SEV Biblia, Chapter 18:5
Y la repartirán en siete partes; y Judá estará en su término al mediodía, y los de la casa de José estarán en el suyo al norte.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Joshua 18:5
Verse 5. Judah shall abide-on the south, and the house of Joseph-on the north.] Joshua does not mean that the tribe of Judah occupied the south, and the tribe of Ephraim and Manasseh the north of the promised land; this was not the fact: but being now at Shiloh, a considerable way in the territory of Ephraim, and not far from that of Judah, he speaks of them in relation to the place in which he then was. Calmet considers him as thus addressing the deputies: "Go and examine the whole of the country which remains yet to be possessed; do not take into consideration the tribe of Judah, which is on the south, nor the tribe of Ephraim, which is on the north of where we now are, but carefully divide the remaining land which is not occupied by these tribes into seven equal parts." This makes a very good sense, and frees the place from embarrassment.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 5. And they shall divide it into seven parts , etc.] According to the number of the seven tribes not yet settled; and this they were to describe and divide was all the land subdued, or not subdued, only the following excepted: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south ; on the south of the land of Canaan, where their lot fell, so that needed not to be measured and described; and this tribe was to retain what they were possessed of, unless it should appear they had too much, and others wanted, and they willing to part with some of it to their brethren, as they afterwards did to the tribes of Simeon and Dan: and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coast on the north ; on the north of the tribe of Judah; not of the land of Canaan, for some other tribes lay more northerly.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 2-10 - After a year or more, Joshua blamed their slackness, and told them ho to proceed. God, by his grace, has given us a title to a good land, the heavenly Canaan, but we are slack to take possession of it; we ente not into that rest, as we might by faith, and hope, and holy joy. Ho long shall it be thus with us? How long shall we thus stand in our ow light, and forsake our own mercies for lying vanities? Joshua stirs the Israelites up to take possession of their lots. He is ready to do his part, if they will do theirs.
Original Hebrew
והתחלקו 2505 אתה 853 לשׁבעה 7651 חלקים 2506 יהודה 3063 יעמד 5975 על 5921 גבולו 1366 מנגב 5045 ובית 1004 יוסף 3130 יעמדו 5975 על 5921 גבולם 1366 מצפון׃ 6828
