When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:
When they finished dividing the land and giving each tribe their territory by their borders, the people of Israel gave Joshua, the son of Nun, his own inheritance among them.
The writer is showing how the Israelites honored their faithful leader Joshua by giving him his own portion of the Promised Land after everyone else had received theirs.
📚 Historical Context
In the Book of Joshua, after the Israelites had conquered the Promised Land through a series of military campaigns led by Joshua, the land was systematically divided among the twelve tribes as their permanent inheritance. This division fulfilled God's covenant promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, ensuring each tribe had a designated portion for settlement and security. As a final step, the Israelites honored Joshua, their faithful leader and successor to Moses, by granting him his own inheritance among them.
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