Chapter 13 Now Joshua was old, and stricken in years.
And the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth
yet very much land to be possessed.
This is the land that yet remaineth, all the borders of the Philistines,
and Al-Gashorai, from Sihor which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of
Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite, five lords of the Philistines,
The Gazathites, and the Ashtathites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites,
and the Akronites, also the Avites.
From the south, all the land of the Canaanites and Meara, that is beside the
Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites, and the land of the
Giblites, and all Lebanon toward the sun rising.
From Baalgaad, under Mount Hermon, unto the entering into Hamath,
all the inhabitants of the hill country, from Lebanon unto Mizraphothmaim,
and all the Sidonians.
Them will I drive out from before the children of Israel.
Only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance,
as I have commanded thee.
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 Aror, 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, and all the cities of
Sion, king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the
children of Ammon, and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and
Maakathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salchah, all the
kingdom of Og and Bashan, which reigned in Ashtoroth and in Edrei, who remained the
remnant of the giants.
For these did Moses smite and cast them out.
Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites nor the
Maakathites, but the Geshurites and the Maakathites dwell among the Israelites
until this day.
Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance.
The sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance,
as he said unto them.
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according
to their families.
And their coast was from Aror, that is on the bank of the river Arnon,
and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medibah.
Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain, Dibon, and Bamoth-Bael,
and Beth-Bael-Meon, and Jehaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaoth, and
Kirjathaim, and Sibma, and Zareth-Shehar in the mount of the valley, and Beth-Peor,
and Ashdath-Pisgah, and Beth-Jeshemoth.
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon, king of the
Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of
Midian, Evi, and Recham, and Zer, and Her, and Reba, which were dukes of
Sihon dwelling in the country.
Balaam, also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel
slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof.
This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben, after their families,
the cities, and the villages thereof.
And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad,
according to their families.
And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the
children of Ammon, unto Aurora that is before Rabba.
And from Heshbon unto Ramoth-Mizpah, and Bethanim, and from Mahanaim unto the
border of Debor, and in the valley Beth-Aram, and Beth-Nimrah, and Succoth,
and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon, king of Heshbon, Jordan,
and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Kinnerath, on the other side,
Jordan, eastward.
This is the inheritance of the children of Gad, after their families, the cities,
and their villages.
And Moses gave inheritance unto the half-tribe of Manasseh, and this was the
possession of the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.
And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og,
king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jer, which are in Bashan, threescore cities.
And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og and
Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Makir, the son of Manasseh,
even to the one half of the children of Makir by their families.
These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains
of Moab, on the other side, Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance.
The Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.