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 Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into
Hamath.
6: All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto
Misrephoth-maim, 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 Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,
18: And Jahazah, and Kedemoth,
and Mephaath,
19: And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in
the mount of the valley,
20: And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and
Beth-jeshimoth,
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
Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
27: And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, 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.