Joshua 13
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.