1Now Joshua was old and well stricken in years ; and Jehovah said unto him , Thou art old and well stricken in years , and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed . 2This is the land that yet remaineth : all the regions of the Philistines , and all the Geshurites ; 3from the Shihor , which is before Egypt , even unto the border of Ekron northward , which is reckoned to the Canaanites ; the five lords of the Philistines ; the Gazites , and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites , and the Ekronites ; also the Avvim, 4on the south ; all the land of the Canaanites , and Mearah that belongeth to the Sidonians , unto Aphek, to the border of the Amorites; 5and the land of the Gebalites , and all Lebanon , toward the sunrising , from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath ; 6all the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim , even all the Sidonians ; them will I drive out from before the children of Israel : only allot thou it unto Israel for an inheritance , as I have commanded thee . 7Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes , and the half-tribe of Manasseh .
The Division of the Land
8With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance , which Moses gave them , beyond the Jordan eastward , even as Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them : 9from Aroer , that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley , and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon ; 10and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon , unto the border of the children of Ammon ; 11and Gilead , and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites , and all mount Hermon , and all Bashan unto Salecah ; 12all the kingdom of Og in Bashan , who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei ( the same was left of the remnant of the Rephaim ); for these did Moses smite , and drove them out . 13Nevertheless the children of Israel drove not out the Geshurites , nor the Maacathites : but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel unto this day . 14Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance ; the offerings of Jehovah , the God of Israel , made by fire are his inheritance , as he spake unto him . 15And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families . 16And their border was from Aroer , that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley , and all the plain by Medeba ; 17Heshbon , and all its cities that are in the plain ; Dibon , and Bamoth-baal , and Beth-baal-meon , 18and Jahaz , and Kedemoth , and Mephaath , 19and Kiriathaim , and Sibmah , and Zereth-shahar in the mount of the valley ,
The Inheritance of the Tribes
20and Beth-peor , and the slopes of Pisgah , and Beth-jeshimoth , 21and all the cities of the plain , and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon , whom Moses smote with the chiefs of Midian , Evi, and Rekem , and Zur , and Hur , and Reba , the princes of Sihon , that dwelt in the land. 22Balaam also the son of Beor , the soothsayer , did the children of Israel slay with the sword among the rest of their slain . 23And the border of the children of Reuben was the Jordan , and the border thereof . This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families , the cities and the villages thereof . 24And Moses gave unto the tribe of Gad , unto the children of Gad , according to their families . 25And their border was Jazer , and all the cities of Gilead , and half the land of the children of Ammon , unto Aroer that is before Rabbah ; 26and from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh , and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir ; 27and in the valley , Beth-haram , and Beth-nimrah , and Succoth , and Zaphon , the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon , the Jordan and the border thereof , unto the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward . 28This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families , the cities and the villages thereof . 29And Moses gave inheritance unto the half-tribe of Manasseh : and it was for the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families . 30And their border 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 : 31and half Gilead , and Ashtaroth , and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan , were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh , even for the half of the children of Machir according to their families . 32These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of Moab , beyond the Jordan at Jericho , eastward . 33But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance : Jehovah , the God of Israel , is their inheritance , as he spake unto them .