Joshua 13:23

23 And the term of the sons of Reuben was made the flood of Jordan (And the western border of the sons of Reuben was the Jordan River); this is the possession of (the) men of Reuben, by their kindreds, (yea,) of (their) cities and towns.

Joshua 13:23 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 13:23

And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the
border [thereof]
As their border eastward was Aroer on the river Arnon, so their border westward was the river Jordan:

this [was] the inheritance of the children of Reuben, after their
families, the cities and the villages thereof;
which Moses gave them on the other side Jordan; and next follow an account of the inheritance of the tribe of Gad in those parts.

Joshua 13:23 In-Context

21 (and) all the field cities, and all the realms of Sihon, king of Amorites, that reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote, with his princes (of) Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the dukes of Sihon, dwellers of the land. (and all the field cities, and all the kingdoms of Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck down together with the Midianite leaders, that is, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, who were Sihon's surrogates, and who lived in the land.)
22 And the sons of Israel killed by (the) sword, Balaam, the false diviner, the son of Beor, with other men slain there.
23 And the term of the sons of Reuben was made the flood of Jordan (And the western border of the sons of Reuben was the Jordan River); this is the possession of (the) men of Reuben, by their kindreds, (yea,) of (their) cities and towns.
24 And Moses gave a possession to the lineage of Gad, and to his sons, by their kindreds, of the which possession this is the parting;
25 he gave the terms of Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and the half part of the land of the sons of Ammon, unto Aroer that is against Rabbah; (their territory included Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half of the land of the Ammonites, unto Aroer, that is east of Rabbah;)
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