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JOSHUA 13
side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley
of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which leads up to
Seir. (Joshua gave this land to the tribes of Israel
as their possession, 8 including the hill country,
the western foothills,* the Jordan Valley, the
mountain slopes, the Judean wilderness, and
the Negev. The people who lived in this region
were the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites,
the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.)
These are the kings Israel defeated:
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The king of Jericho
The king of Ai, near Bethel
The king of Jerusalem
The king of Hebron
The king of Jarmuth
The king of Lachish
The king of Eglon
The king of Gezer
The king of Debir
The king of Geder
The king of Hormah
The king of Arad
The king of Libnah
The king of Adullam
The king of Makkedah
The king of Bethel
The king of Tappuah
The king of Hepher
The king of Aphek
The king of Lasharon
The king of Madon
The king of Hazor
The king of Shimron-meron
The king of Acshaph
The king of Taanach
The king of Megiddo
The king of Kedesh
The king of Jokneam in Carmel
The king of Dor in the town of Naphoth-dor*
The king of Goyim in Gilgal*
The king of Tirzah.
In all, thirty-one kings were defeated.
The Land Yet to Be Conquered
When Joshua was an old man, the Lord
said to him, “You are growing old, and
much land remains to be conquered. 2 This is
the territory that remains: all the regions of the
Philistines and the Geshurites, 3 and the larger
territory of the Canaanites, extending from the
stream of Shihor on the border of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron. It includes the
territory of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza,
Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. The land
of the Avvites 4 in the south also remains to be
conquered. In the north, the following area has
not yet been conquered: all the land of the Canaanites, including Mearah (which belongs to
the Sidonians), stretching northward to Aphek
on the border of the Amorites; 5 the land of the
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Gebalites and all of the Lebanon mountain area
to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon
to Lebo-hamath; 6 and all the hill country from
Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, including all the
land of the Sidonians.
“I myself will drive these people out of the
land ahead of the Israelites. So be sure to give
this land to Israel as a special possession, just
as I have commanded you. 7 Include all this territory as Israel’s possession when you divide
this land among the nine tribes and the halftribe of Manasseh.”
The Land Divided East of the Jordan
8 Half the tribe of Manasseh and the tribes of
Reuben and Gad had already received their
grants of land on the east side of the Jordan, for
Moses, the servant of the Lord, had previously
assigned this land to them.
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territory extended from Aroer on
the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the
town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain
beyond Medeba, as far as Dibon. 10 It also
included all the towns of King Sihon of the
Amorites, who had reigned in Heshbon,
and extended as far as the borders of
Ammon. 11 It included Gilead, the territory
of the kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah, all
of Mount Hermon, all of Bashan as far as
Salecah, 12 and all the territory of King Og of
Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and
Edrei. King Og was the last of the Rephaites,
for Moses had attacked them and driven
them out. 13 But the Israelites failed to drive
out the people of Geshur and Maacah, so
they continue to live among the Israelites to
this day.
An Allotment for the Tribe of Levi
14 Moses did not assign any allotment of land
to the tribe of Levi. Instead, as the Lord had
promised them, their allotment came from the
offerings burned on the altar to the Lord, the
God of Israel.
The Land Given to the Tribe of Reuben
15 Moses had assigned the following area to the
clans of the tribe of Reuben.
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territory extended from Aroer on
the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the
town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain
beyond Medeba. 17 It included Heshbon
and the other towns on the plain—Dibon,
Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon, 18 Jahaz,
Kedemoth, Mephaath, 19 Kiriathaim,
Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill above
the valley, 20 Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah,
and Beth-jeshimoth.
12:8 Hebrew the Shephelah. 12:23a Hebrew Naphath-dor,
a variant spelling of Naphoth-dor. 12:23b Greek version
reads Goyim in Galilee.