Joshua 17:5

17:5 Manasseh was allotted ten shares of land,¹ in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan,

Joshua 19:9

19:9 Simeon’s assigned land was taken from Judah’s allotted portion, for Judah’s territory was too large for them; so Simeon was assigned land within Judah.²

Joshua 22:8

22:8 saying, “Take home³ great wealth, a lot of cattle,⁴ silver, gold, bronze, iron, and a lot of⁵ clothing. Divide up the goods captured from your enemies with your brothers.”

Joshua 22:19

22:19 But if your own land⁶ is impure,⁷ cross over to the Lord’s own land,⁸ where the Lord himself lives,⁹ and settle down among us.¹⁰ But don’t rebel against the Lord or us¹¹ by building for yourselves an altar aside from the altar of the Lord our God.

Joshua 14:4

14:4 The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions.¹²

Joshua 15:13

15:13 Caleb son of Jephunneh was assigned Kiriath Arba (that is Hebron) within the tribe of Judah, according to the Lord’s instructions to Joshua. (Arba was the father of Anak.)¹³

Joshua 17:14

17:14 The descendants of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you assigned us only one tribal allotment? After all, we have many people, for until now the Lord has enabled us to increase in number.”¹⁴

Joshua 22:25

22:25 The Lord made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the Lord.’¹⁵ In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying¹⁶ the Lord.

Joshua 22:27

22:27 but as a reminder to us and you,¹⁷ and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the Lord in his very presence¹⁸ with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace.¹⁹ Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no right to worship the Lord.’²⁰

¹tn Heb “and the allotted portions of Manasseh fell out ten.”

²tn Heb “from the portion of the sons of Judah was the inheritance of the sons of Simeon for the portion of the sons of Judah was too large for them, and the sons of Simeon received an inheritance in the midst of their inheritance.”

³tn Heb “return to your tents with.”

⁴tn Heb “very many cattle.”

⁵tn Heb “very much clothing.”

⁴tn Heb “the land of your possession.”

⁵sn The western tribes here imagine a possible motive for the action of the eastern tribes. T. C. Butler explains the significance of the land’s “impurity”: “East Jordan is impure because it is not Yahweh’s possession. Rather it is simply ‘your possession.’ That means it is land where Yahweh does not live, land which his presence has not sanctified and purified” (Joshua [WBC], 247).

⁶tn Heb “the land of the possession of the Lord.”

⁷tn Heb “where the dwelling place of the Lord resides.”

⁸tn Heb “and take for yourselves in our midst.”

⁹tc Heb “and us to you rebel.” The reading of the MT, the accusative sign with suffix (וְאֹתָנוּ, vÿ’otanu), is problematic with the verb “rebel” (מָרַד, marad). Many Hebrew mss correctly read the negative particle אַל (’al) for the preposition אֶל (’el, “to”).

⁵tn Heb “and they did not assign a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities [in which] to live and their pastures for their cattle and property.”

⁶tn Heb “To Caleb son of Jephunneh he gave a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah according to the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord to Joshua, Kiriath Arba (the father of Anak), it is Hebron.”

⁷tn Heb “Why have you given me as an inheritance one lot and one portion, though I am a great people until [the time] which, until now the Lord has blessed me?” The construction עַד אֲשֶׁר־עַד־כֹּה (’ad-’asher-’ad-koh, “until [the time] which, until now”) is extremely awkward. An emendation of the first עַד (’ad) to עַל (’al) yields a more likely reading: “for until now” (see HALOT 2:787).

⁸tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”

⁹tn Heb “fearing.”

⁹tn Heb “but it is a witness between us and you.”

¹⁰tn Heb “to do the service of the Lord before him.”

¹¹tn Or “peace offerings.”

¹²tn Heb “You have no portion in the Lord.”