Joshua - Chapter 13
NOW
Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou
art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to
be possessed.
2 This is
the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all
Geshuri,
3 From
Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which
is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and
the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the
Avites:
4 From
the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the
Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
5 And the
land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad
under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
6 All the
inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and
all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel:
only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have
commanded thee.
7 Now
therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the
half tribe of Manasseh,
8 With
whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which
Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of
the LORD gave them;
9 From
Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is
in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
10 And
all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto
the border of the children of Ammon;
11 And
Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount
Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
12 All
the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who
remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them
out.
13 Nevertheless
the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but
the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
14 Only
unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God
of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.
15 And
Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance
according to their families.
16 And
their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and
the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
17 Heshbon,
and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth- baal, and
Beth-baal-meon,
18 And
Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
19 And
Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley,
20 And
Beth- peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,
21 And
all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites,
which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and
Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling
in the country.
22 Balaam
also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the
sword among them that were slain by them.
23 And
the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof.
This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families,
the cities and the villages thereof.
24 And
Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the
children of Gad according to their families.
25 And
their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the
children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
26 And
from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border
of Debir;
27 And
in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of
the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even
unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
28 This is
the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and
their villages.
29 And
Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this
was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by
their families.
30 And
their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of
Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
31 And
half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were
pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one
half of the children of Machir by their families.
32 These
are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the
plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
33 But
unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of
Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
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