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Joshua 17:4
Joshua 17:4 is verse 4 of Joshua chapter 17, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the command of the LORD.
King James Version
And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
World English Bible
They came to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the princes, saying, “Yahweh commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” Therefore according to the commandment of Yahweh he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.
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Joshua 17:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph.
3 But Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
4 They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the command of the LORD.
5 Thus ten shares fell to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan beyond the Jordan,
6 because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Joshua 14:1Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel.
Numbers 34:17“These are the names of the men who are to assign the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.
Numbers 34:18Appoint one leader from each tribe to distribute the land.
Numbers 34:19These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;
Numbers 34:20Shemuel son of Ammihud from the tribe of Simeon;
Numbers 34:21Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin;
Numbers 34:22Bukki son of Jogli, a leader from the tribe of Dan;
Numbers 34:23Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;
Numbers 34:24Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim;
Numbers 34:25Eli-zaphan son of Parnach, a leader from the tribe of Zebulun;
Numbers 34:26Paltiel son of Azzan, a leader from the tribe of Issachar;
Numbers 34:27Ahihud son of Shelomi, a leader from the tribe of Asher;
Numbers 34:28and Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”
Numbers 34:29These are the ones whom the LORD commanded to apportion the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
Numbers 27:6and the LORD answered him,
Numbers 27:7“The daughters of Zelophehad speak correctly. You certainly must give them property as an inheritance among their father’s brothers, and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.
Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.