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KINGDOMS
13:21–14:3
The land of Reuben also included all the towns of the plain and
the entire kingdom of Sihon. Sihon was the Amorite king who had
reigned in Heshbon and was killed by Moses along with the leaders
of M
idian—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—princes living in the
region who were allied with Sihon. The Israelites had also killed
Balaam son of Beor, who used magic to tell the future. The Jordan
River marked the western boundary for the tribe of Reuben. The
towns and their surrounding villages in this area were given as a
homeland to the clans of the tribe of Reuben.
Moses had assigned the following area to the clans of the tribe of Gad.
Their territory included Jazer, all the towns of Gilead, and half of the
land of Ammon, as far as the town of Aroer just west of Rabbah. It
extended from Heshbon to R amath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from
Mahanaim to the territory of Lo-debar. In the valley were B
eth-haram,
Beth-nimrah, Succoth, Zaphon, and the rest of the kingdom of King
Sihon of Heshbon. The western boundary ran along the Jordan River,
extended as far north as the tip of the Sea of Galilee, and then turned
eastward. The towns and their surrounding villages in this area were
given as a homeland to the clans of the tribe of Gad.
Moses had assigned the following area to the clans of the half-tribe of
Manasseh.
Their territory extended from Mahanaim, including all of Bashan, all
the former kingdom of King Og, and the sixty towns of Jair in Bashan.
It also included half of Gilead and King Og’s royal cities of Ashtaroth
and Edrei. All this was given to the clans of the descendants of Makir,
who was Manasseh’s son.
These are the allotments Moses had made while he was on the plains of
Moab, across the Jordan River, east of Jericho. But Moses gave no allotment of land to the tribe of Levi, for the Lord, the God of Israel, had
promised that he himself would be their allotment.
The remaining tribes of Israel received land in Canaan as allotted by El
eazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the tribal leaders. These nine
and a half tribes received their grants of land by means of sacred lots, in
accordance with the Lord’s command through M
oses. M
oses had already given a grant of land to the two and a half tribes on the east side