Mar 1 - Joshua 12-14
Joshua
1These are the kings of the land whom the Israelites had defeated and whose territory they took over east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern side of the Arabah:2Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge-from the middle of the gorge-to the Jabbok River, which is the border of the Ammonites. This included half of Gilead.3He also ruled over the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea ), to Beth Jeshimoth, and then southward below the slopes of Pisgah.4And the territory of Og king of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaites, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei.5He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan to the border of the people of Geshur and Maacah, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.6Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites conquered them. And Moses the servant of the LORD gave their land to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh to be their possession.7These are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (their lands Joshua gave as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their tribal divisions-8the hill country, the western foothills, the Arabah, the mountain slopes, the desert and the Negev-the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites):9the king of Jericho one the king of Ai (near Bethel) one10the king of Jerusalem one the king of Hebron one11the king of Jarmuth one the king of Lachish one12the king of Eglon one the king of Gezer one13the king of Debir one the king of Geder one14the king of Hormah one the king of Arad one15the king of Libnah one the king of Adullam one16the king of Makkedah one the king of Bethel one17the king of Tappuah one the king of Hepher one18the king of Aphek one the king of Lasharon one19the king of Madon one the king of Hazor one20the king of Shimron Meron one the king of Acshaph one21the king of Taanach one the king of Megiddo one22the king of Kedesh one the king of Jokneam in Carmel one23the king of Dor (in Naphoth Dor ) one the king of Goyim in Gilgal one24the king of Tirzah one thirty-one kings in all.
1When Joshua was old and well advanced in years, the LORD said to him, "You are very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over.2"This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and Geshurites:3from the Shihor River on the east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north, all of it counted as Canaanite (the territory of the five Philistine rulers in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron-that of the Avvites);4from the south, all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians as far as Aphek, the region of the Amorites,5the area of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath.6"As for all the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, that is, all the Sidonians, I myself will drive them out before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate this land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have instructed you,7and divide it as an inheritance among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh."8The other half of Manasseh, the Reubenites and the Gadites had received the inheritance that Moses had given them east of the Jordan, as he, the servant of the LORD, had assigned it to them.9It extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and included the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,10and all the towns of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, out to the border of the Ammonites.11It also included Gilead, the territory of the people of Geshur and Maacah, all of Mount Hermon and all Bashan as far as Salecah-12that is, the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and had survived as one of the last of the Rephaites. Moses had defeated them and taken over their land.13But the Israelites did not drive out the people of Geshur and Maacah, so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.14But to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance, since the offerings made by fire to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as he promised them.15This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Reuben, clan by clan:16The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and the whole plateau past Medeba17to Heshbon and all its towns on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,18Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,19Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the hill in the valley,20Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth21-all the towns on the plateau and the entire realm of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the Midianite chiefs, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba-princes allied with Sihon-who lived in that country.22In addition to those slain in battle, the Israelites had put to the sword Balaam son of Beor, who practiced divination.23The boundary of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Reubenites, clan by clan.24This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Gad, clan by clan:25The territory of Jazer, all the towns of Gilead and half the Ammonite country as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;26and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir;27and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth and Zaphon with the rest of the realm of Sihon king of Heshbon (the east side of the Jordan, the territory up to the end of the Sea of Kinnereth ).28These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Gadites, clan by clan.29This is what Moses had given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the family of the descendants of Manasseh, clan by clan:30The territory extending from Mahanaim and including all of Bashan, the entire realm of Og king of Bashan-all the settlements of Jair in Bashan, sixty towns,31half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei (the royal cities of Og in Bashan). This was for the descendants of Makir son of Manasseh-for half of the sons of Makir, clan by clan.32This is the inheritance Moses had given when he was in the plains of Moab across the Jordan east of Jericho.33But to the tribe of Levi, Moses had given no inheritance; the LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he promised them.
1Now these are the areas the Israelites received as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the tribal clans of Israel allotted to them.2Their inheritances were assigned by lot to the nine-and-a-half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.3Moses had granted the two-and-a-half tribes their inheritance east of the Jordan but had not granted the Levites an inheritance among the rest,4for the sons of Joseph had become two tribes-Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites received no share of the land but only towns to live in, with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.5So the Israelites divided the land, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.6Now the men of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh Barnea about you and me.7I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Barnea to explore the land. And I brought him back a report according to my convictions,8but my brothers who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear. I, however, followed the LORD my God wholeheartedly.9So on that day Moses swore to me, 'The land on which your feet have walked will be your inheritance and that of your children forever, because you have followed the LORD my God wholeheartedly.'10"Now then, just as the LORD promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the desert. So here I am today, eighty-five years old!11I am still as strong today as the day Moses sent me out; I'm just as vigorous to go out to battle now as I was then.12Now give me this hill country that the LORD promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the LORD helping me, I will drive them out just as he said."13Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.14So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the LORD, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly.15(Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba after Arba, who was the greatest man among the Anakites.) Then the land had rest from war.