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With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of Yahweh gave them:
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A Narrative Reminder
Commentators explain that this verse functions as a narrative transition. Before detailing the division of Canaan, the author pauses to remind the reader that the two-and-a-half tribes east of the Jordan had already received their inheritance from Moses, setting the stage for the main event.
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Joshua
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The writer adds to the command of God (Joshua 13:1–7) a statement that the other two and a half tribes had already had their inheritanc…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received theirinheritanceThat is, along…
The land must be divided among the tribes. It is the will of God that each person should know what belongs to them, and not take what belongs to an…
