Joshua 23:4

“See, I have allotted to you these nations that remain as an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, to the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun.”

Joshua 23:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 23:4, word by word

Seeרְאוּreu

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “reu” appears
I have allottedהִפַּלְתִּיhipalti

cast lots

To make fall; throw lots.

Where else “hipalti” appears
nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears
that remainנִּשְׁאָרִיםnisharim

remain

To remain, what is left.

Where else “nisharim” appears
as an inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachala

inheritance

Land or goods passed from parents to children.

Where else “nachala” appears
for your tribesשִׁבְטֵיshivte

tribe

Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.

Where else “shivte” appears
the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden

Jordan

See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears
I have cut offהִכְרַתִּיhichrati

cut off

To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.

Where else “hichrati” appears
to the Greatגָּדוֹלgadol

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

Where else “gadol” appears
Seaיָּםyam

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

Where else “yam” appears
toward the settingמְבוֹאmevo

sunset

The time and place where the sun sets, toward the west.

Where else “mevo” appears
of the sunשָּׁמֶשׁshamesh

sun

The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.

Where else “shamesh” appears

Places in this verse

JerusalemJordan
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Jordan

    Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea

    Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.

    Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).

    Joshua 3:172 Kings 5:14Matthew 3:13Mark 1:9

The context

3And you have seen all that YHWH your Elohim has done to all these nations because of you, for YHWH your Elohim, he is the one who fights for you.

4 · This verse (above)

5And YHWH your Elohim, he will push them back before you and dispossess them before you, and you shall take possession of their land, just as YHWH your Elohim spoke to you.

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