| Chapter
13 |
| 1 | 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 Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath. |
| 6 | All the inhabitants of the
hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, 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 tribes 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 Bamothbaal, and
Bethbaalmeon, |
| 18 | And
Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, |
|
19 | And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the
valley, |
| 20 | And Bethpeor,
and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth, |
| 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 Ramathmizpeh,
and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; |
| 27 | And in the valley, Betharam, and
Bethnimrah, 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. |
