¶ 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 possessed².

This is the land³ that yet remaineth: all the borders⁴ of the Philistines, and all Geshuri⁵,

From Sihor⁶, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted⁷ to the Canaanite: five lords⁸ of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites⁹:

From the south, all the land of¹¹ the Canaanites, and Mearah¹² that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites¹³:

And the land of the Giblites¹⁴, and all Lebanon¹⁵, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad¹⁶ under mount¹⁷ Hermon unto the¹⁸ entering into Hamath.

All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim¹⁹, and all the Sidonians, them²⁰ will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide²¹ thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

¶²²Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave²³ them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;

From Aroer²⁴, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain²⁵ of Medeba unto Dibon;

¶²⁶And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;

²⁷And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;

All the kingdom of Og²⁸ in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did²⁹ Moses smite, and cast them out.

Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled³⁰ not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.

³¹Only 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.

And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.

³²And 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;

Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon³³, and Bamothbaal³⁴, and Bethbaalmeon,

And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath³⁸,

And Kirjathaim³⁹, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley,

¶ And Bethpeor⁴¹, and Ashdothpisgah⁴², and Bethjeshimoth⁴³,

And all the⁴⁴ cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses⁴⁵ smote with the⁴⁶ princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.

Balaam⁴⁷ also the son of Beor, the soothsayer⁴⁸, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.

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.

⁴⁹And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.

And their coast⁵⁰ was Jazer⁵¹, and all the cities of Gilead, and half⁵² the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah⁵³;

And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh⁵⁴, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim⁵⁵ unto the border of Debir⁵⁶;

And in the valley, Betharam⁵⁸, and Bethnimrah⁵⁹, and Succoth⁶⁰, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth⁶¹ on the other side Jordan eastward.

This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages.

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.

¶⁶⁴And 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:

And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth⁶⁵, 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 by⁶⁶ their families.

These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.

But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.