The Land That Remains
1Joshua was now old, advanced in years, and Yahweh said to him, “You are old, advanced in years, and very much of the land still remains to be taken. 2This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and all Geshur; 3from the Shihor east of Egypt, to the border of Ekron in the north — counted as Canaanite territory — the five lords of the Philistines: Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron; and the Avvites, 4in the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah, which belongs to the Sidonians, as far as Aphek, to the border of the Amorites; 5the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon toward the sunrise, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath; 6all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians — I myself will drive them out before the Israelites. Only be sure to allot it to Israel as an inheritance, as I have commanded you. 7So now, divide this land as an inheritance for the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
The Inheritance East of the Jordan
8The other half-tribe, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had already received their inheritance, which Moses gave them east of the Jordan, just as Moses, the servant of Yahweh, gave it to them: 9from Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and the town in the middle of the gorge, and the whole plateau from Medeba to Dibon, 10and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites, 11and Gilead, and the territory of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all of Bashan as far as Salecah, 12the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei — he was among the last of the Rephaim. Moses struck them down and dispossessed them. 13But the Israelites did not dispossess the Geshurites or the Maacathites; Geshur and Maacath live among Israel to this day. 14Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the fire offerings of Yahweh, the God of Israel, are its inheritance, as he had told them. 15Moses gave a portion to the tribe of the Reubenites, according to their clans. 16Their territory was from Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and the town in the middle of the gorge, and the whole plateau by Medeba, 17Heshbon and all its towns on the plateau — Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon, 18Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath, 19Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill of the valley, 20Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth — 21all the towns of the plateau and the whole kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses had struck down, along with the chiefs of Midian — Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba — princes allied with Sihon who lived in the land. 22The Israelites also killed Balaam son of Beor, the diviner, with the sword, along with the others slain. 23The border of the Reubenites was the Jordan and its territory. This was the inheritance of the Reubenites, according to their clans — the towns and their villages. 24Moses gave a portion to the tribe of Gad, to the Gadites, according to their clans. 25Their territory was Jazer, all the towns of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites, as far as Aroer, facing Rabbah; 26and from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir; 27and in the valley: Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, with the Jordan as its border, as far as the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth, east of the Jordan. 28This was the inheritance of the Gadites, according to their clans — the towns and their villages. 29Moses gave a portion to the half-tribe of Manasseh; it went to the half-tribe of the descendants of Manasseh, according to their clans. 30Their territory extended from Mahanaim, through all of Bashan, the whole kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the settlements of Jair in Bashan — sixty towns — 31and half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. These went to the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh — to half of the descendants of Machir, according to their clans. 32These are the territories Moses had distributed as an inheritance on the plains of Moab, east of the Jordan, by Jericho. 33But to the tribe of Levi, Moses gave no inheritance; Yahweh, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he had told them.
