Joshua 13

Land Still to Be Taken

13When Joshua had grown old,^e the Lord said to him, “You are now very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over.

²“This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines^f and Geshurites,^{g 3}from the Shihor River^h on the east of Egypt to the territory of Ekronⁱ on the north, all of it counted as Canaanite though held by the five Philistine rulers^j in Gaza, Ashdod,^k Ashkelon,^l Gath and Ekron; the territory of the Avvites^{m 4}on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians as far as Aphekⁿ and the border of the Amorites;^{o 5}the area of Byblos;^p and all Lebanon^q to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon^r to Lebo Hamath.^s

⁶“As for all the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim,^t that is, all the Sidonians, I myself will drive them out^u before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate this land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have instructed you,^{v 7}and divide it as an inheritance^w among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh.”

Division of the Land East of the Jordan

⁸The other half of Manasseh,^a the Reubenites and the Gadites had received the inheritance that Moses had given them east of the Jordan, as he, the servant of the Lord, had assigned^x it to them.^y

⁹It extended from Aroer^z on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and included the whole plateau^a of Medeba as far as Dibon,^{b 10}and all the towns of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon,^c out to the border of the Ammonites.^{d 11}It also included Gilead,^e the territory of the people of Geshur and Maakah, all of Mount Hermon and all Bashan as far as Salekah^f—¹²that is, the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan,^g who had reigned in Ashtaroth^h and Edrei.ⁱ (He was the last of the Rephaites.^j) Moses had defeated them and taken over their land.^{k 13}But the Israelites did not drive out the people of Geshur^l and Maakah,^m so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.ⁿ

¹⁴But to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance, since the food offerings presented to the Lord, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as he promised them.^o

¹⁵This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Reuben, according to its clans:

¹⁶The territory from Aroer^p on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and the whole plateau past Medeba^{q 17}to Heshbon and all its towns on the plateau,^r including Dibon,^s Bamoth Baal,^t Beth Baal Meon,^{u 18}Jahaz,^v Kedemoth,^w Mephaath,^{x 19}Kiriathaim,^y Sibmah,^z Zereth Shahar on the hill in the valley, ²⁰Beth Peor,^a the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth—²¹all the towns on the plateau^b and the entire realm of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the Midianite chiefs,^c Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba^d—princes allied with Sihon—who lived in that country. ²²In addition to those slain in battle, the Israelites had put to the sword Balaam son of Beor,^e who practiced divination.^{f 23}The boundary of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Reubenites, according to their clans.^g

²⁴This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Gad, according to its clans:

²⁵The territory of Jazer,^h all the towns of Gileadⁱ and half the Ammonite country as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;^{j 26}and from Heshbon^k to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim^l to the territory of Debir;^{m 27}and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah,ⁿ Sukkoth^o and Zaphon^p with the rest of the realm of Sihon king of Heshbon (the east side of the Jordan, the territory up to the end of the Sea of Galilee^bq). ²⁸These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Gadites,^r according to their clans.

²⁹This is what Moses had given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the family of the descendants of Manasseh, according to its clans:

³⁰The territory extending from Mahanaim^s and including all of Bashan,^t the entire realm of Og king of Bashan^u—all the settlements of Jair^v in Bashan, sixty towns, ³¹half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei (the royal cities of Og in Bashan).^w This was for the descendants of Makir^x son of Manasseh—for half of the sons of Makir, according to their clans.^y

³²This is the inheritance Moses had given when he was in the plains of Moab^z across the Jordan east of Jericho.^{a 33}But to the tribe of Levi, Moses had given no inheritance;^b the Lord, the God of Israel, is their inheritance,^c as he promised them.^d