Joshua 13:31 - Prayer Tents

Joshua 13

The Receiving of the Land

13When Joshua had reached a venerable age, GOD said to him, "You've had a good, long life, but there is a lot of land still to be taken.H3091H2204H935H3117H3068H559H2204H935H3117H7604H3966H7235H776H34232This is the land that remains: all the districts of the Philistines and Geshurites;H776H7604H1552H6430H16513the land from the Shihor River east of Egypt to the border of Ekron up north, Canaanite country (there were five Philistine tyrants—in Gaza, in Ashdod, in Ashkelon, in Gath, in Ekron); also the AvvimH7883H6440H4714H1366H6138H6828H2803H3669H2568H5633H6430H5841H796H832H1663H6139H57614from the south; all the Canaanite land from Arah (belonging to the Sidonians) to Aphek at the Amorite border;H8486H776H3669H4632H6722H663H1366H5675the country of the Gebalites; all Lebanon eastward from Baal Gad in the shadow of Mount Hermon to the Entrance of Hamath;H776H1382H3844H4217H8121H1171H2022H2768H935H25746all who live in the mountains, from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim; all the Sidonians. "I myself will drive them out before the People of Israel. All you have to do is allot this land to Israel as an inheritance, as I have instructed you.H3427H2022H3844H4956H6722H3423H6440H1121H3478H5307H3478H5159H66807Do it now: Allot this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."H2505H776H5159H8672H7626H2677H7626H4519

Land East of the Jordan

8The other half-tribe of Manasseh, with the Reubenites and Gadites, had been given their inheritance by Moses on the other side of the Jordan eastward. Moses the servant of GOD gave it to them.H7206H1425H3947H5159H4872H5414H5676H3383H4217H4872H5650H3068H54149This land extended from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon Gorge and the city in the middle of the valley, taking in the entire tableland of Medeba as far as Dibon,H6177H8193H5158H769H5892H8432H5158H4334H4311H176910and all the towns of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled from Heshbon, and out to the border of the Ammonites.H5892H5511H4428H567H4427H2809H1366H1121H598311It also included Gilead, the country of the people of Geshur and Maacah, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—H1568H1366H1651H4602H2022H2768H1316H554812the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei. He was one of the last survivors of the Rephaim. Moses had defeated them and taken their land.H4468H5747H1316H4427H6252H154H7604H3499H7497H4872H5221H342313The People of Israel never did drive out the Geshurites and the Maacathites—they're still there, living in Israel.H1121H3478H3423H1651H4602H1650H4601H3427H7130H3478H311714Levi was the only tribe that did not receive an inheritance. The Fire-Gift offerings to GOD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as he told them.H7626H3878H5414H5159H801H3068H430H3478H801H5159H1696

Reuben

15To the tribe of Reuben, clan by clan, Moses gave:H4872H5414H4294H1121H7205H494016the land from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon Gorge and the town in the middle of the valley, including the tableland around Medeba;H1366H6177H8193H5158H769H5892H8432H5158H4334H431117Heshbon on the tableland with all its towns (Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,H2809H5892H4334H1769H1120H101018Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,H3096H6932H415819Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on Valley Mountain,H7156H7643H6890H2022H601020Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, Beth Jeshimoth);H1047H798H794H102021and all the cities of the tableland, the whole kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon, whom Moses put to death along with the princes of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, who lived in that country, all puppets of Sihon.H5892H4334H4468H5511H4428H567H4427H2809H4872H5221H5387H4080H189H7552H6698H2354H7254H5257H5511H3427H77622(In addition to those killed in battle, Balaam son of Beor, the soothsayer, was put to death by the People of Israel.)H1109H1121H1160H7080H1121H3478H2026H2719H413H249123The boundary for the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan River. This was the inheritance of the Reubenites, their villages and cities, according to their clans.H1366H1121H7205H3383H1366H5159H1121H7205H4940H5892H2691

Gad

24To the tribe of Gad, clan by clan, Moses gave:H4872H5414H4294H1410H1121H1410H494025the territory of Jazer and all the towns of Gilead and half the Ammonite country as far as Aroer near Rabbah;H1366H3270H5892H1568H2677H776H1121H5983H6177H6440H723726the land from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the region of Debir;H2809H7434H993H4266H1366H168827in the valley: Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the east side of the Jordan, north to the end of the Sea of Kinnereth).H6010H1027H1039H5523H6829H3499H4468H5511H4428H2809H3383H1366H7097H3220H3672H5676H3383H421728This was the inheritance of the Gadites, their cities and villages, clan by clan.H5159H1121H1410H4940H5892H2691

Half-Tribe of Manasseh

29To the half-tribe of Manasseh, clan by clan, Moses gave:H4872H5414H2677H7626H4519H2677H4294H1121H4519H494030the land stretching out from Mahanaim; all of Bashan, which is the entire kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the settlements of Jair in Bashan—sixty towns in all.H1366H4266H1316H4468H5747H4428H1316H2333H2971H1316H8346H589231Half of Gilead with Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan, belong to the descendants of Makir, a son of Manasseh (in other words, the half-tribe of the children of Makir) for their clans.H2677H1568H6252H154H5892H4468H5747H1316H1121H4353H1121H4519H2677H1121H4353H494032This is the inheritance that Moses gave out when he was on the plains of Moab across the Jordan east of Jericho.H4872H5157H6160H4124H5676H3383H3405H421733But Moses gave no inheritance to the tribe of Levi. GOD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as he told them.H7626H3878H4872H5414H5159H3068H430H3478H5159H1696