Tanach
Yehoshua 14:1-5 יהושע י״ד:א׳-ה׳
Part of: Chapter 14
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וְאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר־נָחֲלוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן אֲשֶׁר נִחֲלוּ אוֹתָם אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן וְרָאשֵׁי אֲבוֹת הַמַּטּוֹת לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And these are the places which the children of Yisra᾽el inherited in the land of Kena῾an, which El῾azar the priest, and Yehoshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Yisra᾽el, assigned for their inheritance.
And these are the places which the children of Yisra᾽el inherited in the land of Kena῾an, which El῾azar the priest, and Yehoshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Yisra᾽el, assigned for their inheritance.
Rashi
בְּגוֹרַל נַחֲלָתָם כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהֹוָה בְּיַד־מֹשֶׁה לְתִשְׁעַת הַמַּטּוֹת וַחֲצִי הַמַּטֶּֽה׃
By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moshe, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moshe, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
כִּֽי־נָתַן מֹשֶׁה נַחֲלַת שְׁנֵי הַמַּטּוֹת וַחֲצִי הַמַּטֶּה מֵעֵבֶר לַיַּרְדֵּן וְלַלְוִיִּם לֹא־נָתַן נַחֲלָה בְּתוֹכָֽם׃
For Moshe had given the inheritance of two and a half tribes on the other side of the Yarden: but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
For Moshe had given the inheritance of two and a half tribes on the other side of the Yarden: but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
כִּֽי־הָיוּ בְנֵֽי־יוֹסֵף שְׁנֵי מַטּוֹת מְנַשֶּׁה וְאֶפְרָיִם וְלֹֽא־נָתְנוּ חֵלֶק לַלְוִיִּם בָּאָרֶץ כִּי אִם־עָרִים לָשֶׁבֶת וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶם לְמִקְנֵיהֶם וּלְקִנְיָנָֽם׃
For the children of Yosef were two tribes, Menashshe and Efrayim: and they gave no part to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their pasture grounds for their cattle and their substance.
For the children of Yosef were two tribes, Menashshe and Efrayim: and they gave no part to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their pasture grounds for their cattle and their substance.
Rashi
כי היו בני יוסף שני מטות. תחת שבט לוי:
The descendants of Yoseif were two tribes. In place of the tribe of Levi.1Moshe and Yehoshua were commanded that the Levi’im were not to be given a portion of the land. The land was to be divided only among the other eleven tribes. The children of Menashe and Ephraim were counted as two tribes so that the land would be divided by twelve tribes. This came about through the will of Yaakov, who told Yoseif that his two sons, Ephraim and Menashe, would be considered as his own two son, Reuven and Shimon. (See Bereishis 48:7) This is mentioned here to explain how Yehoshua was to divide the land among nine and half tribes, when without Levi, there would be only eight and a half. We are told therefore that Menashe and Ephraim were counted as two tribes, thus this would compensate for the omission of Levi.
כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהֹוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה כֵּן עָשׂוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיַּחְלְקוּ אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ {פ}
As the Lord commanded Moshe, so the children of Yisra᾽el did, and they divided the land.
As the Lord commanded Moshe, so the children of Yisra᾽el did, and they divided the land.
אשר נחלו אותם. אשר הנחילו אותם:
That were apportioned to them. They caused them to inherit [their portions].