Joshua 14:2 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

by lot [is] their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine of the tribes, and the half of the tribe;

English ASV

by the lot of their inheritance, as Jehovah commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.

English Amplified

Their inheritance was by lot, as the Lord commanded Moses, for the nine and one-half tribes.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Their inheritance was by lot, as the Lord commanded Moses, for the nine and one-half tribes.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Their inheritance was by lot as the LORD commanded through Moses for the nine and a half tribes,

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

their inheritance was by lot, as Jehovah had commanded by Moses, for the nine tribes, and the half tribe.

English EASY 2024

The leaders used lots to decide which parts of the land God had chosen for each of the 9½ tribes. This is what the Lord had told Moses to do.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The Lord had commanded Moses long ago how he wanted the people to choose their land. The people of the nine and a half tribes threw lots to decide which land they would get.

Their inheritance was by lot, just as the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses for the nine and one-half tribes.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

As the Lord had commanded Moses, the territories of the nine and one-half tribes west of the Jordan were determined by drawing lots.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The land inherited by the nine-and-a-half tribes was determined by drawing lots as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Their inheritance was by lot as the LORD commanded through Moses for the nine and a half tribes,

English KJV 1611

By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.

English LSB

by the lot of their inheritance, as Yahweh commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Their inheritance fell to them by lot, as the Lord commanded through Moses, for the nine and a half tribes.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

by the lot of their inheritance, as the LORD commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

their heritage by lot, in accordance with the instructions the LORD had given through Moses concerning the remaining nine and a half tribes.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The land assignments to the nine-and-a-half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the LORD had instructed Moses.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The shares of nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh were decided by using lots. That's what the Lord had commanded through Moses.

English NIV

Their inheritances were assigned by lot to the nine-and-a-half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

English NKJ 1982

Their inheritance was by lot, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

English NLT

These nine and a half tribes received their inheritance by means of sacred lots, in accordance with the LORD's command through Moses.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Their inheritance was by lot, as the LORD had commanded Moses for the nine and one-half tribes.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

By drawing lots, Eleazar assigned territory to the nine and a half tribes, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Their inheritance was by lot, as the Lord had commanded Moses for the nine and one-half tribes.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

The decision as to which tribe would receive which area was decided by throwing dice before the Lord, and he caused them to turn up in the ways he wanted. Eleazar the priest, Joshua, and the tribal leaders supervised the lottery.

English Tyndale 1537

gave them their inheritance by lot, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, to give unto the nine tribes, and unto the half tribe of Manasses.

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