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Joshua 13:15–28

Reuben’s Inheritance

15 Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the descendantsg of Reuben according to their families. 16 Their territory was from Aroer, which was on the edge of the wadih of Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plateau by Medeba; 17 Heshbon and its cities that are on the plateau; Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon, 18 Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath, 19 Kiriathaim, Sibmah, and Zereth Shahar on the hill of the valley; 20 Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth; 21 all of the cities of the plateau, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites,i who reigned in Heshbon and whom Moses defeated with the leaders of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon who dwelled in the land. 22 In addition to their slain, the Israelitesj killed with the sword Balaam son of Beor, who practiced divination. 23 And the border of the descendantsk of Reuben was the Jordan and its banks.l This was the inheritance of the descendantsm of Reuben according to their families, the cities, and their villages.

Gad’s Inheritance

24 Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of Gad, to the descendantsn of Gad, according to their families. 25 Their territory was Jazer and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammoniteso up to Aroer, which is east of Rabbah;p 26 and from Heshbon up to Ramah-Mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim up to the territory to Debir; 27 in the valley of Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, Zaphon, and the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and its banks,q up to the lower end of the Kinnereth Sear beyond the Jordan to the east. 28 This is the inheritance of the Gaditess according to their families, the cities, and their villages.

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