Joshua 13
The Parts of Canaan Still Unconquered
1 Now Joshua was old and advanced in years; and the LORD said to him, "You are old and advanced in years, and very much of the land still remains to be possessed. 2This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites 3(from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is reckoned as Canaanite; there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of the Avvim 4in the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the boundary of the Amorites, 5and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath, 6all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians. I will myself drive them out from before the Israelites; only allot the land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you. 7Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."
The Territory East of the Jordan
8 With the other half-tribe of Manasseha
the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave
them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the LORD
gave them: 9from Aroer, which is on the edge of
the Wadi Arnon, and the town that is in the middle of the valley, and all
the tableland fromb Medeba as far as Dibon; 10and
all the cities of King Sihon of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far
as the boundary of the Ammonites; 11and Gilead,
and the region of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and
all Bashan to Salecah; 12all the kingdom of Og
in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (he alone was left of the
survivors of the Rephaim); these Moses had defeated and driven out. 13Yet
the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites; but
Geshur and Maacath live within Israel to this day.
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To the tribe of Levi alone Moses gave no inheritance; the offerings by fire
to the LORD God of Israel are their inheritance, as he said
to them.
The Territory of Reuben
15 Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the Reubenites according to their clans. 16Their territory was from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Wadi Arnon, and the town that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland by Medeba; 17with Heshbon, and all its towns that are in the tableland; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, 18and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 19and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar on the hill of the valley, 20and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth, 21that is, all the towns of the tableland, and all the kingdom of King Sihon of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses defeated with the leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, as princes of Sihon, who lived in the land. 22Along with the rest of those they put to death, the Israelites also put to the sword Balaam son of Beor, who practiced divination. 23And the border of the Reubenites was the Jordan and its banks. This was the inheritance of the Reubenites according to their families, with their towns and villages.
The Territory of Gad
24 Moses gave an inheritance also to the tribe of the Gadites, according to their families. 25Their territory was Jazer, and all the towns of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites, to Aroer, which is east of Rabbah, 26and from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir,c 27and in the valley Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of King Sihon of Heshbon, the Jordan and its banks, as far as the lower end of the Sea of Chinnereth, eastward beyond the Jordan. 28This is the inheritance of the Gadites according to their clans, with their towns and villages.
The Territory of the Half-Tribe of Manasseh (East)
29 Moses gave an inheritance to the
half-tribe of Manasseh; it was allotted to the half-tribe of the Manassites
according to their families. 30Their territory
extended from Mahanaim, through all Bashan, the whole kingdom of King Og of
Bashan, and all the settlements of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty towns, 31and
half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the towns of the kingdom of Og in
Bashan; these were allotted to the people of Machir son of Manasseh
according to their clans--for half the Machirites.
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These are the inheritances that Moses distributed in the plains of Moab,
beyond the Jordan east of Jericho. 33But to the
tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance; the LORD God of
Israel is their inheritance, as he said to them.