Joshua is old, and much land remains to be taken. God tells him to divide the land among the nine and a half tribes, and the chapter recounts the inheritance of Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh east of the Jordan.
1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years ; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years , and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed .
2 This is the land that yet remaineth : all the borders of the Philistines , and all Geshuri ,
3 From Sihor , which is before Egypt , even unto the borders of Ekron northward , which is counted to the Canaanite : five lords of the Philistines ; the Gazathites , and the Ashdothites , the Eshkalonites , the Gittites , and the Ekronites ; also the Avites :
4 From the south , all the land of the Canaanites , and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians , unto Aphek , to the borders of the Amorites :
5 And the land of the Giblites , and all Lebanon , toward the sunrising , from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath .
6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim , and all the Sidonians , them will I drive out from before the children of Israel : only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance , as I have commanded thee.
7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes , and the half tribe of Manasseh ,
8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance , which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward , even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;
9 From Aroer , that is upon the bank of the river Arnon , and the city that is in the midst of the river , and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon ;
10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites , which reigned in Heshbon , unto the border of the children of Ammon ;
11 And Gilead , and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites , and all mount Hermon , and all Bashan unto Salcah ;
12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan , which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei , who remained of the remnant of the giants : for these did Moses smite , and cast them out .
13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites , nor the Maachathites : but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day .
14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance ; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance , as he said unto them.
15 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families .
16 And their coast was from Aroer , that is on the bank of the river Arnon , and the city that is in the midst of the river , and all the plain by Medeba ;
17 Heshbon , and all her cities that are in the plain ; Dibon , and Bamothbaal , and Bethbaalmeon ,
18 And Jahazah , and Kedemoth , and Mephaath ,
19 And Kirjathaim , and Sibmah , and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley ,
20 And Bethpeor , and Ashdothpisgah , and Bethjeshimoth ,
21 And all the cities of the plain , and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites , which reigned in Heshbon , whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian , Evi , and Rekem , and Zur , and Hur , and Reba , which were dukes of Sihon , dwelling in the country .
22 Balaam also the son of Beor , the soothsayer , did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan , and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families , the cities and the villages thereof.
24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad , even unto the children of Gad according to their families .
25 And their coast was Jazer , and all the cities of Gilead , and half the land of the children of Ammon , unto Aroer that is before Rabbah ;
26 And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh , and Betonim ; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir ;
27 And in the valley , Betharam , and Bethnimrah , and Succoth , and Zaphon , the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon , Jordan and his border , even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward .
28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families , the cities , and their villages .
29 And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh : and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families .
30 And their coast 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 :
31 And half Gilead , and Ashtaroth , and Edrei , cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan , were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh , even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families .
32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab , on the other side Jordan , by Jericho , eastward .
33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance : the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance , as he said unto them.