³ Moses had granted the two and a half tribes their inheritance east of the Jordan^(A) but had not granted the Levites an inheritance among the rest,^(B)

¹⁴ But to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance, since the food offerings presented to the Lord, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as he promised them.^(A)

Division of the Land East of the Jordan

⁸ The other half of Manasseh,^[a] the Reubenites and the Gadites had received the inheritance that Moses had given them east of the Jordan, as he, the servant of the Lord, had assigned^(A) it to them.^(B)

³² This is the inheritance Moses had given when he was in the plains of Moab^(A) across the Jordan east of Jericho.^{(B) 33} But to the tribe of Levi, Moses had given no inheritance;^(C) the Lord, the God of Israel, is their inheritance,^(D) as he promised them.^(E)

Division of the Land

¹² Of the land that we took over at that time, I gave the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory north of Aroer^(A) by the Arnon Gorge, including half the hill country of Gilead, together with its towns. ¹³ The rest of Gilead and also all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh.^(B) (The whole region of Argob in Bashan used to be known as a land of the Rephaites.^{(C) 14} Jair,^(D) a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maakathites;^(E) it was named^(F) after him, so that to this day Bashan is called Havvoth Jair.^[a]) ¹⁵ And I gave Gilead to Makir.^{(G) 16} But to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory extending from Gilead down to the Arnon Gorge (the middle of the gorge being the border) and out to the Jabbok River,^(H) which is the border of the Ammonites. ¹⁷ Its western border was the Jordan in the Arabah,^(I) from Kinnereth^(J) to the Sea of the Arabah^(K) (that is, the Dead Sea^(L)), below the slopes of Pisgah.

²⁹ He said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites, every man armed for battle, cross over the Jordan with you before the Lord, then when the land is subdued before you,^(A) you must give them the land of Gilead as their possession.^{(B) 30} But if they do not cross over^(C) with you armed, they must accept their possession with you in Canaan.^(D)”

³¹ The Gadites and Reubenites answered, “Your servants will do what the Lord has said.^{(E) 32} We will cross over before the Lord into Canaan armed,^(F) but the property we inherit will be on this side of the Jordan.^(G)”

³³ Then Moses gave to the Gadites,^(H) the Reubenites and the half-tribe of Manasseh^(I) son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites^(J) and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan^(K)—the whole land with its cities and the territory around them.^(L)

³⁴ The Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,^{(M) 35} Atroth Shophan, Jazer,^(N) Jogbehah,^{(O) 36} Beth Nimrah^(P) and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and built pens for their flocks.^{(Q) 37} And the Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon,^(R) Elealeh^(S) and Kiriathaim,^{(T) 38} as well as Nebo^(U) and Baal Meon (these names were changed) and Sibmah.^(V) They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.

³⁹ The descendants of Makir^(W) son of Manasseh went to Gilead,^(X) captured it and drove out the Amorites^(Y) who were there. ⁴⁰ So Moses gave Gilead to the Makirites,^(Z) the descendants of Manasseh, and they settled there. ⁴¹ Jair,^(AA) a descendant of Manasseh, captured their settlements and called them Havvoth Jair.^{[a](AB) 42} And Nobah captured Kenath^(AC) and its surrounding settlements and called it Nobah^(AD) after himself.^(AE)