Joshua 13:2 - Prayer Tents

Joshua 13

Territories Yet to be Conquered

13When Joshua had grown old, having lived many years, the Lord said to him, "You are old and have lived many years, but much of the land still remains to be possessed.H3091H2204H935H3117H3068H559H2204H935H3117H7604H3966H7235H776H34232This territory remains: all of the Philistine regions, including all Geshurite holdingsH776H7604H1552H6430H16513from the Shihor east of Egypt as far as the border of Ekron on the north (which is considered part of Canaan). This includes the five rulers of the Philistines: the Gazites, the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, the Ekronites, and the Avvites.H7883H6440H4714H1366H6138H6828H2803H3669H2568H5633H6430H5841H796H832H1663H6139H57614"To the south, there remains to be conquered all the territory held by the Canaanites, Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, as far as Aphek, to the border of the Amorites,H8486H776H3669H4632H6722H663H1366H5675including the territory of the Gebalites and all of Lebanon facing the east from Baal-gad at the foot of Mount Hermon as far as Lebo-hamath,H776H1382H3844H4217H8121H1171H2022H2768H935H25746and all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephot-maim, including all the Sidonians. I myself will drive them out in the presence of the Israelites.H3427H2022H3844H4956H6722H3423H6440H1121H3478H5307H3478H5159H66807You only have to allocate the land as an inheritance, just as I commanded you."H2505H776H5159H8672H7626H2677H7626H4519

Summary of Allocations to Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh

8The Reubenites and Gadites, along with the other half-tribe of Manasseh, received their inherited portion that Moses the servant of the Lord had given them to the east beyond the Jordan River.H7206H1425H3947H5159H4872H5414H5676H3383H4217H4872H5650H3068H54149Specifically included was from Aroer on the banks of the Wadi Arnon, and the town that lies in the middle of the valley, including all the plains from Medeba to Dibon,H6177H8193H5158H769H5892H8432H5158H4334H4311H176910all the cities pertaining to King Sihon of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the boundary of the Ammonite territory,H5892H5511H4428H567H4427H2809H1366H1121H598311Gilead and the region belonging to the Geshurites and Maacathites, including all of Mount Herman, and all of Bashan as far as Salecah.H1568H1366H1651H4602H2022H2768H1316H554812Also included was the entire kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei. (He was the sole survivor left of the Rephaim.) Although Moses had defeated these people and driven them out,H4468H5747H1316H4427H6252H154H7604H3499H7497H4872H5221H342313the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites - Geshur and Maacath live within the territory of Israel to this day.11H1121H3478H3423H1651H4602H1650H4601H3427H7130H3478H3117

Allocations to Levi

14Moses allotted no inheritance solely to the tribe of Levi. As he had mentioned to them, the offerings by fire to the Lord God of Israel are their inheritance.H7626H3878H5414H5159H801H3068H430H3478H801H5159H1696

Allocations to Reuben

15Moses allocated territory to the tribe of the descendants of Reuben according to their clans.H4872H5414H4294H1121H7205H494016Their allocation was from the border of Aroer on the edge of the Arnon valley (including the city that is located in the valley, as well as the entire plain next to Medeba),H1366H6177H8193H5158H769H5892H8432H5158H4334H431117Heshbon and all of its cities that are on the plain, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,H2809H5892H4334H1769H1120H101018Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,H3096H6932H415819Kiriathaim, Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley,H7156H7643H6890H2022H601020Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, Beth-jeshimoth,H1047H798H794H102021all of the cities of the plain, the entire kingdom of King Sihon of the Amorites, who used to reign in Heshbon and whom Moses attacked, along with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, nobles of Sihon who lived in the land.H5892H4334H4468H5511H4428H567H4427H2809H4872H5221H5387H4080H189H7552H6698H2354H7254H5257H5511H3427H77622The Israelites also killed Beor's son Balaam, the occult practitioner, executing him by the sword as one of those killed.H1109H1121H1160H7080H1121H3478H2026H2719H413H249123The border of the Reubenites was the Jordan River and its banks. This was the inheritance belonging to the Reubenites, divided according to their families, cities, and villages.16H1366H1121H7205H3383H1366H5159H1121H7205H4940H5892H2691

Allocations to Gad

24Moses also allocated territory to the tribe of Gad, that is, to the descendants of Gad, according to their families.H4872H5414H4294H1410H1121H1410H494025Their territory included Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer which is located near Rabbah,H1366H3270H5892H1568H2677H776H1121H5983H6177H6440H723726from Heshbon as far as Ramath-mispeh and Betonim, from Mahanaim as far as the border of Debir,H2809H7434H993H4266H1366H168827the valley containing Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of King Sihon of Heshbon, with the Jordan River as its border as far as the southern end of the Sea of Galilee beyond the Jordan River to the east.H6010H1027H1039H5523H6829H3499H4468H5511H4428H2809H3383H1366H7097H3220H3672H5676H3383H421728This was the inheritance belonging to the Gadites according to their clans, cities, and villages.1327H5159H1121H1410H4940H5892H2691

Allocations to Manasseh

29Moses also allocated territory to the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, for the half-tribe of the Manassites according to their clans.H4872H5414H2677H7626H4519H2677H4294H1121H4519H494030Their territory extended from Mahanaim to include all of Bashan, all of the kingdom of King Og of Bashan, all of the 60 towns of Jair there in Bashan,H1366H4266H1316H4468H5747H4428H1316H2333H2971H1316H8346H589231half of Gilead, including Ashtaroth and Edrei. The cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan went to half of the descendants of Manasseh's son Machir, according to their clans.H2677H1568H6252H154H5892H4468H5747H1316H1121H4353H1121H4519H2677H1121H4353H494032These were the allotments that Moses apportioned for an inheritance in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan River east of Jericho.H4872H5157H6160H4124H5676H3383H3405H4217

Allocations to Levi

33Moses allotted no inheritance to the tribe of Levi. The Lord God of Israel is their inheritance, as he promised them.H7626H3878H4872H5414H5159H3068H430H3478H5159H1696