13 Nevertheless the children of Israel adid not drive out the Geshurites or the Maachathites, but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
14 aOnly to the tribe of Levi he had given1 no inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, bas He said to them.
The Land of Reuben
15 aAnd Moses had given to the tribe of the children of Reuben an inheritance according to their families.
16 Their territory was afrom Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, band the city that is in the midst of the ravine, cand all the plain by Medeba;
17 aHeshbon and all its cities that are in the plain: Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
18 aJahaza, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
19 aKirjathaim, bSibmah, Zereth Shahar on the mountain of the valley,
20 Beth Peor, athe slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth—
21 aall the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, bwhom Moses had struck cwith the princes of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, who were princes of Sihon dwelling in the country.
22 The children of Israel also killed with the sword aBalaam the son of Beor, the soothsayer, among those who were killed by them.
23 And the border of the children of Reuben was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and their villages.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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