Joshua 14 in the early church
[Vulgate: Josue]
24 passages quote, allude to, or echo Joshua 14, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 6 · 7 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15
Joshua 14:1
Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 14:1 | Dialogue with Trypho 113.3 · Justin Martyr | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 155–160 |
| Josh 14:1 | Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 911 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Josh 14:1 | Commentary on John 6.218 · Origen | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 230–248 |
| Josh 14:1 | Homilies on Joshua 16.5 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Josh 14:1 | Homilies on Joshua 18.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Joshua 14:2
Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 14:2 | Homilies on Joshua 16.5 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Josh 14:2 | Recognitions 1.38 · Anonymous | allusion, medium confidence | Greek original 3rd–4th century; Rufinus's Latin translation before 407 |
Joshua 14:3
For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 14:3 | Homilies on Joshua 17.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Joshua 14:4
The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 14:4 | Homilies on Joshua 17.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Joshua 14:6
Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 14:6 | Homilies on Joshua 18.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Josh 14:6–14 | Homilies on Numbers 21.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Josh 14:6–15 | Joshua, lines 421–445 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, high confidence | early 5th cent. |
Joshua 14:7
I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back to him an honest report.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 14:7 | Homilies on Joshua 18.2 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Joshua 14:11
still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. As my strength was then, so it is now for war, for going out, and for coming in.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 14:11 | Homilies on Joshua 18.2 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Joshua 14:12
Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 14:12 | Homilies on Joshua 18.3 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Joshua 14:13
Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 14:13 | Homilies on Joshua 18.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Josh 14:13 | Homilies on Joshua 20.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Josh 14:13 | Homilies on Joshua 23.1 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Joshua 14:14
Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 14:14 | Homilies on Joshua 18.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Josh 14:14 | Homilies on Joshua 20.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
Joshua 14:15
(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh 14:15 | Arabic Pentateuch fragment VI · Hippolytus of Rome | allusion, medium confidence | unknown (transmitted in a medieval Arabic catena) |
| Josh 14:15 | Homilies on Joshua 18.3 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Josh 14:15 | Homilies on Joshua 19.1 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Rufinus's translation ca. 400–410) |
| Josh 14:15 | Letter 108.11 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |