1Now 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.
2This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri {Geshurites},
3From Shihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines: the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites, also the Avvim {Avvites};
4From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
5And the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under Mount Hermon unto the entrance {entering} into Hamath.
6All 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.
7Now, therefore, divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
8With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave them:
9From 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;
10And all the cities of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
11And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salecah;
12All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants; for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.
13Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites; but the Geshurites and the Maacathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
14Only unto the tribe of Levi he (Moses) gave no {none} inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as He said unto them. 15And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families. 16And their border 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; 17Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, 18And Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 19And Kiri-ath-aim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar in the mount of the valley, 20And Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth, 21And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, who were leaders {chiefs} of Sihon, dwelling in the country. 22Balaam also, the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them who were slain by them. 23And the border of the children of Reuben was the Jordan, and its border. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof. 24And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families. 25And their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah; 26And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; 27And in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon, king of Heshbon, the Jordan and its border, even unto the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth on the other side of the Jordan eastward. 28This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages. 29And 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. 30And their border 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: 31And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, went to {were pertaining unto} the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families. 32These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side of the Jordan, by Jericho, eastward. 33But unto the tribe of Levi, Moses gave not any inheritance; the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as He said unto them. King James Bible: Purple Letter Edition © 2023 by Jim Musser. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Bible Hub |