NASB — Joshua 13 — KJV

Canaan Divided among the Tribes

1 Now aJoshua° was old° [and] advanced° in years° when the LORD° said° to him, “You are old° [and] advanced° in years°, and very° much° of the land° remains° to be possessed°. 2 This° is the land° that remains°: all° the regions° [of] the Philistines° and all° [those of] the aGeshurites°; 3 from the Shihor° which° is Ieast°° of Egypt°, even as far° as the border° of Ekron° to the north° (it is counted° as Canaanite°); the afive° lords° of the Philistines°: the Gazite°, the Ashdodite°, the Ashkelonite°, the Gittite°, the Ekronite°; and the Avvite° 4 Ito the south°, all° the land° of the Canaanite°, and Mearah° that belongs to the Sidonians°, as far° as aAphek°, to the border° of the bAmorite°; 5 and the land° of the aGebalite°, and all° of Lebanon°, toward the Ieast°°, bfrom Baal-gad° below° Mount° Hermon° as far° as IILebo-hamath°. 6 All° the inhabitants° of the hill° country° from Lebanon° as far° as aMisrephoth-maim°, all° the Sidonians°, I will Idrive° them out from before°° the sons° of Israel°; bonly° allot° it to Israel° for an inheritance° as I have commanded° you. 7 Now° therefore, apportion° this° land° for an inheritance° to the nine° tribes° and the half-tribe°° of Manasseh°.”

[1] aJsh 14:10
[2] aJsh 13:11; 1S 27:8
[3] ILit on the face of a1S 6:4, 16
[4] IOr from the Teman aJsh 12:18; 19:30; 1S 4:1; 1K 20:26, 30 bEzk 16:3; Am 2:10
[5] ILit sunrise IIOr the entrance of Hamath a1K 5:18 bJsh 12:7
[6] IOr dispossess aJsh 11:8 bNu 33:54

8 ¶ With Ithe other half-tribe, the Reubenites° and the Gadites° received° their inheritance° which° Moses° gave° them abeyond° the Jordan° to the east°, just° as Moses° the servant° of the LORD° gave° to them; 9 from Aroer°, which° is on the edge° of the valley° of the Arnon°, with the city° which° is in the middle° of the valley°, and all° the plain° of Medeba°, as far° as Dibon°; 10 and all° the cities° of Sihon° king° of the Amorites°, who° reigned° in Heshbon°, as far° as the border° of the sons° of Ammon°; 11 and aGilead°, and the Iterritory° of the Geshurites° and Maacathites°, and all° Mount° Hermon°, and all° Bashan° as far° as Salecah°; 12 all° the kingdom° of aOg° in Bashan°, who° reigned° in Ashtaroth° and in Edrei° (he alone was left° of the remnant° of the Rephaim°); for Moses° bstruck° them and dispossessed° them. 13 But the sons° of Israel° did not dispossess° the Geshurites° or the Maacathites°; for Geshur° and Maacath° live° among° Israel° until° this° day°. 14 aOnly° to the tribe° of Levi° he did not give° an inheritance°; the offerings° by fire° to the LORD°, the God° of Israel°, are Itheir inheritance°, as He spoke° to him.

[8] ILit it, the aJsh 12:1-6
[11] IOr border aGn 37:25; Nu 32:29; Jsh 13:25; 17:5f
[12] aDt 3:11 bNu 21:24
[14] ILit his aDt 18:1, 2

15 ¶ So Moses° gave° [an inheritance] to the tribe° of the sons° of Reuben° according to their families°. 16 Their Iterritory° was afrom Aroer°, which° is on the edge° of the valley° of the Arnon°, with the city° which° is in the middle° of the valley° and all° the plain° by Medeba°; 17 Heshbon°, and all° its cities° which° are on the plain°: Dibon° and Bamoth-baal°° and Beth-baal-meon°, 18 and aJahaz° and Kedemoth° and Mephaath°, 19 and aKiriathaim° and Sibmah° and Zereth-shahar° on the hill° of the valley°, 20 and Beth-peor° and the slopes° of Pisgah° and Beth-jeshimoth°, 21 even 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 chiefs° of Midian°, aEvi° and Rekem° and Zur° and Hur° and Reba°, the princes° of Sihon°, who lived° in the land°. 22 The sons° of Israel° also killed° aBalaam° the son° of Beor°, the diviner°, with the sword° among° [the rest of] their slain°. 23 The border° of the sons° of Reuben° was the IJordan°. This° was the inheritance° of the sons° of Reuben° according to their families°, the cities° and their villages°.

[16] IOr border aJsh 13:9
[18] aNu 21:23; Jg 11:20; Is 15:4; Jr 48:34
[19] aNu 32:37; Jr 48:1, 23; Ezk 25:9
[21] aNu 31:8
[22] aNu 31:8
[23] ILit Jordan and border

24 ¶ Moses° also gave° [an inheritance] to the tribe° of Gad°, to the sons° of Gad°, according to their families°. 25 Their territory° was aJazer°, and all° the cities° of Gilead°, and half° the land° of the sons° of Ammon°, as far° as Aroer° which° is before°° Rabbah°; 26 and from Heshbon° as far° as Ramath-mizpeh° and Betonim°, and from Mahanaim° as far° as the border° of IDebir°; 27 and in the valley°, Beth-haram° and Beth-nimrah° and Succoth° and Zaphon°, the rest° of the kingdom° of Sihon° king° of Heshbon°, with the Jordan° Ias a border°, as far° as the [lower] end° of the Sea° of IIaChinnereth° beyond° the Jordan° to the east°. 28 This° is the inheritance° of the sons° of Gad° according to their families°, the cities° and their villages°.

[25] aNu 21:32; Jsh 21:39; 2S 24:5; 1Ch 6:81; 26:31; Is 16:8f; Jr 48:32
[26] IOr Lidebir
[27] ILit and border III.e. Galilee aNu 34:11; Dt 3:17

29 ¶ Moses° also gave° [an inheritance] to the half-tribe°° of Manasseh°; and it was for the half-tribe°° of the sons° of Manasseh° according to their families°. 30 Their territory° was from Mahanaim°, all° Bashan°, all° the kingdom° of Og° king° of Bashan°, and all° athe Itowns° of Jair°, which° are in Bashan°, sixty° cities°; 31 also half° of Gilead°, with aAshtaroth° and Edrei°, the cities° of the kingdom° of Og° in Bashan°, [were] for the sons° of Machir° the son° of Manasseh°, for half° of the sons° of Machir° according to their families°.

[30] ILit tent villages aNu 32:41
[31] aJsh 9:10; 12:4; 13:12; Jg 10:6; 1S 7:3f; 12:10; 1Ch 6:71

32 ¶ These° are [the territories] which° Moses° apportioned° for an inheritance° in the plains° of Moab°, beyond°° the Jordan° at Jericho° to the east°. 33 But ato the tribe° of Levi°, Moses° did not give° an inheritance°; the LORD°, the God° of Israel°, is their inheritance°, as He had Ipromised° to them.

[33] ILit spoken to aDt 18:1f; Jsh 13:14


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The bounds of the land not yet conquered.

1 ¶ Now Joshuaº was oldºª [and] strickenºª in years;º and the LORDº saidºª unto² him, Thou² art oldºª [and] strickenºª in years,º and there remainethºª yet veryº muchºª landº to be possessed.ºª 2 This² [is] the landº that yet remaineth:ºª all² the bordersº of the Philistines,º and all² Geshuri,º 3 From² Sihor,º which² [is] beforeº² Egypt,º even unto² the bordersº of Ekronº northward,º [which] is countedºª to the Canaanite:º fiveº lordsº of the Philistines;º the Gazathites,º and the Ashdothites,º the Eshkalonites,º the Gittites,º and the Ekronites;º also the Avites:¹² 4 From the south,º² all² the landº of the Canaanites,º and Mearahº that² [is] beside the Sidonians,º unto² Aphek,º to² the bordersº of the Amorites:º 5 And the landº of the Giblites,º and all² Lebanon,º toward the sunrising,ºº from Baalgadº² under² mountº Hermonº unto² the enteringºª into Hamath.º 6 All² the inhabitantsºª of the hill countryº from² Lebanonº unto² Misrephothmaim,º [and] all² the Sidonians,º them will I² drive outºª from beforeº² the childrenº of Israel:º only² divide thou it by lotºª unto the Israelitesº for an inheritance,º as² I have commandedºª thee. 7 Now² therefore divideºª² this² landº for an inheritanceº unto the nineº tribes,º and the halfº tribeº of Manasseh,º

[1] Gn 18:11; Dt 31:3; Jsh 14:10; 23:1; 24:29; 1K 1:1; Lk 1:7.
[2] Gn 10:14; 26:1; Ex 23:29; Dt 11:23; Jsh 12:5; 13:11, 13; Jg 3:1; 1S 27:8; 2S 3:3; 13:37; 15:8; Jol 3:4.
[3] Gn 10:6, 15; Nu 34:2; Dt 2:23; Jsh 13:13; Jg 3:3; 1S 6:4, 16; Jr 2:18; Zp 2:4.
[4] Jsh 10:40; 11:3; 12:7; 19:30; Jg 1:34; 1S 4:1; 1K 20:26; 2K 13:18.
[5] Nu 34:8; Dt 1:7; 3:25; Jsh 11:17; 12:7; 1K 5:18; Ps 83:7; Is 10:9; Ezk 27:9; Am 6:2.
[6] Gn 15:18; Ex 23:30; Jsh 11:8; 14:1; 23:13; Jg 2:21.
[7] Nu 26:53; 32:2; 33:54; Ezk 47:13; 48:23.

The inheritance of the two tribes and half.

8 With² whom the Reubenitesº and the Gaditesº have receivedºª their inheritance,º which² Mosesº gaveºª them, beyondº Jordanº eastward,º [even] as² Mosesº the servantº of the LORDº gaveºª them; 9 From Aroer,º² that² [is] upon² the bankº of the riverº Arnon,º and the cityº that² [is] in the midstº of the river,º and all² the plainº of Medebaº unto² Dibon;º 10 And all² the citiesº of Sihonº kingº of the Amorites,º which² reignedºª in Heshbon,º unto² the borderº of the childrenº of Ammon;º 11 And Gilead,º and the borderº of the Geshuritesº and Maachathites,º and all² mountº Hermon,º and all² Bashanº unto² Salcah;º 12 All² the kingdomº of Ogº in Bashan,º which² reignedºª in Ashtarothº and in Edrei,º who² remainedºª of the remnantº² of the giants:º for these did Mosesº smite,ºª and cast them out.ºª 13 Nevertheless the childrenº of Israelº expelledºª not²² the Geshurites,º nor the Maachathites:º but the Geshuritesº and the Maachathitesº dwellºª amongº the Israelitesº until² this² day.º

[8] Nu 32:33; Dt 3:12; Jsh 4:12; 22:4.
[9] Nu 21:30; Dt 3:12, 16; Jsh 12:2; 13:16; Is 15:2; Jr 48:18, 22.
[10] Nu 21:24.
[11] Dt 4:47; Jsh 12:2; 1Ch 2:23.
[12] Nu 21:23; Dt 3:10; Jsh 12:4; 14:3.
[13] Nu 33:55; Jsh 13:11; 23:12; Jg 2:1; 2S 3:3; 13:37.

The LORD and his sacrifices are the inheritance of Levi.

14 Only² unto the tribeº of Leviº he gaveºª none² inheritance;º the sacrifices¹ª of the LORD¹ God¹ of Israel¹ made by fireº²²² [are] their inheritance,º as² he saidºª unto them.

[14] Nu 18:20; Dt 10:9; 12:12, 19; 18:2; Jsh 13:33; 14:3.

The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben.

15 ¶ And Mosesº gaveºª unto the tribeº of the childrenº of Reubenº [inheritance] according to their families.º 16 And their coastº was² from Aroer,º² that² [is] on² the bankº of the riverº Arnon,º and the cityº that² [is] in the midstº of the river,º and all² the plainº by² Medeba;º 17 Heshbon,º and all² her citiesº that² [are] in the plain;º Dibon,º and Bamothbaal,º and Bethbaalmeon,º 18 And Jahazah,º and Kedemoth,º and Mephaath,º 19 And Kirjathaim,º and Sibmah,º and Zarethshaharº in the mountº of the valley,º 20 And Bethpeor,º and Ashdothpisgah,ºª¹ and Bethjeshimoth,º 21 And all² the citiesº of the plain,º and all² the kingdomº of Sihonº kingº of the Amorites,º which² reignedºª in Heshbon,º whom² Mosesº smoteºª with² the princesº of Midian,º² Evi,º and Rekem,º and Zur,º and Hur,º and Reba,º [which were] dukesº of Sihon,º dwellingºª in the country.º

[16] Nu 21:28; 32:33; Dt 3:12; Jsh 12:2; 13:9; Is 15:1, 4; 16:7; Jr 48:21.
[17] Nu 21:19; 22:41; 32:38.
[18] Nu 21:23; Jsh 21:36; 1Ch 6:78.
[19] Nu 32:37, 38; Is 16:8; Jr 48:32.
[20] Nu 25:3; 33:49; Dt 3:17; 4:46; Jsh 12:3; Ezk 25:9.
[21] Nu 21:24; 31:8; Dt 2:30; 3:10.

Balaam slain.

22 ¶ Balaamº also the sonº of Beor,º the soothsayer,ºª did the childrenº of Israelº slayºª with the swordº among² them¹ that were slainº by them. 23 And the borderº of the childrenº of Reubenº was² Jordan,º and the borderº [thereof]. This² [was] the inheritanceº of the childrenº of Reubenº after their families,º the citiesº and the villagesº thereof.

[22] Nu 22:5; 24:1; 31:8; 2P 2:15; Jde 1:11; Rv 2:14; 19:20.

The bounds of the inheritance of Gad,

24 And Mosesº gaveºª [inheritance] unto the tribeº of Gad,º [even] unto the childrenº of Gadº according to their families.º 25 And their coastº was² Jazer,º and all² the citiesº of Gilead,º and halfº the landº of the childrenº of Ammon,º unto² Aroerº that² [is] beforeº² Rabbah;º 26 And from Heshbonº² unto² Ramathmizpeh,º and Betonim;º and from Mahanaimº² unto² the borderº of Debir;º 27 And in the valley,º Betharam,º and Bethnimrah,º and Succoth,º and Zaphon,º the restº of the kingdomº² of Sihonº kingº of Heshbon,º Jordanº and [his] border,º [even] unto² the edgeº of the seaº of Chinnerethº on the other sideº Jordanº eastward.º 28 This² [is] the inheritanceº of the childrenº of Gadº after their families,º the cities,º and their villages.º

[24] Nu 32:34.
[25] Nu 21:26; 32:35; Dt 2:19; 3:11; Jg 11:13; 2S 11:1; 12:26; Ezk 21:20; Am 1:14.
[26] Gn 31:49; 32:1; Jsh 20:8; 21:38; Jg 10:17; 11:11, 29; 2S 2:8; 9:4; 17:27; 1K 22:3.
[27] Gn 33:17; Nu 32:3, 36; 34:11; Dt 3:17; Jsh 11:2; 12:3; Jg 8:5, 14; 1K 7:46; Lk 5:1.

and of the half tribe of Manasseh.

29 ¶ And Mosesº gaveºª [inheritance] unto the halfº tribeº of Manasseh:º and [this] was² [the possession] of the halfº tribeº of the childrenº of Manassehº by their families.º 30 And their coastº was² from Mahanaim,º² all² Bashan,º all² the kingdomº of Ogº kingº of Bashan,º and all² the townsº of Jair,º which² [are] in Bashan,º threescoreº cities:º 31 And halfº Gilead,º and Ashtaroth,º and Edrei,º citiesº of the kingdomº of Ogº in Bashan,º [were pertaining] unto the childrenº of Machirº the sonº of Manasseh,º [even] to the one halfº of the childrenº of Machirº by their families.º 32 These² [are the countries] which² Mosesº did distribute for inheritanceºª in the plainsº of Moab,º on the other sideº² Jordan,º by Jericho,º eastward.º

[30] Nu 32:39; Dt 3:13; Jsh 13:26; 1Ch 2:21.
[31] Nu 32:39; Jsh 12:4.

The LORD and his sacrifices are the inheritance of Levi.

33 But unto the tribeº of Leviº Mosesº gaveºª not² [any] inheritance:º the LORDº Godº of Israelº [was] their inheritance,º as² he saidºª unto them.

[33] Nu 18:20; Dt 10:9; 18:1; Jsh 13:14; 18:7.


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