International Children’s Bible

Joshua 13:14-29 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

14. The tribe of Levi was the only one that did not get any land. Instead, they were to be given all the burned sacrifices made to the Lord, the God of Israel. That is what the Lord had promised them.

15. Moses had given each family group from the tribe of Reuben some land. This is the land they were given:

16. It was the land from Aroer near the Arnon Ravine to the town of Medeba. This included the whole plain and the town in the middle of the ravine.

17. The land continued to Heshbon. It included all the towns on the plain. These towns were Dibon, Bamoth Baal and Beth Baal Meon.

18. They included Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

19. Kiriathaim, Sibmah and Zereth Shahar on the hill in the valley.

20. They also included Beth Peor, the hills of Pisgah and Beth Jeshimoth.

21. So that land included all the towns on the plain and all the area that Sihon the king of the Amorites had ruled. He ruled from the town of Heshbon. But Moses had defeated him and the leaders of the Midianites. Those leaders included Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba. All these leaders fought together with Sihon. And they lived in that country.

22. The Israelites killed many people during the fighting. They also killed Balaam of Beor. He tried to use magic to tell the future.

23. The land given to Reuben stopped at the shore of the Jordan River. So the land given to the family groups of Reuben included all these towns and their fields that were listed.

24. This is the land Moses gave to the tribe of Gad. He gave it to all the family groups:

25. He gave them the land of Jazar and all the towns of Gilead. He also gave them half the land of the Ammonites. It went as far as Aroer near Rabbah.

26. It included the area from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim. It included the area from Mahanaim to the land of Debir.

27. The land included the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth and Zaphon. All the other land Sihon king of Heshbon had ruled was also included in it. This is the land on the east side of the Jordan River. It continued to the end of Lake Galilee.

28. All this is the land Moses gave to the tribe of Gad. It included all the towns that were listed. Moses gave it to all the family groups.

29. This is the land Moses had given to the eastern half-tribe of Manasseh. Half of all the family groups in the tribe of Manasseh were given this land: