Joshua 12:6

6 Moses the LORD's servant and the Israelites struck them down. Moses the LORD's servant gave their land as property to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua 12:6 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 12:6

Them did Moses the servant of the Lord, and the children of
Israel, smite
That is, the inhabitants of those kingdoms they smote with the edge of the sword, and took possession of them, the history of which see in ( Numbers 21:1-3 Numbers 21:21-35 ) ;

and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it;
the whole dominion of the two kings before mentioned:

[for] a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half
tribe of Manasseh:
of which grant, and the conditions of it, see ( Numbers 32:1-42 ) .

Joshua 12:6 In-Context

4 the territory next to it. Then there was Bashan's King Og. He was one of the last of the Rephaim. He lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.
5 He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, and all of Bashan as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half of Gilead down to the border of Heshbon's King Sihon.
6 Moses the LORD's servant and the Israelites struck them down. Moses the LORD's servant gave their land as property to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.
7 Joshua and the Israelites struck down these kings of the land and took over their land on the west side of the Jordan. This ran from Baal-gad in the Lebanon Valley as far as Mount Halak, which goes up toward Seir. Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as shares of property.
8 This was in the highlands, in the lowlands, in the desert plain, in the slopes, in the desert, and in the arid southern plain. The land belonged to Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. They were:
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