CHAP. XIII.
3 The borders and coastes of the land of Canaan. 8 The possession
of the Reubenites, Gadites, & of halfe the tribe of Manasseh.
14 The Lord is the inherit&abar;ce of Leui. 22 Bala&abar; was slaine.
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The inheritance of Reuben, Gad, and halfe Manasseh.
1 Nowe when Ioshua was olde, and note striken in
yeeres, the Lord said vnto him, Thou art olde
and note growen in age, and there remaineth exceeding
much land to be note possessed:
2 This is the land that remaineth, all the note regions
of the Philistims, and all Geshuri,
3 From note Nilus which is note in Egypt, euen vnto
the borders of Ekron Northward: this is counted
of the Canaanites, euen fiue Lordships of the
Philistims, the Azzithites, and the Ashdodites, the
Eshkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites, and
the Auites:
4 From the South, all the land of the Canaanites,
and the note caue that is beside the Sidonians,
vnto Aphek, and to the borders of the Amorites:
5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon,
toward the sunne rising from note Bahal-gad vnder
mount Hermon, vntil one come to Hamath.
6 All the inhabitants of the mountaines from
Lebanon vnto note Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians,
I wil cast them out from before the children
of Israel: only deuide thou it by lot vnto the
Israelites, to inherite, as I haue commanded thee.
7 Nowe therefore deuide this lande to inherite,
vnto the nine tribes, and to the halfe tribe of
Manasseh.
8 For with halfe therof the Reubenites & the
Gadites haue receiued their inheritance, note which
Moses gaue them beyond Iorden Eastward, euen
as Moses the seruant of the Lord had giuen them,
9 From Aroer that is on the brinke of the riuer
Arnon, & from the citie that is in the mids of
the note riuer, & all the plaine of Medeba vnto Dibon,
10 And all the cities of Sihon King of the Amorites,
which reigned in Heshbon, vnto the borders
of the children of Ammon,
11 And Gilead, and the borders of the Geshurites
and of the Maachathites, and all mount Hermon,
with all Bashan vnto Salcah:
12 All the kingdome of Og in Bashan, which
reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei: (who remained
of the note rest of the gyants) for these did Moses
smite, and cast them out.
13 But the children of Israel note expelled not the
Geshurites nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites
and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites
euen vnto this day.
14 Onely vnto the tribe of Leui he gaue none
inheritance, but the sacrifices of the Lord God of
Israel are note his inheritance, as he said vnto him.
15 ¶2; Moses then gaue vnto the tribe of the
children of Reuben inheritance, according to
their families.
16 And their coast was from Aroer, that is on
the brinke of the riuer Arnon, and from the citie
that is in the middes of the riuer, and all the plaine
which is by Medeba:
17 Heshbon with all the cities thereof, that are
in the plaine: Dibon and note Bamoth-baal, & Bethbaal-meon:
18 And Iahazah, and Kedemoth & Mephaath:
19 Kiriathaim also, and Sibmah, and Zerethshahar
in the mount of note Emek:
20 And Beth-peor, and note Ashdoth-pisgah, and
Beth-ieshimoth:
21 And all the cities of the plaine: and all the
kingdome of Sihon King of the Amorites, which
reigned in Heshbon, whome Moses smote note with
the Princes of Midian, Eui, and Rekem, and Zur,
and Hur, and Reba, the dukes of Sihon, dwelling
The inheritance of Reuben, Gad, and halfe Manasseh.
in the countrey.
22 And note Balaam the sonne of Beor the soothsayer
did the children of Israel slay with the sword,
among them that were slaine.
23 And the border of the children of Reuben
was Iorden with the coastes. This was the inheritance
of the children of Reuben according to
their families, with the cities and their villages.
24 ¶2; Also Moses gaue inheritance vnto þe; tribe
of Gad, euen vnto the children of Gad according
to their families.
25 And their coastes were Iazer, and all the cities
of Gilead and halfe the lande of the children
of Ammon vnto Aroer, which is before Rabbah:
26 And from Heshbon vnto Ramoth, Mizpeh,
and Betonim: and from Mahanaim vnto the borders
of Debir:
27 And in the valley Beth-aram, & Bethnimrah,
and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdome
of Sihon King of Heshbon, vnto Iorden
and the borders euen vnto the Sea coast of Cinnereth,
note beyond Iorden Eastward.
28 This is the inheritance of the children of
Gad, after their families, with the cities, and their
villages.
29 ¶2; Also Moses gaue inheritance vnto the
halfe tribe of Manasseh: and this belonged to the
halfe tribe of the children of Manasseh according
to their families.
30 And their border was from Mahanaim, euen
all Bashan, to wit, all the kingdome of Og King of
Bashan, and all the townes of Iair which are in
Bashan, threescore cities,
31 And halfe Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei,
cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, note were
giuen vnto the note children of Machir the sonne of
Manasseh, to halfe of the children of Machir after
their families.
32 These are the heritages, which Moses did
distribute in the plaine of Moab beyond Iorden,
toward Iericho Eastward.
33 noteBut vnto the tribe of Leui Moses gaue
none inheritance: for the Lorde God of Israel is
their inheritance, note as he said vnto them.
Geneva [1587], THE BIBLE: THAT IS, THE HOLY SCRIPTVRES CONTEINED IN THE OLDE AND NEWE TESTAMENT. TRANSLATED ACCORDING TO the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. With most profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance (Imprinted... by Christopher Barker [etc.], LONDON) [word count] [B07000].
