Joshua 13

Lands Yet Unconquered

(Judges 1:1–7)

1 Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed. ‡ Jos 14:10Deu 31:3Jos 24:29Gen 18:11Jos 23:1-2Luk 1:71Ki 1:1 2 This is the land that remains: ‡ Jos 13:111Sa 27:8Jdg 3:1Jol 3:42Sa 13:37-382Sa 15:82Sa 3:3Deu 11:23-24 +5

All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, 3 from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites; ‡ Deu 2:23Jdg 3:3Jer 2:181Sa 6:16-171Sa 6:4Gen 10:15-19Gen 10:6Jos 13:13 +2

4 to the south, all the land of the Canaanites, from Mearah ¹of the Sidonians to Aphek, as far as the border of the Amorites; ‡ Jos 19:301Sa 4:1Jdg 1:34-36Amo 2:10Jos 10:40Jos 11:3Jos 12:18Jos 12:7-8

5 the land of the Gebalites; ² ‡ 1Ki 5:18Jos 12:7Ezk 27:9Psa 83:7Jos 11:17Num 34:8Amo 6:2Deu 1:7 +2

and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.

6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim—all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive out before the Israelites. Be sure to divide it by lot as an inheritance to Israel, as I have commanded you. ‡ Jos 11:8Jdg 2:21-23Jos 23:13Num 33:54Exo 23:30-31Gen 15:18-21Jos 14:1-2Jos 23:4 7 Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.” ‡ Num 26:53-56Ezk 47:13-23Ezk 48:23-29Num 32:2-14Num 33:54

The Inheritance East of the Jordan

(Numbers 32:1–42; Deuteronomy 3:12–22)

8 The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them: ‡ Jos 12:6Deu 3:12-17Jos 22:4Jos 4:12Num 32:33-42

9 The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon, ‡ Jos 13:16Num 21:30Deu 3:12Deu 3:16Isa 15:2Jer 48:18Jer 48:22Jos 12:2 10 and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites; ‡ Num 21:24-26

11 also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah— ‡ 1Ch 2:23Deu 4:47-48Jos 12:2-5 12 the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and had remained as a remnant of the Rephaim. ‡ Jos 12:4Deu 3:10-11Jos 14:3-4Num 21:23-35

Moses had struck them down and dispossessed them, 13 but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day. ‡ Jos 13:11Jos 23:12-13Num 33:552Sa 13:37-382Sa 3:3Jdg 2:1-3

14 To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The offerings made by fire to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as He had promised them. ‡ Num 18:20-24Jos 14:3-4Deu 18:1-2Deu 10:9Deu 12:12Deu 12:19

Reuben’s Inheritance

15 This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben:

16 The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba, ‡ Jos 13:9Jos 12:2Deu 3:12Isa 15:1-2Isa 15:4Isa 16:7-9Jer 48:21-24Num 21:28-30 +117 to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon, ‡ Num 21:19Num 22:41Num 32:38 18 Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath, ‡ Num 21:231Ch 6:78-79Jos 21:36-37 19 Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley, ‡ Num 32:37-38 20 Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth— ‡ Deu 4:46Jos 12:3Deu 3:17Ezk 25:9Num 25:3Num 33:49 21 all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land. ‡ Num 31:8Deu 3:10Deu 2:30-36Num 21:24-35

22 The Israelites also killed the diviner Balaam son of Beor along with the others they put to the sword. ‡ Num 31:82Pe 2:15Jud 1:11Rev 2:14Num 22:5-7Num 24:1Rev 19:20 23 And the border of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan.

This was the inheritance of the clans of the Reubenites, including the cities and villages.

Gad’s Inheritance

24 This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Gad: ‡ Num 32:34-36

25 The territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah; ‡ 2Sa 11:12Sa 12:26Deu 3:11Num 32:35Amo 1:14Deu 2:19Ezk 21:20Jdg 11:13-27 +3

26 the territory from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir; ³ ‡ 2Sa 17:272Sa 2:81Ki 22:32Sa 9:4-5Gen 31:49Gen 32:1-2Jdg 10:17Jdg 11:11 +3

27 and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth ⁴). ‡ Gen 33:17Num 32:36Num 34:11Deu 3:17Jos 11:21Ki 7:46Jdg 8:14-16Jdg 8:5-6 +3

28 This was the inheritance of the clans of the Gadites, including the cities and villages.

Manasseh’s Eastern Inheritance

29 This is what Moses had given to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh:

30 The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities; ‡ Jos 13:261Ch 2:21-23Deu 3:13-15Num 32:39-41 31 half of Gilead; and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan. ‡ Jos 12:4Num 32:39-40

All this was for the clans of the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half of the descendants of Machir.

32 These were the portions Moses had given them on the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho.

33 To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as He had promised them. ‡ Jos 18:7Jos 13:14Deu 10:9Deu 18:1-2Num 18:20