Joshua 18:5

They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their borders on the north.

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WEBBE

They shall divide it into seven portions. Judah shall live in his borders on the south, and the house of Joseph shall live in their borders on the north.

BSB

and divide the land into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their territory in the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory in the north.

KJV

And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.

ASV

And they shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north.

BBE

And let them make division of it into seven parts: let Judah keep inside his limit on the south, and let the children of Joseph keep inside their limit on the north.

Original Hebrew

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וְהִתְחַלְּקוּ ve·hit·cha·le·ku and they will divide among themselves H2505 אֹתָהּ 'o·tah (marks the object) it H853 לְשִׁבְעָה le·shiv·'ah (into) seven H7651 חֲלָקִים cha·la·kim portions H2506 יְהוּדָה ye·hu·dah Judah H3063 יַעֲמֹד ya·'a·mod it will remain H5975 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 גְּבוּלוֹ ge·vu·lo territory its H1366 מִנֶּגֶב mi·ne·gev from [the] south H5045 וּבֵית u·veit and [the] house of H1004 יוֹסֵף yo·sef Joseph H3130 יַעַמְדוּ ya·'am·du they will remain H5975 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 גְּבוּלָם ge·vu·lam territory their H1366 מִצָּפוֹן mi·tza·fon from [the] north H6828

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 2–10

After a year or more, Joshua blamed their slackness, and told them how to proceed. God, by his grace, has given us a title to a good land, the heavenly Canaan, but we are slack to take possession of it; we enter not into that rest, as we might by faith, and hope, and holy joy. How long shall it be thus with us? How long shall we thus stand in our own light, and forsake our own mercies for lying vanities? Joshua stirs the Israelites up to take possession of their lots. He is ready to do his part, if they will do theirs.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.