Joshua 13 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
Joshua had grown -- well along in years. said to him, "You've gotten you're well along in years, and there's still a huge amount of land left to take over."
"This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the and all the territory --
from the River east of Egypt up to the border of Ekron to the north (which is counted as Canaanite territory) -- the five Philistine of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron; also the Avvites
to the south; all the land of the Canaanites; Mearah that belongs to the as far as Aphek, up to the border of the
and the land of the and all of Lebanon toward the sunrise, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to
all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim -- all the Sidonians. I myself will them out ahead of the Israelites. Just allocate the land to Israel as an exactly as I've commanded you.
"So now, divide this land as an inheritance among the and the of
Along with the other half of Manasseh, the Reubenites and Gadites had already received the inheritance that Moses gave them on the east side of the Jordan River -- just as Moses, Yahweh's had assigned it to them:
from Aroer on the rim of the including the city in the middle of the and the whole of Medeba as far as Dibon;
and all the cities of king of the Amorites, who had ruled in Heshbon, as far as the border of the
and and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all of Mount Hermon, and all of as far as Salecah --
the entire kingdom of in Bashan, who had ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei. He was the last of the survivors. Moses had defeated them and driven them out.
But the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this
Only the tribe of received no land inheritance. The by to Yahweh, the God of Israel -- that is their inheritance, just as he told them.
Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of Reuben's descendants, by their
Their territory ran from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, including the city in the middle of the valley, and the whole tableland by Medeba --
Heshbon and all its cities on the tableland: Dibon, Beth-baal-meon,
Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley,
Beth-peor, the slopes of Beth-jeshimoth --
all the cities of the tableland, and the entire kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had ruled in Heshbon. Moses had defeated him along with the Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba -- the under Sihon who lived in that land.
Among those the Israelites killed in battle was son of Beor, the
The border of the Reubenites was the Jordan River and its banks. This was the inheritance of the Reubenites by their clans -- the cities and their villages.
Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of to the descendants of by their clans.
Their territory included Jazer and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, which faces
and from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim; and from to the territory of Debir;
and in the valley: Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, and Zaphon -- the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon -- the Jordan River being the border, up to the edge of the of on the east side of the Jordan.
This was the inheritance of the descendants of Gad by their clans -- the cities and their villages.
Moses gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of It was assigned to the half-tribe of Manasseh's descendants, by their clans.
Their territory extended from Mahanaim -- all of Bashan, the entire kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the of in Bashan -- sixty cities.
Half of Gilead, along with Ashtaroth and Edrei -- the royal cities of Og in Bashan -- went to the descendants of son of Manasseh, specifically to half of Makir's descendants, by their clans.
These are the territories that Moses distributed on the of on the east side of the Jordan River across from Jericho.
But to the tribe of Levi, Moses gave no land the God of Israel, is their -- just as he told them.