which is on the bank of the river Arnon and in the midst of the river, and over half Gilead unto the river Jabbok, the 3 border of the children of Ammon; and over the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, the salt sea, on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on 4 the south under the declivities of Pisgah; and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the giants, who dwelt 5 at Ashtaroth and at Edrei. And he reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border 6 of Sihon king of Heshbon. Them did Moses the servant of Jehovah and the children of Israel smite. And Moses the servant of Jehovah gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. 7 And these are the kings of the land which Joshua and the children of Israel smote beyond the Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the bald mountain that goes up to Seir. And Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their 8 divisions; in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the plain, and in the declivities, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: 9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside 10 Beth-el, one; the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of 11 Hebron, one; the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; 13 the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; the king of 14 Hormal, one; the king of Arad, one; the king of Libnah, the king of Adullam one; the king of Makkedah, one; 16 the king of Beth-el, one; the king of Tappuah, one; the 17 king of Hepher, one; the king of Aphek, one; the 18 king of Lasharon, one; the king of Madon, one; the king 19 of Hazor, one; the king of Shimron-meron, one; the 20 king of Achshaph, one; the king of Taanach, one; the 21 king of Megiddo, one; the king of Kedesh, one; the king 22 of Jokneam on Carmel, one; the king of Dor, on the height 12 15 one; 23 of Dor, one; the king of the nations at Gilgal, one; the king 24 of Tirzah, one. All the kings thirty and one. 1 AND Joshua was old, far gone in years. And Jehovah said to him: Thou art old, far gone in years, and there yet 2 remains very much land to be possessed. This is the land that yet remains; all the circuits of the Philistines, and all 3 Geshuri; from Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the border of Ekron northward, shall be counted to the Canaanite; five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites, 4 and the Avites; on the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the 5 borders of the Amorites; and the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad at the foot 6 of mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath. All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, all the Sidonians, them will I drive out before the children of Israel; only divide thou it by lot to the Israelites. 7 for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. And now divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and 8 the half tribe of Manasseh; with him the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them beyond the Jordan on the east, even as Moses the 9 servant of Jehovah gave to them; from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of 10 the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon; and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in 11 Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon; and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, 12 and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei; he remained of the remnant of the giants; and 13 Moses smote them, and drove them out. And the children of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites and the Maacha Ch. xiii. 1-6. Portions of the country remaining unsubdued. thites; and the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwelt among 14 the Israelites, unto this day. Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the sacrifices of Jehovah God of Israel are their inheritance, as he said to them. 15 And Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben 16 according to their families. And their border was from Aroer, which 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 18 Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, and Jahaza, and Kede19 moth, and Mephaath, and Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and 20 Zareth-shahar on the mount of the valley, and Beth-peor, and 21 the declivities of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth, and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote, him and the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and 22 Hur, and Reba, princes of Sihon, inhabiting the land. And Balaam the son of Beor, the soothsayer, the children of Israel slew with the sword, among their slain. 23 And the border of the children of Reuben was the Jordan, and what borders it. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and their villages. 24 And Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad, 25 according to their families. And their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of 26 Ammon, unto Aroer which is before Rabbah; and from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from 27 Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; and in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and what borders it unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth 28 beyond the Jordan on the east. This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages. 29 And Moses gave to the half tribe of Manasseh; and it became [the possession] of the half tribe, the children of 30 Manasseh by their families. And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore 31 cities; and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, came to the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, to the half of the children of Machir by 32 their families. These are what Moses gave for inheritance in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, by Jericho, on 33 the east. And to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritJehovah God of Israel, he was their inheritance, as ance. he said to them. 1 AND these are what the children of Israel were made to inherit in the land of Canaan; which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, gave for inheritance to them; 2 their apportionment by lot, to the nine tribes and the half 3 tribe, as Jehovah commanded by the hand of Moses. For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half tribe beyond the Jordan; and to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them. For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And they gave no portion to the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their 5 suburbs for their cattle and for their substance. As Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. 6 And the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal; and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said to him: Thou knowest the thing that Jehovah said to Moses the man of 7 God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea. Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of Jehovah sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought him word 8 again as it was in my heart. And my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly 9 followed Jehovah my God. And Moses swore on that day, saying: Surely the land whereon thy foot has trodden shall VV. 6-8. See Num. 13:1-14: 3, and 14: 30. be thy inheritance, and thy children's for ever; for thou hast 10 wholly followed Jehovah my God. And now, behold, Jehovah has kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, since Jehovah spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, lo, I am this day four11 score and five years old. Still am I strong this day as in the day that Moses sent me. As my strength was then so is my strength now, for war and to go out and to come in. 12 And now give me this mountain, of which Jehovah spoke in that day. For thou heardest in that day that the Anakim were there, and great, fenced cities; if so be Jehovah is with 13 me, then I shall drive them out, as Jehovah said. And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son 14 of Jephunneh for an inheritance. Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because he wholly followed Jehovah God of 15 Israel. And the name of Hebron before was city of Arba. He was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war. 1 AND there was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; toward the border of Edom the wilderness 2 of Zin southward, at the extreme south. And their south border was from the end of the salt sea, from the tongue that 3 turns southward. And it went out to the south side of the ascent to Acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up on the south side of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, 4 and went up to Adar, and turned toward Karka; and it passed over to Azmon, and went out to the river of Egypt; and the terminations of the border were at the sea; this 5 shall be your south border. And the east border was the salt sea, unto the end of the Jordan. And the border on the northern side was from the tongue of the sea at the 6 mouth of the Jordan. And the border went up to Bethhoglah, and passed along northwardly to Beth-arabah. And V. 12. If so be. See Num. 14: 8. |