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Joshua 13:16-30 New International Version Anglicized (NIVUK)

16. The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and the whole plateau past Medeba

17. to Heshbon and all its towns on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,

18. Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,

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

20. Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth

21. – all the towns on the plateau and the entire realm of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the Midianite chiefs, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba – princes allied with Sihon – who lived in that country.

22. In addition to those slain in battle, the Israelites had put to the sword Balaam son of Beor, who practised divination.

23. The boundary of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Reubenites, according to their clans.

24. This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Gad, according to its clans:

25. The territory of Jazer, all the towns of Gilead and half the Ammonite country as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;

26. and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir;

27. and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Sukkoth and Zaphon with the rest of the realm of Sihon king of Heshbon (the east side of the Jordan, the territory up to the end of the Sea of Galilee).

28. These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Gadites, according to their clans.

29. This is what Moses had given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the family of the descendants of Manasseh, according to its clans:

30. The territory extending from Mahanaim and including all of Bashan, the entire realm of Og king of Bashan – all the settlements of Jair in Bashan, sixty towns,

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