Joshua 13

Joshua 13

Unconquered Lands

1Joshua was now old, advanced in age, and the Lord said to him, ‘You have become old, advanced in age, but a great deal of the land remains to be possessed.[#13:1 Gn 18:11; 24:1; Jos 14:10; 23:1–2; 1Kg 1:1; #13:1 Ex 23:27–33]

2This is the land that remains:

I will drive them out before the Israelites, only distribute the land as an inheritance for Israel, as I have commanded you.

7Therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.’

The Inheritance East of the Jordan

8With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh, the Reubenites and Gadites had received the inheritance Moses gave them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the Lord ’s servant had given them:[#13:8 Jos 12:6]

Moses struck them down and drove them out,

13but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites and Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath still live in Israel today.[#13:13 Jos 16:10; 17:12–13; Jdg 1:1–2:5; #13:13 Jos 4:9; 5:9; 6:25; 7:26; 8:28–29; 10:27; 14:14; 15:63; 16:10; 22:17; 23:8–9]

14He did not, however, give any inheritance to the tribe of Levi. This was their inheritance, just as he had promised: the food offerings made to the Lord , the God of Israel.[#13:14 Nm 18:20; Dt 10:9; 18:1–2; Jos 13:33; 14:3–4; 18:7; 21:1–42]

Reuben’s Inheritance

15To the tribe of Reuben’s descendants by their clans, Moses gave

16this as their territory:

23The border of the Reubenites was the Jordan and its plain. This was the inheritance of the Reubenites by their clans, with the cities and their settlements.

Gad’s Inheritance

24To the tribe of the Gadites by their clans, Moses gave

25this as their territory:

28This was the inheritance of the Gadites by their clans, with the cities and their settlements.

East Manasseh’s Inheritance

29And to half the tribe of Manasseh (that is, to half the tribe of Manasseh’s descendants by their clans) Moses gave

30this as their territory:

32These were the portions Moses gave them on the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan east of Jericho.

33But Moses did not give a portion to the tribe of Levi. The Lord , the God of Israel, was their inheritance, just as he had promised them.[#13:33 Dt 18:1–2; Jos 13:14]

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