Joshua 13

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 13 of 24

1 And Joshua was aged, going on in days. And Jehovah said to him, You have become aged, you are far along in days; yet very much land remains to be possessed.

2 This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

3 from Shihor which fronts on Egypt, and to the border of Ekron northward (it is counted to the Canaanites) five lords of the Philistines, of Gaza, of Ashdod, of Ashkelon, of Gath, and of Ekron; also the Avim.

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Chapter Summary

The bounds of the land not yet conquered. 15 The bounds of the inheritance of Reuben. 22 Balaam slain. 24 The bounds of the inheritance of Gad, 29 and the half tribe of Manasseh.

Key Hebrew Words

נַחֲלָה inheritance H5159 · TWOT 1342a
חָלַק divide (the land) H2505 · TWOT 669
יָרַשׁ dispossess H3423 · TWOT 920
נָתַן gave (as inheritance) H5414 · TWOT 1443
שָׁאַר remains (land left) H7604 · TWOT 2307
זָקֵן aged (old) H2204 · TWOT 574

People & Context

Joshua

Now aged; charged by Jehovah to divide the remaining land among the nine and a half tribes

Moses

Servant of Jehovah who had given Reuben, Gad, and half-Manasseh their inheritance east of the Jordan

Sihon

Amorite king of Heshbon whose former kingdom is allotted to Reuben and Gad

Og

King of Bashan, of the remnant of the giants, whose realm is given to half-Manasseh

Balaam

Son of Beor, the diviner whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword among the slain

Midianite chiefs

Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, princes of Sihon struck down by Moses in the land

Timeline

Jehovah Commands Aged Joshua

Jehovah tells Joshua he is aged, points out the extensive land still remaining to be possessed, and commands him to divide it as an inheritance to the nine and a half tribes.

Joshua 13:1-7
Review of Moses' Transjordan Allocation

A recounting of the land beyond the Jordan already given by Moses to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, noting that the Levites received no land inheritance.

Joshua 13:8-33

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