We took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of the Manassites.
Parallel translations
- KJV And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
- BSB We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
- NKJV We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh.
- NASB and we took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites.
- NLT We took their land and gave it to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and to the half-tribe of Manasseh as their grant of land.
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Quick answer
Their conquered land was given as an inheritance to Reuben, Gad, and half of Manasseh. God's gifts are concrete and faithfully distributed among his people.
Overview
The territory east of the Jordan became the allotted inheritance for two and a half tribes. This shows God already fulfilling his promise to give Israel land and inheritance. The language of inheritance points forward to the greater inheritance secured in Christ, imperishable and kept in heaven for all God's people.
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Cross-references · 2
- Deut 3:12–13This land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead, and its cities, gave I to the Reubenites and to the Gadites:
- Num 32:33Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to its cities and borders, even the cities of the surrounding land.
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