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Now, divide up this land[a] among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

Tribal Lands East of the Jordan

The other half of Manasseh,[b] Reuben, and Gad received their allotted tribal lands on east side of the Jordan,[c] just as Moses, the Lord’s servant, had assigned them. Their territory started[d] from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley), included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba as far as Dibon,

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 13:7 tn Heb “now apportion this land as an inheritance.”
  2. Joshua 13:8 tn The MT reads “with him,” which is problematic, since the reference would be to the other half of the tribe of Manasseh (not the half mentioned in v. 7).
  3. Joshua 13:8 tn Heb “received their inheritance, which Moses had assigned to them beyond the Jordan to the east.”
  4. Joshua 13:9 tn The words “their territory started” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them;

From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;

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Now therefore (A)divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”

The Inheritance East of the Jordan

With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh[a] the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, (B)which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them: (C)from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and (D)all the tableland of Medeba as far as Dibon;

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  1. Joshua 13:8 Hebrew With it

and divide it as an inheritance(A) among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh.”

Division of the Land East of the Jordan

The 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(B) it to them.(C)

It extended from Aroer(D) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and included the whole plateau(E) of Medeba as far as Dibon,(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 13:8 Hebrew With it (that is, with the other half of Manasseh)

Now therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”

The Land Divided East of the Jordan

With the other half-tribe the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, (A)which Moses had given them, (B)beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the Lord had given them: from Aroer which is on the bank of the River Arnon, and the town that is in the midst of the ravine, (C)and all the plain of Medeba as far as Dibon;

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