Joshua 13:8-18

8 With the other half-tribe, the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance which Moses gave them ¹beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD gave to them;

9 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, with the city which is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba, as far as Dibon;

10 and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the sons of Ammon;

11 and ²Gilead, and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah;

12 all the kingdom of ³Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (he alone was left of the remnant of the Rephaim ); for Moses ⁴struck them and dispossessed them.

13 But the sons of Israel did not dispossess the Geshurites or the Maacathites; for Geshur and Maacath live among Israel until this day.

14 ⁵Only to the tribe of Levi he did not give an inheritance; the offerings by fire to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as He spoke to him.

15 So Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their families.

16 Their territory was ⁶from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, with the city which is in the middle of the valley and all the plain by Medeba;

17 Heshbon, and all its cities which are on the plain: Dibon and Bamoth-baal and Beth-baal-meon,

18 and ⁷Jahaz and Kedemoth and Mephaath,

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Joshua 13:8-18 Meaning and Commentary

\\INTRODUCTION JOSHUA 13\\

In this chapter Joshua is informed by the Lord, or put in mind, that
part of the land of Canaan remained unconquered, and which it was; and
is directed to divide the whole land among the nine tribes, and the
half tribe of Manasseh, Jos 13:1-9; and since the two tribes of Reuben
and Gad, and the other half tribe of Manasseh, had received their
inheritance on the other side Jordan, Jos 13:8; that is described in
general, Jos 13:9-14; and, then the particular portion of Reuben,
Jos 13:15-23; and of Gad, Jos 13:24-28; and of the half tribe of
Manasseh, Jos 13:29-33.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 7

1. Joshua 12:1-6
2. Genesis 37:25; Numbers 32:29; Joshua 13:25; Joshua 17:5
3. Deuteronomy 3:11
4. Numbers 21:24
5. Deuteronomy 18:1, 2
6. Joshua 13:9
7. Numbers 21:23; Judges 11:20; Isaiah 15:4; Jeremiah 48:34

Footnotes 4

[a]. Lit "it, the"
[b]. Or "border"
[c]. Lit "his"
[d]. Or "border"

Joshua 13:8-18

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Joshua 13:8-18 Meaning and Commentary

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Footnotes 4