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
This occurred after the conquest of Canaan when the twelve tribes of Israel were receiving their territorial inheritances in the Promised Land. Joshua, as the leader who had faithfully guided them through the conquest, was finally given his personal inheritance after ensuring all the tribes received theirs first. This demonstrates the selfless leadership Joshua showed by putting the needs of all Israel before his own.
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