Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”
Joshua balked at dividing land not yet conquered, but God corrected him: take what lies before you now and trust the rest will follow when your numbers require it. Property divided by law and equity, not force, secures the inheritance for your children; what is seized by arms alone is soon lost again, but what God grants cannot be shaken.
AI summary
Commenting on Joshua 13:7-33
Moses named the men who would divide the land under Eleazar and Joshua, listing nine tribes in their proper order: Judah, Simeon, Benjamin, Dan, Ephraim, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, and Naphtali. The half-tribe of Manasseh that received no inheritance east of Jordan must also receive its portion west of it, with a prince of Joseph's line appointed to oversee the division.
AI summary
The nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh - The other half tribe of Manasseh, and the two tribes of Reuben and Gad, had got their inheritance on the other side of Jordan, in the land formerly belonging to Og king of Bashan, and Sihon king of the Amorites.