1 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.
2 This is the
land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
3 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 Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the
Avites:
4 From
the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside
the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
5 And
the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad
under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
6 All
the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, 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.
7 Now
therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the
half tribe of Manasseh,
8 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;
9 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;
10 And
all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto
the border of the children of Ammon;
11 And
Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount
Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
12 All
the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who
remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them
out.
13 Nevertheless
the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but
the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
14 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.
15 And
Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according
to their families.
16 And
their coast was from Aroer, 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 Medeba;
17 Heshbon,
and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal,
and Bethbaalmeon,
18 And
Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
19 And
Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley,
20 And
Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,
21 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
Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the
country.
22 Balaam
also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the
sword among them that were slain by them.
23 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.
24 And
Moses gave inheritance unto
the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to
their families.
25 And
their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the
children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
26 And
from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border
of Debir;
27 And
in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, 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 Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
28 This is the
inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their
villages.
29 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.
30 And
their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of
Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
31 And
half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto
the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of
Machir by their families.
32 These are the countries which
Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side
Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
33 But
unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their
inheritance, as he said unto them.
