Bible Verses

I also gave the following order to Joshua: “You have seen with your own eyes what the Lord has done with those two kings, and he will do the same to the kingdoms where you shall go.

All the strong men will go armed ahead of their Israelite brothers until the Lord gives them a place where they can rest as he has given you, and they too possess the land which I will give you on the other side of the Jordan. Then, each of you will return to his inheritance,

But only your women, your children, and your livestock, your numerous livestock, will remain in the cities I have given you.

Then I gave you these orders: “The Lord, our God, has given you this land to own.

It is bounded by the Arabah in the west and the east by the Jordan and its banks, from Chinnereth up to the sea in the desert, known as the Salt Sea, at the foot of Mount Pisgah.

16And to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, I gave the territory from Gilead up to the brook of Arnon (the boundary lies halfway along the brook) and up to the river Jabbok, the boundary of the territory of the sons of Ammon.

I gave part of Gilead to Machir.

Jair, a son of Manasseh, took all the territories of Argob up to the boundaries of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He gave his name to these cities, which are still known as the villages of Jair today.

And I gave to half of Manasseh’s tribe the other half of the kingdom of Gilead and the whole kingdom of Og or Bashan with the whole of the Argob region. The entire land of Bashan was called the land of the giants.

First Distribution East of the Jordan Then, we took possession of that land. I gave to the tribes of Reuben and Gad half of the mountains of Gilead with their cities, from Aroer situated at the edge of the brook of Arnon.