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Joshua 13
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Joshua 13
English Standard Version
Land Still to Be Conquered
13 Now Joshua (A)was old and advanced in years, and the Lord said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land (B)to possess. 2 (C)This is the land that yet remains: all the (D)regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites 3 (from the (E)Shihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is counted as Canaanite; (F)there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of (G)the Avvim, 4 in the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the boundary of (H)the Amorites, 5 and the land of the (I)Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from (J)Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to (K)Lebo-hamath, 6 all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to (L)Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians. I myself will drive (M)them out from before the people of Israel. Only (N)allot the land to Israel (O)for an inheritance, as I have commanded you. 7 Now therefore (P)divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”
The Inheritance East of the Jordan
8 With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh[a] the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, (Q)which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them: 9 (R)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 (S)all the tableland of Medeba as far as Dibon; 10 (T)and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the boundary of the Ammonites; 11 and Gilead, and the (U)region of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and (V)all Bashan to Salecah; 12 (W)all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (he alone was left of (X)the remnant of the Rephaim); (Y)these Moses had struck and driven out. 13 (Z)Yet the people of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites, but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day.
14 (AA)To the tribe of Levi alone Moses gave no inheritance. The offerings by fire to the Lord God of Israel are their inheritance, as he said to him.
15 And Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the people of Reuben according to their clans. 16 So their territory was from Aroer, (AB)which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland by (AC)Medeba; 17 with Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the tableland; (AD)Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, 18 (AE)and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 19 and (AF)Kiriathaim, and (AG)Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar on the hill of the valley, 20 and (AH)Beth-peor, and (AI)the slopes of Pisgah, and (AJ)Beth-jeshimoth, 21 that is, (AK)all the cities of the tableland, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, (AL)whom Moses defeated with (AM)the leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land. 22 (AN)Balaam also, the son of Beor, the one who practiced divination, was killed with the sword by the people of Israel among the rest of their slain. 23 And the border of the people of Reuben was the Jordan as a boundary. This was the inheritance of the people of Reuben, according to their clans with their cities and villages.
24 Moses gave an inheritance also to the tribe of Gad, to the people of Gad, according to their clans. 25 (AO)Their territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites, to Aroer, which is east of (AP)Rabbah, 26 and from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from (AQ)Mahanaim to the territory of Debir,[b] 27 and in the valley Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, (AR)Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, having the Jordan as a boundary, to the lower end of the Sea of (AS)Chinnereth, eastward beyond the Jordan. 28 This is the inheritance of the people of Gad according to their clans, with their cities and villages.
29 And Moses gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh. It was allotted to the half-tribe of the people of Manasseh according to their clans. 30 Their region extended from (AT)Mahanaim, through all Bashan, the whole kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all (AU)the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities, 31 and half Gilead, and (AV)Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. These were allotted to the people of (AW)Machir the son of Manasseh for the half of the people of Machir according to their clans.
32 These are the inheritances that Moses distributed (AX)in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan east of Jericho. 33 (AY)But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance; the Lord God of Israel is their inheritance, (AZ)just as he said to them.
Footnotes
- Joshua 13:8 Hebrew With it
- Joshua 13:26 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew Lidebir
Josua 13
Schlachter 2000
Josua 13
Schlachter 2000
Die Verteilung des Landes unter die Stämme
Gott ordnet die Verteilung an
13 Als nun Josua alt und wohlbetagt war, sprach der Herr zu ihm: Du bist alt und wohlbetagt geworden, doch es bleibt noch sehr viel Land einzunehmen.
2 Dies aber ist das Land, das noch einzunehmen bleibt: nämlich alle Bezirke der Philister und das ganze Geschuri:
3 vom Sihor an, der östlich von Ägypten fließt, bis zu dem Gebiet von Ekron, nach Norden zu, das zu den Kanaanitern gerechnet wird, die fünf Fürsten der Philister, nämlich der von Gaza, der von Asdod, der von Askalon, der von Gat, der von Ekron; auch die Awwiter;
4 gegen Süden das ganze Land der Kanaaniter, und Maara der Zidonier, bis nach Aphek, bis an die Grenze der Amoriter;
5 dazu das Land der Gibliter und der ganze Libanon, gegen Aufgang der Sonne, von Baal-Gad an, am Fuß des Berges Hermon, bis man nach Hamat kommt:
6 alle, die im Bergland wohnen, vom Libanon an bis Misrephot-Majim, und alle Zidonier. Ich will sie vor den Söhnen Israels vertreiben; teile sie nur als Erbbesitz unter Israel durch das Los, so wie ich dir geboten habe!
7 So teile nun dieses Land als Erbe aus unter die neun Stämme und den halben Stamm Manasse!
Das Erbe der zweieinhalb Stämme im Ostjordanland
8 Denn der andere halbe Stamm Manasse sowie die Rubeniter und Gaditer haben ihr Erbteil empfangen,[a] das ihnen Mose jenseits des Jordan gegen Osten gab; so wie Mose, der Knecht des Herrn, es ihnen gegeben hat:
9 von Aroer an, das am Ufer des Arnonflusses liegt, und der Stadt, die in der Mitte des Tales ist, und die ganze Ebene Medeba bis nach Dibon,
10 und alle Städte Sihons, des Königs der Amoriter, der in Hesbon regierte, bis an die Grenze der Ammoniter;
11 dazu Gilead, das Gebiet der Geschuriter und Maachatiter und der ganze Berg Hermon und ganz Baschan bis nach Salcha;
12 das ganze Reich Ogs in Baschan, der in Astarot und Edrei regierte; er war noch von den Rephaitern[b] übrig geblieben; Mose aber hatte sie geschlagen und vertrieben.
13 Die Söhne Israels aber vertrieben die Geschuriter und Maachatiter nicht, sondern Geschur und Maachat blieben wohnen unter den Söhnen Israels bis zu diesem Tag.
14 Nur dem Stamm Levi gab er kein Erbteil; denn die Feueropfer des Herrn, des Gottes Israels, sind sein Erbteil, wie er ihm verheißen hat.
15 Und Mose gab dem Stamm der Söhne Rubens [seinen Anteil] nach ihren Geschlechtern,
16 sodass zu ihrem Gebiet gehörte: von Aroer an, das am Ufer des Arnonflusses liegt, samt der Stadt mitten im Tal und der ganzen Ebene bei Medeba;
17 Hesbon und alle seine Städte, die in der Ebene liegen: Dibon, Bamot-Baal und Beth-Baal-Meon,
18 Jahza, Kedemot und Mephaat,
19 Kirjataim, Sibma, Zeret-Sahar, auf dem Berg in der Talebene,
20 Beth-Peor, die Abhänge des Pisga und Beth-Jesimot;
21 und alle Städte auf der Ebene und das ganze Reich Sihons, des Königs der Amoriter, der in Hesbon regierte, den Mose schlug, ihn und die Fürsten Midians: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Chur und Reba, die Gewaltigen des Königs Sihon, die im Land wohnten.
22 Auch Bileam, den Sohn Beors, den Wahrsager, töteten die Söhne Israels mit dem Schwert zu den [übrigen] Erschlagenen hinzu.
23 Und die Grenze der Söhne Rubens bildete der Jordan und sein Ufer. Das ist das Erbteil der Söhne Rubens nach ihren Geschlechtern; die Städte und ihre Dörfer.
24 Dem Stamm Gad, den Söhnen Gads, gab Mose [seinen Anteil] nach ihren Geschlechtern,
25 sodass zu ihrem Gebiet gehörte: Jaeser und alle Städte in Gilead und das halbe Land der Ammoniter bis nach Aroer, das vor Rabba[c] liegt.
26 Und es reichte von Hesbon bis nach Ramat-Mizpe und Betonim, und von Mahanajim bis an das Gebiet von Lidebir;
27 in der Talebene aber: Beth-Haram, Beth-Nimra, Sukkot und Zaphon, der Überrest von dem Reich Sihons, des Königs von Hesbon; und den Jordan zur Grenze bis an das Ende des Sees Genezareth, was jenseits des Jordan, gegen Osten liegt.
28 Das ist das Erbteil der Söhne Gads nach ihren Geschlechtern, die Städte und ihre Dörfer.
29 Und Mose gab dem halben Stamm Manasse [seinen Anteil]; und er wurde dem halben Stamm der Söhne Manasses nach ihren Geschlechtern zuteil,
30 sodass ihr Gebiet reichte von Mahanajim an: ganz Baschan, das ganze Reich Ogs, des Königs von Baschan, und alle Dörfer Jairs, die in Baschan liegen, 60 Städte;
31 und das halbe Gilead, Astarot, Edrei, die Städte des Königreichs Ogs von Baschan, gab er den Söhnen Machirs, des Sohnes Manasses, dem halben Teil der Söhne Machirs, nach ihren Geschlechtern.
32 So viel hatte Mose als Erbe ausgeteilt auf der Ebene Moabs, jenseits des Jordan, östlich von Jericho.
33 Aber dem Stamm Levi gab Mose kein Erbteil; denn der Herr, der Gott Israels, ist ihr Erbteil, wie er ihnen verheißen hat.
Joshua 13
New International Version
Joshua 13
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Land Still to Be Taken
13 When Joshua had grown old,(A) 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(B) and Geshurites,(C) 3 from the Shihor River(D) on the east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron(E) on the north, all of it counted as Canaanite though held by the five Philistine rulers(F) in Gaza, Ashdod,(G) Ashkelon,(H) Gath and Ekron; the territory of the Avvites(I) 4 on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians as far as Aphek(J) and the border of the Amorites;(K) 5 the area of Byblos;(L) and all Lebanon(M) to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon(N) to Lebo Hamath.(O)
6 “As for all the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim,(P) that is, all the Sidonians, I myself will drive them out(Q) before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate this land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have instructed you,(R) 7 and divide it as an inheritance(S) among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh.”
Division of the Land East of the Jordan
8 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(T) it to them.(U)
9 It extended from Aroer(V) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and included the whole plateau(W) of Medeba as far as Dibon,(X) 10 and all the towns of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon,(Y) out to the border of the Ammonites.(Z) 11 It also included Gilead,(AA) the territory of the people of Geshur and Maakah, all of Mount Hermon and all Bashan as far as Salekah(AB)— 12 that is, the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan,(AC) who had reigned in Ashtaroth(AD) and Edrei.(AE) (He was the last of the Rephaites.(AF)) Moses had defeated them and taken over their land.(AG) 13 But the Israelites did not drive out the people of Geshur(AH) and Maakah,(AI) so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.(AJ)
14 But 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.(AK)
15 This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Reuben, according to its clans:
16 The territory from Aroer(AL) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and the whole plateau past Medeba(AM) 17 to Heshbon and all its towns on the plateau,(AN) including Dibon,(AO) Bamoth Baal,(AP) Beth Baal Meon,(AQ) 18 Jahaz,(AR) Kedemoth,(AS) Mephaath,(AT) 19 Kiriathaim,(AU) Sibmah,(AV) Zereth Shahar on the hill in the valley, 20 Beth Peor,(AW) the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth— 21 all the towns on the plateau(AX) and the entire realm of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the Midianite chiefs,(AY) Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba(AZ)—princes allied with Sihon—who lived in that country. 22 In addition to those slain in battle, the Israelites had put to the sword Balaam son of Beor,(BA) who practiced divination.(BB) 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.(BC)
24 This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Gad, according to its clans:
25 The territory of Jazer,(BD) all the towns of Gilead(BE) and half the Ammonite country as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;(BF) 26 and from Heshbon(BG) to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim(BH) to the territory of Debir;(BI) 27 and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah,(BJ) Sukkoth(BK) and Zaphon(BL) 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[b](BM)). 28 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Gadites,(BN) according to their clans.
29 This 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:
30 The territory extending from Mahanaim(BO) and including all of Bashan,(BP) the entire realm of Og king of Bashan(BQ)—all the settlements of Jair(BR) in Bashan, sixty towns, 31 half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei (the royal cities of Og in Bashan).(BS) This was for the descendants of Makir(BT) son of Manasseh—for half of the sons of Makir, according to their clans.(BU)
32 This is the inheritance Moses had given when he was in the plains of Moab(BV) across the Jordan east of Jericho.(BW) 33 But to the tribe of Levi, Moses had given no inheritance;(BX) the Lord, the God of Israel, is their inheritance,(BY) as he promised them.(BZ)
Footnotes
- Joshua 13:8 Hebrew With it (that is, with the other half of Manasseh)
- Joshua 13:27 Hebrew Kinnereth
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