Joshua 13:1–13

Land Still to Be Conquered

13Now Joshua ^twas old and advanced in years, and the Lord said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land ^uto possess. ^2vThis is the land that yet remains: all the ^wregions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites ³(from the ^xShihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is counted as Canaanite; ^ythere are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of ^zthe Avvim, ⁴in the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the boundary of ^athe Amorites, ⁵and the land of the ^bGebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from ^cBaal-gad below Mount Hermon to ^dLebo-hamath, ⁶all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to ^eMisrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians. I myself will drive ^fthem out from before the people of Israel. Only ^gallot the land to Israel ^hfor an inheritance, as I have commanded you. ⁷Now therefore ⁱdivide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”

The Inheritance East of the Jordan

⁸With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh¹ the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, ^jwhich Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them: ^9kfrom Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and ^lall the tableland of Medeba as far as Dibon; ^10mand all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the boundary of the Ammonites; ¹¹and Gilead, and the ⁿregion of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and ⁿall Bashan to Salecah; ¹²ⁿall the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (he alone was left of ⁿthe remnant of the Rephaim); ^othese Moses had struck and driven out. ^13pYet the people of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites, but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day.