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    Joshua 13

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    Joshua is told to divide a country that is still not possessed—and the list ends by giving Levi no country at all, only offerings.

    The land left on the tablevv. 1–14

    Joshua is old, the LORD observes, and the inventory of unfinished business is surprisingly large: Philistine territory, Canaanite territory, Lebanon, Sidonian country, and the hill country. Yet the LORD says, “I Myself will drive out” the inhabitants, and orders Joshua to divide the land by lot. The eastern inheritance is then recalled: the half-tribe of Manasseh, Reuben, and Gad have already received what Moses assigned beyond the Jordan. Og’s kingdom has been struck down, but Geshur and Maacah remain, dwelling among Israel “to this day”—a small, rather stubborn footnote to a command about driving people out. Levi, meanwhile, receives no territory. Its inheritance is food offerings to the LORD.

    The eastern ledgersvv. 15–33

    The rest is an extraordinarily thorough account of Moses’ eastern grants. Reuben receives the plateau and the cities of Sihon; Gad receives Jazer, Gilead, and the valley towns; half-Manasseh receives Bashan, the kingdom of Og, sixty towns of Jair, and the royal cities Ashtaroth and Edrei. In the middle of Reuben’s allotment, Balaam appears without ceremony: the diviner son of Beor was killed with the others. The Jordan forms Reuben’s border, while the descriptions proceed by cities, slopes, valleys, and kingdoms, as if the map had been folded into a long sentence. At the close, Levi receives no inheritance again—not land this time, but the LORD Himself.

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    1. Josh 13:1Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed.

    2. Josh 13:2This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites,

    3. Josh 13:3from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;

    4. Josh 13:4to the south, all the land of the Canaanites, from Mearah of the Sidonians to Aphek, as far as the border of the Amorites;

    5. Josh 13:5the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.

    6. Josh 13:6All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim—all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive out before the Israelites. Be sure to divide it by lot as an inheritance to Israel, as I have commanded you.

    7. Josh 13:7Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

    8. Josh 13:8The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:

    9. Josh 13:9The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,

    10. Josh 13:10and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;

    11. Josh 13:11also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—

    12. Josh 13:12the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and had remained as a remnant of the Rephaim. Moses had struck them down and dispossessed them,

    13. Josh 13:13but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.

    14. Josh 13:14To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The food offerings to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as He had promised them.

    15. Josh 13:15This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben:

    16. Josh 13:16The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,

    17. Josh 13:17to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,

    18. Josh 13:18Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

    19. Josh 13:19Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley,

    20. Josh 13:20Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth—

    21. Josh 13:21all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.

    22. Josh 13:22The Israelites also killed the diviner Balaam son of Beor along with the others they put to the sword.

    23. Josh 13:23And the border of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the clans of the Reubenites, including the cities and villages.

    24. Josh 13:24This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Gad:

    25. Josh 13:25The territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;

    26. Josh 13:26the territory from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;

    27. Josh 13:27and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth).

    28. Josh 13:28This was the inheritance of the clans of the Gadites, including the cities and villages.

    29. Josh 13:29This is what Moses had given to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh:

    30. Josh 13:30The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities;

    31. Josh 13:31half of Gilead; and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan. All this was for the clans of the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half of the descendants of Machir.

    32. Josh 13:32These were the portions Moses had given them on the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho.

    33. Josh 13:33To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as He had promised them.

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    • 33Joshua 18:7The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”
    • 1Joshua 14:10Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,
    • 33Joshua 13:14To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The food offerings to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as He had promised them.
    • 1Deuteronomy 31:3The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.
    • 22Numbers 31:8Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
    • 1Joshua 24:29Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
    • 51 Kings 5:18So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
    • 5Joshua 12:7And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance
    • 6Joshua 11:8and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.
    • 14Numbers 18:20–24Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.
    • 16Joshua 13:9The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
    • 18Numbers 21:23But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
    • 222 Peter 2:15They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
    • 22Jude 1:11Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
    • 22Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
    • 33Deuteronomy 10:9That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.

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