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Joshua 13 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Land That Remains to Be Possessed

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:1 -

Now Joshua was old, advanced in years, and Yahweh said to him, “You are old, advanced in years, and very much of the land remains to be possessed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:2 - “This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and all those of the Geshurites;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:3 - from the Shihor which is [fn]east of Egypt, even as far as the border of Ekron to the north (it is counted as Canaanite); the five lords of the Philistines: the Gazite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, the Ekronite; and the Avvite
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:4 - [fn]to the south, all the land of the Canaanite, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, as far as Aphek, to the border of the Amorite;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:5 - and the land of the Gebalite, and all of Lebanon, to the east toward the sunrise, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon as far as [fn]Lebo-hamath.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:6 - “All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon as far as Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians, I will dispossess them from before the sons of Israel; only allot it to Israel for an inheritance as I have commanded you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:7 - “So now, apportion this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

The Inheritance East of the Jordan

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:8 -

With [fn]the other half-tribe, the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance which Moses gave them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of Yahweh gave to them;

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:9 - from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, with the city which is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba, as far as Dibon;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:10 - and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the sons of Ammon;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:11 - and Gilead, and the [fn]territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:12 - all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (he alone remained of the remnant of the Rephaim); for Moses struck them and dispossessed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:13 - But the sons of Israel did not dispossess the Geshurites or the Maacathites; so Geshur and Maacath live among Israel until this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:14 - Only to the tribe of Levi he did not give an inheritance; the offerings by fire to Yahweh, the God of Israel, are [fn]their inheritance, as He spoke to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:15 -

So Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their families.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:16 - And their [fn]territory was from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, with the city which is in the middle of the valley and all the plain by Medeba;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:17 - Heshbon, and all its cities which are on the plain: Dibon and Bamoth-baal and Beth-baal-meon,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:18 - and Jahaz and Kedemoth and Mephaath,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:19 - and Kiriathaim and Sibmah and Zereth-shahar on the hill of the valley,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:20 - and Beth-peor and the slopes of Pisgah and Beth-jeshimoth,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 - even all the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:22 - The sons of Israel also killed Balaam the son of Beor, the diviner, with the sword among the rest of their slain.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:23 - And the border of the sons of Reuben was the [fn]Jordan. This was the inheritance of the sons of Reuben according to their families, the cities and their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:24 -

Moses also gave an inheritance to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad, according to their families.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:25 - And their territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the sons of Ammon, as far as Aroer which is before Rabbah;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:26 - and from Heshbon as far as Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim as far as the border of [fn]Debir;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:27 - and in the valley, Beth-haram and Beth-nimrah and Succoth and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, with the Jordan [fn]as a border, as far as the lower end of the Sea of [fn]Chinnereth beyond the Jordan to the east.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:28 - This is the inheritance of the sons of Gad according to their families, the cities and their villages.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:29 -

Moses also gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh; and it was for the half-tribe of the sons of Manasseh according to their families.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:30 - And their territory was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all of [fn]Havvoth-jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:31 - also half of Gilead, with Ashtaroth and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh, for half of the sons of Machir according to their families.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:32 -

These are the territories which Moses apportioned for an inheritance in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho to the east.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:33 - But to the tribe of Levi, Moses did not give an inheritance; Yahweh, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as He had [fn]promised to them.
LSB Footnotes
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Lit on the face of
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Or from the Teman
Or from the Teman
Or from the Teman
Or the entrance of Hamath
Or the entrance of Hamath
Or the entrance of Hamath
Lit it, the
Lit it, the
Lit it, the
Or border
Or border
Or border
Lit his
Lit his
Lit his
Or border
Or border
Or border
Lit Jordan and border
Lit Jordan and border
Lit Jordan and border
Or Lidebir
Or Lidebir
Or Lidebir
Lit and border
Galilee
Lit and border
Galilee
Lit and border
Galilee
Or the towns of Jair
Or the towns of Jair
Or the towns of Jair
Lit spoken to
Lit spoken to
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