CHAPTER 13
Now Joshua
was old
and advanced
in years,
and the LORD
said
to him,
“You
have become old
and advanced
in years,
but very much
of the land
remains
to be possessed.
from
the Shihor
east
of Egypt
to
the territory
of Ekron
on the north
(considered
to be Canaanite territory)—
that of the five
Philistine
rulers
of Gaza,
Ashdod,
Ashkelon,
Gath,
and Ekron,
as well as the Avvites;
to the south,
all
the land
of the Canaanites,
from Mearah
of
the Sidonians
to
Aphek,
as far as
the border
of the Amorites;
All
the inhabitants
of the hill country
from
Lebanon
to
Misrephoth-maim—
all
the Sidonians—
I Myself
will drive out
before
the Israelites.
Be sure to
divide it by lot
as an inheritance
to Israel,
as
I have commanded you.
Now therefore
divide
this
land
as an inheritance
to the nine
tribes
and the half-tribe
of Manasseh.”
The other half of Manasseh,
along with the Reubenites
and Gadites,
had received
the inheritance
Moses
had given
them
beyond
the Jordan
to the east,
just as
Moses
the servant
of the LORD
had assigned
to them:
The area from Aroer
on
the rim
of the Arnon
Valley,
along with the city
in the middle
of the valley,
the whole
plateau
of Medeba
as
far as Dibon,
and all
the cities
of Sihon
king
of the Amorites
who
reigned
in Heshbon,
as far as
the border
of the Ammonites;
also Gilead
and the territory
of the Geshurites
and Maacathites,
all
of Mount
Hermon,
and all
Bashan
as far as
Salecah—
the whole
kingdom
of Og
in Bashan,
who
had reigned
in Ashtaroth
and Edrei
and had remained
as a remnant
of the Rephaim.
Moses
struck them down
and dispossessed them,
but the Israelites
did not
drive out
the Geshurites
or
the Maacathites.
So Geshur
and Maacath
dwell
among
the Israelites
to
this
day.
To the tribe
of Levi,
however,
Moses had given
no
inheritance.
The offerings made by fire
to the LORD,
the God
of Israel,
are
their inheritance,
as
He promised
them.
The territory
from Aroer
on
the rim
of the Arnon
Valley,
along with the city
in the middle
of the valley,
to the whole
plateau
beyond
Medeba,
all
the cities
of the plateau
and all
the kingdom
of Sihon
king
of the Amorites,
who
reigned
in Heshbon
until
Moses
killed
him and the chiefs
of Midian—
Evi,
Rekem,
Zur,
Hur,
and Reba—
the princes
of Sihon
who lived
in the land.
The Israelites
also killed
the diviner
Balaam
son of Beor
along with the others
they put to the sword.
And the border
of the Reubenites
was
the bank
of the Jordan.
This
was the inheritance
of the clans
of the Reubenites,
including the cities
and villages.
The territory
of Jazer,
all
the cities
of Gilead,
and half
the land
of the Ammonites
as far as
Aroer,
near
Rabbah;
and in the valley,
Beth-haram,
Beth-nimrah,
Succoth,
and Zaphon,
with the rest
of the kingdom
of Sihon
king
of Heshbon
(the territory
on the east
side
of the Jordan
up
to the edge
of the Sea
of Chinnereth).
This is what Moses
had given
to the clans
of the half-tribe
of Manasseh,
that is,
to half
the tribe
of the descendants
of Manasseh:
The territory
from Mahanaim
through all
Bashan—
all
the kingdom
of Og
king
of Bashan,
including all
the towns
of Jair
that
are in Bashan,
sixty
cities,
half
of Gilead,
also Ashtaroth
and Edrei
the royal
cities
of Og
in Bashan.
All this was for the clans
of the descendants
of Machir
son
of Manasseh,
that is, half
the descendants
of Machir.
These
were the portions Moses
had given them
on the plains
of Moab
beyond
the Jordan,
east
of Jericho.
To the tribe
of Levi,
however,
Moses had given
no
inheritance.
The LORD,
the God
of Israel,
is their inheritance,
just as
He had promised
them.