Catholic Public Domain Version

Joshua 13:13-29 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

13. And the sons of Israel were not willing to destroy Geshur and Maacati, and so they have lived in the midst of Israel, even to the present day.

14. But to the tribe of Levi, he did not give a possession. Instead, the sacrifices and victims of the Lord, the God of Israel, these are his inheritance, just as he spoke to him.

15. Therefore, Moses gave a possession to the tribe of the sons of Reuben, according to their families.

16. And their border was from Aroer, which is situated on the bank of the torrent Arnon, and in the midst of the valley of the same torrent, with all the flatlands that lead to Medeba;

17. and Heshbon, and all their villages, which are in the plains; also Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and the town of Baalmeon,

18. and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

19. and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar on the mountain of the steep valley;

20. Bethpeor, and the descending slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth;

21. and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdoms of Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who reigned at Heshbon, whom Moses struck down with the leaders of Midian: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the commanders of Sihon, inhabitants of the land.

22. And the sons of Israel killed Balaam, the son of Beor, the seer, with the sword, along with the others who were slain.

23. And the river Jordan was made the border of the sons of Reuben; this is the possession of the Reubenites, by their families, in cities and villages.

24. And Moses gave to the tribe of Gad and his sons, by their families, a possession, of which this is the division:

25. the border of Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and one half part of the land of the sons of Ammon, as far as Aroer, which is opposite Rabbah;

26. and from Heshbon as far as Ramath, Mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim as far as the borders of Debir;

27. also, in the valley Beth-haram and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the remaining part of the kingdom of Sihon, the king of Heshbon; the limit of this also is the Jordan, as far as the furthest part of the sea of Chinnereth, beyond the Jordan on the eastern side.

28. This is the possession of the sons of Gad, by their families, in their cities and villages.

29. He also gave, to the one half tribe of Manasseh and to his sons, a possession according to their families,