Completion of the Allotments and Joshua's Inheritance
Joshua 19:49-51
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Jos.19.49 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ויכלו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
- לנחל: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- את: PRT,acc
- הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
- לגבולתיה: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs+PRS,3,f,sg
- ויתנו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
- ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- נחלה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ליהושע: PREP+NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- נון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בתוכם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
Parallels
- Numbers 26:52-56 (structural): Describes the procedure for allotting the land by lot to the tribes of Israel—background legislation for the tribal land-distribution completed in Joshua 19:49.
- Numbers 34:13 (structural): God’s command to divide the land among the tribes; provides the legal/organizational basis for the territorial allotments that Joshua completes.
- Joshua 14:1 (thematic): Earlier summary statement of the land distribution process (Joshua and the leaders allotting territory to the tribes), parallel to the completion language in 19:49.
- Joshua 13:33 (verbal): Notes exceptions and special cases in the distribution—e.g., the Levites receive no territorial inheritance—relates to the broader theme of how the land was apportioned.
- Joshua 21:43-45 (thematic): Summarizes the outcome: the LORD gave Israel the land and they took possession of it—frames the completion of the allotments in Joshua 19:49 as part of God’s fulfilled promise.
Alternative generated candidates
- And they finished apportioning the land to its borders; and the sons of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua son of Nun among them.
- And they finished dividing the land by its borders; and the sons of Israel gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them.
Jos.19.50 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- על: PREP
- פי: NOUN,m,sg,construct
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- נתנו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
- לו: PRON,3,m,sg
- את: PRT,acc
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- אשר: PRON,rel
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- את: PRT,acc
- העיר: NOUN,f,sg,def
- וישב: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- בה: PREP+PRON,3,f,sg
Parallels
- Joshua 24:30 (verbal): Repeats the link between Joshua and Timnath-serah — records Joshua’s burial in the same town that was given to him and where he lived.
- Judges 2:9 (verbal): Another parallel notice of Joshua’s burial at Timnath-serah; the book of Judges echoes the same place-name and tradition.
- Joshua 14:13–15 (thematic): Caleb’s receipt of Hebron (he asks for it, is given it, and dwells there) parallels the pattern of leaders requesting/taking an allotted town and settling in it.
- Joshua 21:43–45 (thematic): A broader statement that the LORD gave Israel the land as promised; Joshua 19:50 is a specific instance of God granting an inheritance to a leader.
- Deuteronomy 34:5–6 (structural): Contrasts the deaths and burials of Israel’s leaders: Moses dies outside the inherited land, whereas Joshua is buried within his inheritance at Timnath-serah (as narrated in Josh 19:50).
Alternative generated candidates
- By the LORD's will they gave him the city that he had asked—Timnath‑serah in the hill country of Ephraim—and he built the city and lived in it.
- According to the LORD they gave him the city that he had asked—Timnath‑serah—in the hill country of Ephraim; and he built the city and dwelt there.
Jos.19.51 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- אלה: DEM,pl,abs
- הנחלת: NOUN,f,sg,def
- אשר: PRON,rel
- נחלו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
- אלעזר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- הכהן: NOUN,m,sg,def
- ויהושע: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- נון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
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- בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
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- לפני: PREP
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- פתח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אהל: NOUN,m,sg,construct
- מועד: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ויכלו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
- מחלק: PART,qal,ptc,NA,m,pl,abs
- את: PRT,acc
- הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
Parallels
- Joshua 18:10 (verbal): Same scene and wording: casting lots for the remaining tribal inheritances “in Shiloh before the LORD,” with Joshua presiding over the allotment.
- Numbers 26:55 (verbal): Legal/directional basis for the procedure: the land is to be divided by lot among the tribes—explains the method used in Joshua 19:51.
- Numbers 34:16 (structural): God’s instruction to appoint leaders to divide the land among the tribes—parallels the role of Eleazar, Joshua, and the tribal heads who carried out the allotment.
- Joshua 21:43-45 (thematic): Summarizes the fulfillment of possession: the LORD gave Israel the land and they took possession of it—echoes the completed distribution recorded in Joshua 19:51.
Alternative generated candidates
- These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the ancestral tribes of the sons of Israel allotted by lot at Shiloh before the LORD, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting; and they finished dividing the land.
- These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the ancestral tribes of the sons of Israel apportioned by lot at Shiloh before the LORD, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. Thus they finished dividing the land.
And they finished apportioning the land according to its borders; and the Israelites gave an inheritance to Joshua son of Nun among them.
As the LORD had directed, they gave him the city that he requested — Timnath‑Serah in the hill country of Ephraim; and he built the city and lived there.
These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the ancestral tribes of the Israelites allotted by lot at Shiloh before the LORD, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting; and they finished dividing the land.