New English Translation

Joshua 13:5-10 New English Translation (NET)

5. the territory of Byblos and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath.

6. I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, all the Sidonians; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you.”

7. Now, divide up this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

8. The other half of Manasseh, Reuben, and Gad received their allotted tribal lands beyond the Jordan, just as Moses, the Lord’s servant, had assigned them.

9. Their territory started from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley), included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba as far as Dibon,

10. and all the cities of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon, and ended at the Ammonite border.