Joshua 13:2-12

2 "This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and all those of the ¹Geshurites;

3 from the Shihor which is east * of Egypt, even as far as the border of Ekron to the north (it is counted as Canaanite ); the ²five lords of the Philistines: the Gazite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, the Ekronite; and the Avvite

4 to the south, all the land of the Canaanite, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, as far as ³Aphek, to the border of the ⁴Amorite;

5 and the land of the ⁵Gebalite, and all of Lebanon, toward the east *, ⁶from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon as far as Lebo-hamath.

6 "All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon as far as ⁷Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians, I will drive them out from before * the sons of Israel; ⁸only allot it to Israel for an inheritance as I have commanded you.

7 "Now therefore, apportion this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe * of Manasseh."

8 With the other half-tribe, the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance which Moses gave them ⁹beyond 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 ¹⁰Gilead, and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah;

12 all the kingdom of ¹¹Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (he alone was left of the remnant of the Rephaim ); for Moses ¹²struck them and dispossessed them.

Joshua 13:2-12 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.

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 13:11; 1 Samuel 27:8
• 2. 1 Samuel 6:4, 16
• 3. Joshua 12:18; Joshua 19:30; 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Kings 20:26, 30
• 4. Ezekiel 16:3; Amos 2:10
• 5. 1 Kings 5:18
• 6. Joshua 12:7
• 7. Joshua 11:8
• 8. Numbers 33:54
• 9. Joshua 12:1-6
• 10. Genesis 37:25; Numbers 32:29; Joshua 13:25; Joshua 17:5
• 11. Deuteronomy 3:11
• 12. Numbers 21:24

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "on the face of"
• [b]. Or "from the Teman"
• [c]. Lit "sunrise"
• [d]. Or "the entrance of Hamath"
• [e]. Or "dispossess"
• [f]. Lit "it, the"
• [g]. Or "border"