Joshua 13:15 - Forerunner Commentary

Joshua 13:15

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.

The Land of Gad

24 ^aMoses also had given an inheritance to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad according to their families.

25 ^aTheir territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, ^band half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, which is before ^cRabbah,

26 and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir,

27 and in the valley ^aBeth Haram, Beth Nimrah, ^bSuccoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, with the Jordan as its border, as far as the edge ^cof the Sea of Chinnereth, on the other side of the Jordan eastward.

28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and their villages.

Half the Tribe of Manasseh (East)

29 ^aMoses also had given an inheritance to half the tribe of Manasseh; it was for half the tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their families:

30 Their territory was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and ^aall the towns of Jair which are in Bashan, sixty cities;

31 half of Gilead, and ^aAshtaroth and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the ^bchildren of Machir the son of Manasseh, for half of the children of Machir according to their families.

32 These are the areas which Moses had¹ distributed as an inheritance in the plains of Moab on the other side of the Jordan, by Jericho eastward.

33 ^aBut to the tribe of Levi Moses had given no inheritance; the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, ^bas He had said to them.

Verse Comparison: Joshua 13:15

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American Standard Version
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.

Amplified® Bible
And Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the Reubenites according to their families:

Contemporary English Version
Moses gave land to each of the clans in the Reuben tribe.

Darby English Version
And Moses gave [a portion] to the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.

Good News Bible
Moses had given a part of the land to the families of the tribe of Reuben as their possession.

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

New American Standard Bible
So Moses gave {an inheritance} to the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their families.

New International Version
This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Reuben, clan by clan:

New King James Version
And Moses had given to the tribe of the children of Reuben an inheritance according to their families.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their families.

Revised Standard Version
And Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the Reubenites according to their families.

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses giveth to the tribe of the sons of Reuben, for their families;

New English Translation
Moses assigned land to the tribe of Reuben¹ by its clans.

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