Joshua 13

Revised Geneva Translation

13 Now when Joshua was old, and stricken in years, the LORD said to him, “You are old and grown in age, and there remains exceedingly much land to be possessed.

² “This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

³ “from Nilus (which is in Egypt) to the borders of Ekron, northward. This is counted as the Canaanites’: five Lordships of the Philistines, the Gazites, the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, the Ekronites, and the Avites;

⁴ “from the South: all the land of the Canaanites, and the cave that is beside the Sidonians, to Aphek and to the borders of the Amorites,

⁵ “and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon toward the Sun, rising from Baal Gad, under Mount Hermon, until one comes to Hamath.

⁶ “All the inhabitants of the mountains from Lebanon to Misrephoth, all the Sidonians, I will cast them out from before the children of Israel. Only divide it by lot to the Israelites, to inherit, as I have Commanded you.

⁷ “Now, therefore, divide this land to inherit to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.”

⁸ With it, the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them beyond Jordan, eastward, as Moses the servant of the LORD had given them,

⁹ from Aroer that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and from the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba, to Dibon,

¹⁰ and all the cities of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to the borders of the children of Ammon,

¹¹ and Gilead, and the borders of the Geshurites and of the Maachathites, and all Mount Hermon, with all Bashan, to Salcah,

¹² all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (who remained from the rest of the giants). For these Moses struck, and cast them out.

¹³ But the children of Israel did not expel the Geshurites or the Maachathites. But the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites even to this day.

¹⁴ Only to the tribe of Levi did He give no inheritance. The Sacrifices of the Lord GOD of Israel are his inheritance, as He said to him.

¹⁵ Moses then gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben an inheritance, according to their families.

¹⁶ And their territory was from Aroer that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and from the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain which is by Medeba:

¹⁷ Heshbon, with all its cities that are in the plain, Dibon and Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,

¹⁸ Jahaza, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

¹⁹ Kirjathaim also, Sibmah, and Zereth Shahar, on the Mount of Emek,

²⁰ Beth Peor, Ashdoth Pisgah, Beth Jeshimoth,

²¹ and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the princes of Midian, Evi and Rekem, Zur, Hur, Reba, and the dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.

²² And Balaam, the son of Beor the soothsayer, the children of Israel killed with the sword, among those who were killed.

²³ And the territory of the children of Reuben was Jordan, with the borders. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben, according to their families, with the cities and their villages.

²⁴ Also, Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad, according to their families.

²⁵ And their territories were Jazer and all the cities of Gilead and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer, which is before Rabbah;

²⁶ and from Heshbon to Ramath, Mizpah; and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the borders of Debir,

²⁷ and in the valley of Beth Haram, and Beth Nimrah, Succoth, Zaphon, and the rest of the kingdom of Sihon, king of Heshbon, to Jordan and the borders to the territory of Chinnereth, beyond Jordan, eastward.

²⁸ This is the inheritance of the children of Gad, after their families, with the cities and their villages.

²⁹ Also, Moses gave an inheritance to the half tribe of Manasseh. And this belonged to the half tribe of the children of Manasseh, according to their families.

³⁰ And their border was from Mahanaim (all Bashan, or, all the kingdom of Og, king of Bashan) and all the towns of Jair which are in Bashan, (sixty cities).

³¹ And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were given to the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, to half of the children of Machir, after their families.

³² These are the heritages which Moses distributed on the plain of Moab, beyond Jordan, toward Jericho, eastward.

³³ But to the tribe of Levi, Moses gave no inheritance. The Lord GOD of Israel is their inheritance, as He said to them.