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Joshua 22:7

King James Version (KJV)

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Joshua 22:7

Verse 7 of 34

Scripture focus

Now to the [one] half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given [possession] in Bashan: but unto the [other] half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,

Joshua 22:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Joshua 22:7

Theological / Devotional

Tribe of Manasseh. We are not to understand from this verse that Joshua addressed himself again separately to the half tribe of Manasseh. The statement is rather a repetition, which is a marked characteristic of the OT writers in general, and in particular of Joshua. A modern writer would refer back to what he has already written elsewhere, but the Jewish historian repeats in each instance as much as is necessary to make his account intelligible by itself. As an example of such repetition by our author, four times he repeats that the Levites were not to share in the distribution of the land (chs. 13:14, 33; 14:3; 18:7), and four times he repeats that the tribe of Manasseh was divided into two parts on either side of the Jordan (chs. 13:7, 8; 14:3; 18:7; and here).

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