1Da Josva var blevet gammel, sagde Herren til ham: „Du er langt oppe i årene, men der er endnu meget land at indtage.2Det drejer sig om filistrenes og geshuritternes landområder.3I det sydlige Kana’an drejer det sig om området, der går fra den mudrede[1] wadi på grænsen til Egypten, op til Ekron mod nord med de fem filisterbyer: Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkalon, Gat og Ekron (der hvor avvitterne engang boede).4I det nordlige Kana’an er det de øde områder, der hører under Sidon, fra Afek til den amoritiske grænse.5Desuden er der gebalitternes område langs kysten mod nord og området øst for Libanons bjerge fra Ba’al-Gad neden for Hermonbjerget i syd til Lebo-Hamat i nord,6-7samt alle dem, der bor vest for Libanons bjerge og ud til Misrefot-Majim ved kysten, det er sidonierne. Jeg er parat til selv at drive dem bort foran jer. Derfor skal du medregne hele området, når du fordeler landet mellem de ni stammer og Manasses halve stamme, sådan som jeg har befalet.”
Fordelingen af landet øst for Jordanfloden
8Den ene halvdel af Manasses stamme samt Rubens og Gads stamme havde allerede af Moses fået tildelt deres arvelod på den østlige side af Jordanfloden.9Deres område indbefattede Medeba højsletten ned til Dibon og byen Aroer på toppen af skrænten ved Arnonfloden, samt byen nede i floddalen.10Det indeholdt også de øvrige byer, som tidligere hørte under amoritterkongen Sihon af Heshbon, ud til Ammons grænse.11Området indbefattede også Gilead, geshuritternes og ma’akatitternes land, hele Hermonbjerget, hele Bashan så langt som til byen Salka12og alt det land, som tidligere hørte under kong Og af Bashan, der regerede fra Ashtarot og Edrei. Kong Og var en af de sidste refaitter. Det var i Moses’ tid, de blev angrebet og drevet bort.13Men israelitterne var ikke i stand til at fordrive geshuritterne og ma’akatitterne, og derfor bor de endnu i dag iblandt dem.14Moses tildelte ikke levitterne nogen jord, for Herren havde lovet at sørge for dem, at de måtte få del i det, der blev ofret til Herren, Israels Gud.
Levis arvelod Rubens arvelod
15Moses tildelte klanerne fra Rubens stamme16Medeba højsletten ned til Aroer og byen nede i Arnondalen.17Deres område indbefattede Heshbon og de andre byer på højsletten: Dibon, Bamot-Ba’al, Bet-Ba’al-Meon,18Jahatz, Kedemot, Mefa’at,19Kirjatajim, Sibma, Seret-ha-Shahar på bjerget over dalen,20Bet-Peor, Bet-ha-Jeshimot og Pisgabjergets skråninger.21Rubens arvelod indbefattede hele det landområde, kong Sihon havde regeret over med alle byer og landsbyer. Sihon var den amoritiske konge, som regerede fra Heshbon, og som blev dræbt af Moses sammen med de midjanitiske høvdinge Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur og Reba, der alle var underlagt kong Sihon.22Israelitterne dræbte ved den lejlighed også spåmanden Bileam, Beors søn.23Jordanfloden og Det Døde Hav udgjorde den vestlige grænse for det land, der blev tildelt Rubens stamme.
Gads arvelod
24Moses tildelte følgende områder til klanerne i Gads stamme:25Højsletterne med Jazer, alle Gileads byer og halvdelen af ammonitternes land indtil Aroer ved Rabba mod øst,26området fra Heshbon mod syd til Ramat-ha-Mitzpe og Betonim, og op til Mahanajim og Lodebar mod nord.27-28I Jordandalen var der byerne Bet-Haram, Bet-Nimra, Sukkot, Zafon og resten af kong Sihon af Heshbons rige. Jordanfloden dannede grænse mod vest helt op til Galilæasøen.
Manasses halve stammes arvelod
29Moses tildelte følgende område til klanerne fra Manasses halve stamme:30Deres territorium strakte sig nordpå fra Mahanajim og indbefattede hele Bashan, hele kong Ogs tidligere rige, og Jairs 60 landsbyer i Bashan,31desuden det halve Gilead samt kong Ogs residensbyer, Ashtarot og Edrei. Det blev alt sammen givet til efterkommere af Makir, Manasses søn.32Sådan fordelte Moses moabitternes land øst for Jordanfloden over for Jeriko, hvor folket i sin tid slog lejr.33Men Levis stamme gav han ingen jord, for Herren, Israels Gud, skulle være deres arvelod. Herren selv havde lovet at sørge for dem.
1Now Joshua was old and advanced in years, and the Lord said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to possess. (5.Mos 31,3; Josva 14,10; Josva 23,1)2This is the land that yet remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites (Dom 3,1; Joel 3,4)3(from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is counted as Canaanite; there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of the Avvim, (5.Mos 2,23; Dom 3,3; 1.Krøn 13,5; Jer 2,18)4in the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the boundary of the Amorites, (Dom 1,34)5and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath, (4.Mos 34,8; Josva 11,17; Josva 12,7; 1.Kong 5,18; Salm 83,7; Ez 27,9)6all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians. I myself will drive them out from before the people of Israel. Only allot the land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you. (4.Mos 34,2; Josva 11,8; Josva 23,4; Josva 23,13; Dom 2,21)7Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.” (Josva 14,1)
The Inheritance East of the Jordan
8With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh[1] the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them: (4.Mos 32,33; Josva 12,6)9from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland of Medeba as far as Dibon; (4.Mos 21,30; 5.Mos 2,36; Josva 13,16)10and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the boundary of the Ammonites; (4.Mos 21,24)11and Gilead, and the region of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah; (5.Mos 3,14)12all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (he alone was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); these Moses had struck and driven out. (4.Mos 21,24; 4.Mos 21,35; Josva 13,11)13Yet the people of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites, but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day. (Josva 13,11)14To the tribe of Levi alone Moses gave no inheritance. The offerings by fire to the Lord God of Israel are their inheritance, as he said to him. (4.Mos 18,20; Josva 14,3)15And Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the people of Reuben according to their clans.16So their territory was from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland by Medeba; (4.Mos 21,30; Josva 13,9)17with Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the tableland; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, (Josva 13,16)18and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, (4.Mos 21,23)19and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar on the hill of the valley, (4.Mos 32,37)20and Beth-peor, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth, (5.Mos 4,46; Josva 12,3)21that is, all the cities of the tableland, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses defeated with the leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land. (4.Mos 21,24; 4.Mos 31,8; 5.Mos 3,10)22Balaam also, the son of Beor, the one who practiced divination, was killed with the sword by the people of Israel among the rest of their slain. (Josva 13,21)23And the border of the people of Reuben was the Jordan as a boundary. This was the inheritance of the people of Reuben, according to their clans with their cities and villages.24Moses gave an inheritance also to the tribe of Gad, to the people of Gad, according to their clans.25Their territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites, to Aroer, which is east of Rabbah, (4.Mos 32,34; 5.Mos 3,11; 2.Sam 11,1; 2.Sam 12,26)26and from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir,[2] (1.Mos 32,2; 2.Sam 2,8; 2.Sam 2,12; 2.Sam 17,24)27and in the valley Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, having the Jordan as a boundary, to the lower end of the Sea of Chinnereth, eastward beyond the Jordan. (1.Mos 33,17; Josva 11,2)28This is the inheritance of the people of Gad according to their clans, with their cities and villages.29And Moses gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh. It was allotted to the half-tribe of the people of Manasseh according to their clans.30Their region extended from Mahanaim, through all Bashan, the whole kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities, (4.Mos 32,41; 5.Mos 3,14; Josva 13,26; 1.Krøn 2,23)31and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. These were allotted to the people of Machir the son of Manasseh for the half of the people of Machir according to their clans. (4.Mos 32,39; Josva 12,4; Josva 17,1)32These are the inheritances that Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan east of Jericho. (4.Mos 22,1)33But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance; the Lord God of Israel is their inheritance, just as he said to them. (4.Mos 18,20; Josva 13,14; Josva 18,7)