and raised in Ireland. After working in Ireland and the UK for several years, she relocated to the United States in 1995. She began her formal education in Biblical Koine Greek and Biblical Hebrew at Phillips Theological Seminary via the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma in 1996.  A diligent student of the Biblical Languages, Maura published her first Greek-to-English Translation and Study Guide to I Thessalonians in the Fall of 1997. Since then, she published many additional, original Greek-to-English translations and comprehensive study guides for the New and Old Testaments. She has also published numerous and unique Biblical research articles on various topics. Maura continues her diligent research of the Critical Greek Texts and Papyri. Her publications include: True Bible Study - Adam and Eve Genesis 1-5 Noah and the Flood Genesis 6-11 Abraham Genesis 12-25 Isaac and Jacob/Israel Genesis 26-36 Joseph and Judah Genesis 37-50 Moses leaving Egypt Exodus 1-14 Moses and the Law Exodus 15-23 Moses and the Holy Tent Exodus 24-40 Joshua enters the Promised Land Joshua 1-12 Joshua and Israel's Inheritance Joshua 13-24 Deborah, Gideon, Samson Book of Judges Ruth and God's blessings Book of Ruth Samuel and Saul First Samuel 1-15 Saul and David First Samuel 16-31 King David Second Samuel 1-24 Psalms 1-41 Psalms 42-72 Psalms 73-89 Psalms 90-106 Psalms 107-150 Esther and Mordechai Book of Esther Rebuilding the House of God Book of Ezra Rebuilding Jerusalem Book of Nehemiah Jonah and the Sign Matthew Mark Luke John Acts of the Apostles Romans I Corinthians II Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians and Philemon I and II Thessalonians I and II Timothy and Titus Hebrews James and Jude I and II Peter I, II, and III John Revelation of Jesus Christ Life, Death, and Resurrection Quantum spirit Christian, son of God

    Read more from Maura K. Hill

    Related to True Bible Study - Joshua and Israel's Inheritance Joshua 13-24

    Related ebooks

    Christianity For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      CHARACTERS OF THE BIBLE Ezra

      Jul 22, 2022

      CHARACTERS OF THE BIBLE Ezra
      3 min read

    • Article

      Joshua

      Sep 24, 2021

      Joshua
      3 min read

    • Article

      How to Spread the Gospel Like Wildfire

      Aug 19, 2019

      The Gospel spread like wildfire in the early church. For example, a single speech from Peter converted 3000 people (Acts 2:41), and after he gave a second speech, the number of believers totalled 5000 (Acts 4:4). In only a few decades, the Good News

      5 min read

    • Article

      Did You Know?

      Jul 22, 2022

      Did You Know?
      1 min read

    • Article

      Did You Know?

      Dec 31, 2021

      How many books are in the Bible? The Bible contains 66 books, divided among the Old and New Testaments. How many books are in the Old Testament? There are 39 books in the Old Testament. How many books are in the New Testament? There are 27 books

      3 min read

    • Article

      Did You Know?

      Feb 11, 2022

      The Holy Bible is a collection of many type of books – historical books, books of poetry, prophetic books, epistles (writing directed or sent to a person or group of people), and the Gospels. Here are the 17 historical books of the Bible: Genesis, E

      2 min read

    • Article

      Famous Fathers In The Bible

      May 20, 2019

      Scripture is filled with people who we can learn much from. When it comes to the challenging vocation of fatherhood, several fathers in the Bible show what is wise to do—and what is not wise to do. Of course, the most important father figure in the B

      2 min read

    • Article

      How Well Do You Actually Know Your Bible?

      Aug 7, 2020

      The Bible is the handbook for Christianity. It includes every single instruction that we need d in in this this w world to survive. It is the only book that we have directly from God. You would think that as Christians ians who who have have spent ye

      1 min read

    • Article

      Fake News, Fake Gospels!

      Dec 31, 2021

      Fake News, Fake Gospels!
      5 min read

    • Article

      Plant Yourself In God’s Word

      Jan 16, 2021

      Plant Yourself In God’s Word
      1 min read

    • Article

      When Your Lamp is Trimmed

      Nov 19, 2021

      When Your Lamp is Trimmed
      4 min read

    • Article

      HOW IS YOUR VISION? 5 Tips To Establish God’s Plan For Your Life

      Jun 24, 2019

      A church in a community bought a piece of property and built a building. They were excited about serving the Lord. They wanted to win the lost for Christ and encourage the believers to live for Jesus. They really had a vision for God. It was their de

      6 min read

    • Article

      The Great Upholder

      Mar 16, 2021

      The Great Upholder
      1 min read

    • Article

      Forward March!

      Sep 4, 2020

      Forward March!
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Beautiful, Joy-filled Discovery Of Spiritual Gifts

      Jun 24, 2019

      It is a known fact that believers flourish in their service to Christ when they are serving in the area of their giftedness and in conjunction with their God-given uniqueness. Spiritual gifts are divine endowments and abilities given to us by God to

      2 min read

    • Article

      The Parables Of Jesus

      Jun 16, 2023

      The Parables Of Jesus
      4 min read

    • Article

      A Burden On The Heart Of The Believer “I Charge You Therefore, Preach The Word!”

      Oct 21, 2019

      Most of us would recognise that the last words of a great and godly man or woman before their death would likely be words of great value. Words to consider and ponder. Jesus’ seven statements from the Cross are of that category and are thus recorded

      5 min read

    • Article

      Did You Know?

      Mar 18, 2022

      Hezekiah was witness to one of the Lord’s miraculous works when God made the sun move backwards in Isaiah 38:8. The Lord also made the sun stand still at the request of Joshua in his fight for Israel (Josh 10:13). Numbers 22 tells the story of Ba

      2 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for True Bible Study - Joshua and Israel's Inheritance Joshua 13-24

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      True Bible Study - Joshua and Israel's Inheritance Joshua 13-24 - Maura K. Hill

      Preface

      The Book of Joshua chapters 13 – 24 provides information about the following:

      Inheritance for Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh

      Inheritance for Judah, including Caleb

      Inheritance for the rest of Manasseh and Ephraim, including Joshua

      Inheritance for Benjamin, Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Dan

      Cities for refuge and cities for the Levites

      Covenant with the descendants of Israel

      Death of Joshua

      This book includes verses translated from the Greek old covenant writing, sometimes referred to as the Septuagint. The Septuagint (also identified as: LXX) is a translation of the old Hebrew texts along with the spoken language; it was made by approximately seventy scholars in Alexandria, Egypt, during the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus from about 285 to 247 B.C. Some comparisons to the traditional Masoretic Hebrew text (after 1 A.D.) are also provided in this book.

      Please feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss or comment on this Word Translation and Study via the Contact link on https://www.TrueBibleStudy.com.

      Thanks to God for His love and grace.

      Maura K. Hill

      Back to top

      Relevant Notes

      Unless otherwise stated , all scriptures are quoted from the following:

      The True Bible Study Word Translation (TBS)

      Joshua chapters 13 – 24 are translated from the Greek old covenant writing (Septuagint) by Maura K. Hill.

      The various resources and reference materials are listed at https://www.truebiblestudy.com/bible-materials.

      In the TBS Word Translation and Study:

      Words in parentheses and italicized within a scripture verse are words inserted to help our English understanding of those words which are translated from Greek words.

      Additional explanatory insertions within a scripture verse are enclosed in square brackets and italicized.

      Non-English words are printed with English letters.

      I use an initial capital letter for all occurrences of the words Lord and Master when referring to either God or the Lord Jesus Christ due to my respect for them, therefore the reader will need to carefully consider the context of each particular usage to understand to whom that usage refers.

      Where the word spirit refers to God, I use an initial capital or upper-case S - Spirit. But when the word spirit refers to the gift of holy spirit, etc, I use a small or lower-case s - spirit.

      Underlined text is used for the English word but when translated from the Greek word alla to show that it implies a strong contrast to that-which has just previously been stated, and/or to strengthen a command.

      Underlined text is used for the singular form of the word you to distinguish it from the plural form of the word you which is not underlined.

      Underlined text is also used for emphasis.

      In order to communicate the fullness of the emphasis when the Greek definite article is repeated both with the noun and its adjective - for example: I Corinthians 15:4 the Greek is te hemera te trite, which literally means the day the third - I translate it as "the day, the third (day)."

      Verbs in the imperfect tense are translated with the words used-to and then the meaning of the verb.

      For example: used-to teach indicates that the one teaching spent time teaching, his action of teaching continued during a past time that is now finished for some reason, not that it was a quick one-time occurrence. The one teaching taught others taking time to teach, and he may have repeated his teaching at different times and in different ways. This tense is also used to historically describe past events relating what happened.

      Verbs in the perfect tense are translated from Greek with a superscript number 2 immediately following the verb - for example: it was written².

      This tense indicates an action done during a past time and which has a present continuing result, meaning it is still the same at the time the verb was spoken/written. Therefore, this example could be translated as: it was written and continues written.

      The noun love¹ or the verb to love¹ comes from the Greek word agape which is God’s kind of love.

      When the Biblical writers wrote, there were no punctuation marks, no chapter or verse divisions indicated, etc, as we see them today in many of our English Bible translations and versions. Therefore we must read the whole context of each particular passage of Scripture for thought-content to more clearly understand the truth of what has been written.

      Also, the original language was not English, and therefore when I may write that the writer said or wrote such and such, please understand that the writer actually spoke and wrote in the original language the equivalent to that-which I state in the English language to the best of my knowledge.

      Back to top

      Introduction to Joshua and Israel’s Inheritance

      The Book of Joshua chapters 13 – 24 records details about how Joshua gave the land to the tribes of Israel to inherit according to their lot.

      The completion, when all of God’s people will rest in the fullness of the land promised by God, will occur as recorded in Revelation chapters 21 and 22.

      Joshua was a son of Nun, who was a descendant of Ephraim, who was a son of Joseph, who was a son of Jacob (Israel). He believed regarding the Christ, who was first promised by God in Genesis 3:15.

      The Lord God continued to help His people via Joshua in accordance with the good-message regarding the Christ.

      The genealogy of the Christ includes Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, Phares, Esrom, Aram, Aminadab, Naasson (refer to Exodus 6:23), and his son Salmon who begat Boes (or Boaz) with Rahab (refer to Joshua 6:25; Matthew 1:5).

      Back to top

      Inheritance: Reuben, Gad, Manasseh

      ________

      Joshua 13

      East of the Jordan

      The Book of Joshua chapters 1 – 12 records the conquest of the land of Canaan by Joshua and the descendants of Israel; chapters 13 – 24 include details about how Joshua gave the land to the tribes of Israel to inherit according to their lot. The completion, when all of God’s people will rest in the fullness of the land promised by God, will occur as recorded in Revelation chapters 21 and 22.

      The name Joshua is a transliteration of the Hebrew word Jehoshua (Yehoshua) which is a combination of two words: God saves / Jehovah (Yahweh) the Savior. In Greek it is spelled Iesous which is the same Greek name that is also translated as Jesus – but in this context it is clearly referring to the Joshua/Jesus who lived while Moses and the descendants of Israel were journeying towards the promised land. This Joshua carried-out God’s will to make it available for these people to be saved (made safe).

      Joshua received spirit-life from God within him conditionally which gave him the ability to receive God’s Word directly from God Himself. God gave spirit to him upon the condition of believing what God told him and then living accordingly, similar to the holy spirit that many of God’s people received from Him for specific periods of time throughout the ages, such as Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses. Refer to Numbers 27:18 and Deuteronomy 34:9.

      Joshua 13:1-7:

      ¹³:¹And Joshua (was) an elder having advanced² of days and (the) Lord said towards Joshua, "You advanced² of days and the much earth was left-behind² for an inheritance, .2even this (is) the earth, the (earth) having been left-down²:

      boundaries of Philistines, the Gesouri and the Canaanite; .3from the un-dwelled (earth), the (un-dwelled earth) according to (the) face of Egypt, until the boundaries of Ekron;

      out-from (the) left-sides of the Canaanites calculate-towards the five satrapies of the Philistines – the Gazaios and the Azorios and the Askalonite and the Gethaios and the Ekronite and the Evaios,

      .4from Thaiman and all (the) earth of Canaan before Gaza and the Sidonians until Aphek, until the boundaries of the Amorraios, .5and all the earth of Gabli of Philistines and all Lebanon from (the) risings of (the) sun from Galgal under the mountain, the (mountain) of Hermon, until the entrance-way of Hamath,

      .6every-person dwelling-down the mountain-area from Lebanon until the Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians I will wholly-destroy them from (the) face of Israel,

      but you must throughly-give it in a lot of Israel which manner I commanded you; .7even now you must distribute this earth in an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh, from the Jordan until the sea, the great (sea), according to (the) sinkings of (the) sun, you must give it – the sea, the great (sea), will mark-out-definitely.

      When Joshua became an elder (elderly; in this context literally referring to the fact that he was older in age than other people) since he was already advanced pertaining to his days (he had gone before, ahead or in-front of the usual time for a human-being to live – he was old; it was 6 years after he began to gain the victory over the land on the west side of the Jordan river, which was 7 years after the death of Moses)...

      the Lord said (the Master laid out a collection of words in a sentence to communicate something giving the substance or content [in the Hebrew text the word for Lord is Jehovah (Yahweh) which refers to God in His covenant-relationship to that-which He created])

      towards Joshua,

      "Emphatically you advanced of days (in Greek there is a definite word for ‘you’ plus the verb meaning ‘you advanced²’ giving emphasis – you have already advanced pertaining to the days of your life)

      and the much earth (a lot of the land, ground) was left-behind and continues left-behind (left remaining behind as being under cover or concealment)

      for an inheritance (with a view to it being an assigned-lot, the heir’s portion),

      emphatically to the degree and in explanation that this is the earth (land, ground),

      emphatically and specifically the earth that has been left-down and continues left-down (the land remaining behind that has not yet been given to of the descendants of Israel):

      ...boundaries of (the borders of the territory pertaining to) Philistines (or Phulistiim, Phylistiim, located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea), which includes the Gesouri (or Geshurite, Gesiri; in this context referring to the people located south of Gaza towards Egypt) and the Canaanite (the descendants of the man Canaan living in the land known as Canaan; referring to the people in the southern areas of the Negeb towards Kadesh Barnea [the Hebrew text omits ‘and the Canaanite’])...

      away from the un-dwelled earth (uninhabited area of the land), emphatically and specifically the un-dwelled earth according to the face of Egypt (in accordance to/with the front of Egypt; referring to the east side of it, as in its presence, before its eyes [the Hebrew text has ‘Sihor’ instead of ‘un-dwelled’], located southwest of Canaan),

      continuing up to the boundaries of Ekron (northwards to the borders of Ekron, or Akkaron);

      ...out from the left-sides (at the left-hand side) of the Canaanites calculate (reckon, compute, count) towards the 5 satrapies (provinces or principalities governed by a satrap, protector) pertaining to the Philistines – which are the Gazaios (or Gazite) and the Azorios (or Azorite, Azotus [the Hebrew text has ‘Ashdodite’ instead of ‘Azorios’]) and the Askalonite (or Eshkalonite) and the Gethaios (or Gethite, Gathite, Gittite) and the Ekronite (or Akkaronite) and the Evaios (or Evite, Hivite)...

      out from Thaiman (or Thaeman, Teman; referring to the land inhabited by the descendants of Esau, southeast of Canaan)

      and all the earth (every part of the land) of Canaan before Gaza (in-front-of, opposite-to, facing Gaza, or Gazah, which is by the coast of the Mediterranean Sea [the Hebrew text omits this phrase])

      and the Sidonians (or Sidonaios; referring to the people dwelling in the northwest corner of Canaan which became a district in Phoenicia, part of Syria, located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea [the Hebrew text includes ‘Mearah’ referring to the area of caves near Sidon])

      continuing up to Aphek (located in northern Canaan), specifically continuing up to the boundaries of the Amorraios (the borders of the Amorraios, or Amorites, located northeast of Canaan),

      and all the earth of Gabli (or Giblite, Gebalite, Galiath) pertaining to the Philistines and all Lebanon (in the north of Canaan)

      from the risings of the sun (the eastern parts of the land where the sun rises in the mornings)

      from Galgal [the Hebrew text has ‘Baalgad’ instead of ‘Galgal’] under the mountain, emphatically and specifically the mountain of Hermon (referring to the foot of Mount Hermon or Aermon, which is northeast of the Jordan river in northern Canaan),

      continuing up to the entrance-way of Hamath (the direct path/road of access to Hamath or Emath, located in the north by the mountain range of Lebanon),

      ...every-person dwelling-down the mountain-area (all, everyone who is inhabiting the hill area) away from Lebanon continuing up to Misrephoth-maim (or Maserethothmaim, Maseron, located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea south of Sidon)...

      all the Sidonians

      emphatically I will wholly-destroy them (in Greek there is a definite word for ‘I’ plus the verb meaning ‘I will wholly-destroy’ giving emphasis – I Myself will utterly ruin and slay them, cause them complete disaster with death, cut them off)

      away from the face of Israel (their presence or vicinity),

      ...but emphatically it is imperative that you throughly-give it in a lot of Israel (thoroughly give this land within the cause and sphere of action of it being an allotment, assigned portion, assigned to the descendants of Israel by lot, allotted to all of you as your inheritance) in the manner (method, mode) that I commanded you (caused the state of being charged, enjoined to/for you, Joshua)...

      even now (emphatically to the degree and in explanation that at the present time)

      it is imperative that you distribute this earth (you, Joshua, are in the state of dividing, imparting, apportioning this land, ground)

      in an inheritance (within the cause and sphere of action of this land being the assigned-lot, the heir’s portion)

      to/for the 9 tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh (the clan or family group pertaining to him; the descendants of Manasseh or Manasse, who was a son of Joseph, who was a son of Jacob/Israel),

      away from the Jordan river

      continuing up to the sea, emphatically and specifically the great sea (the large sea of the Mediterranean), in accordance with the sinkings of the sun (the direction where the sun sets or goes-down at the west side, the areas westward, along the west coast),

      it is imperative that you give it (this land) –

      the sea, emphatically and specifically the great (large) sea, will definitely mark out (it will separate the coast of the land as the boundary, the limited-area, the horizon)."

      Some Greek and Hebrew texts omit words in verse 7 above.

      Joshua had already taken the land described in these verses – and the time had come for him to give it for an inheritance to the descendants of Israel.

      The Lord God

      In the Greek language, the word translated God is the singular noun Theos, which refers to the only true God emphasizing that He is the First, Superior or Ultimate One, the One Who has power, executes judgment, and emanates what He is, His power and light. In the Hebrew language, this word is a plural noun adding emphasis to His superiority in all words and actions (encompassing everything that He is, the only true God); Elohim, the Creator in relation to His creations; He should be acknowledged to be in the highest position of all.

      As verse 1 above, the significance of referring to God as Lord, which is the Greek word kurios, emphasizes and confirms the validity and authenticity of God’s lordship, dominion and authority over and relative-to His people. This word is used in Greek as a translation for the Hebrew word Jehovah (Yahweh) and refers to God in His covenant-relationship to that-which He created.

      Israel

      The first record of the name Israel is in Genesis 32:27-29 when God changed the name of the man known as Jacob to Israel so as to indicate that he was strong with God via the spirit category during that event.

      The 12 biological sons of Israel were known as the sons of Israel to identify them when their actions were being strong with God via the spirit category just as their father.

      Likewise, any of the descendants of the 12 sons were known as the sons of Israel to identify them as the group of people both male and female collectively who were descendants of the man named Israel – when their actions aligned with what God instructed them to do, which was when they were being strong with God via the spirit category.

      Canaan

      The land of Canaan refers to the area of the earth that became occupied by the Canaanites (the descendants of the man named Canaan), instead of the people who continued to worship and serve the only true God. God promised this land to Abraham and his seed (offspring).

      The events recorded in the Book of Joshua occurred after Moses and the descendants of Israel arrived at (close to) the promised land of Canaan and after the

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1