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the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
The land of the Avvites in the south also remains to be conquered. In the
north, the following area has not yet been conquered: all the land of the
Canaanites, including Mearah (which belongs to the Sidonians), stretching northward to Aphek on the border of the Amorites; the land of the
Gebalites and all of the Lebanon mountain area to the east, from Baal-gad
below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath; and all the hill country from Leb
anon to M
isrephoth-maim, including all the land of the Sidonians.
“I myself will drive these people out of the land ahead of the Israelites.
So be sure to give this land to Israel as a special possession, just as I have
commanded you. Include all this territory as Israel’s possession when you
divide this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
Half the tribe of Manasseh and the tribes of Reuben and Gad had already
received their grants of land on the east side of the Jordan, for Moses, the
servant of the Lord, had previously assigned this land to them.
Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge
(including the town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain beyond
Medeba, as far as Dibon. It also included all the towns of King Sihon
of the Amorites, who had reigned in Heshbon, and extended as far
as the borders of Ammon. It included Gilead, the territory of the
kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah, all of Mount Hermon, all of Bashan
as far as Salecah, and all the territory of King Og of Bashan, who had
reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei. King Og was the last of the Rephaites,
for Moses had attacked them and driven them out. But the Israelites
failed to drive out the people of Geshur and Maacah, so they continue
to live among the Israelites to this day.
Moses did not assign any allotment of land to the tribe of Levi. Instead,
as the Lord had promised them, their allotment came from the offerings
burned on the altar to the Lord, the God of Israel.
Moses had assigned the following area to the clans of the tribe of Reuben.
Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge
(including the town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain beyond
Medeba. It included Heshbon and the other towns on the plain—
Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon, Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill above the valley, Beth-
peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth.