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Ang mga Lupaing Hindi pa Nasasakop

13 Matandang-matanda na noon si Josue. Sinabi sa kanya ni Yahweh: “Matandang-matanda ka na ngunit malaki pang bahagi ng lupaing ito ang kailangan pang sakupin. Ito ang mga hindi pa ninyo nasasakop: ang lupain ng mga Filisteo at ang lupain ng mga Gesureo; buhat sa batis ng Sihor sa tabing silangan ng Egipto hanggang sa Ekron ay itinuturing na lupain din ng mga Cananeo kahit ito'y sakop ng mga haring Filisteo na nakatira sa Gaza, sa Asdod, sa Ashkelon, sa Gat, at sa Ekron; ang lupain ng mga Aveo sa dakong timog, at ang lupain ng mga Cananeo, buhat sa Mehara na tinitirhan ng mga taga-Sidon hanggang sa Afec, sa may hangganan ng mga Amoreo; ang lupain ng mga Gebalita at ang buong silangan ng Lebanon, buhat sa Baal-gad sa paanan ng Bundok ng Hermon hanggang sa pagpasok ng Hamat. Kasama(A) rin dito ang lupain ng mga taga-Sidon na naninirahan sa kaburulan ng Lebanon hanggang sa Misrefot-mayim. Pagdating ninyo roon, palalayasin kong lahat ang mga naninirahan doon. Hatiin mo sa mga Israelita ang mga lupaing ito, ayon sa sinabi ko sa iyo. Ipamahagi mo ngayon ang lupaing ito sa siyam na lipi at sa kalahati ng lipi ni Manases.”

Mga Lupaing Ibinigay sa mga Lipi nina Ruben, Gad at Manases

Ang(B) mga lipi nina Ruben, Gad at ang kalahati ng lipi ni Manases ay binigyan na ni Moises ng kanilang lupain sa gawing silangan ng Jordan. Ang saklaw nila'y mula sa Aroer, na nasa tabi ng Kapatagan ng Arnon, at mula sa bayang nasa gitna ng libis patungo sa hilaga, kasama ang mga mataas na kapatagan ng Medeba hanggang sa Dibon. 10 Saklaw rin ang lahat ng lunsod na sakop ni Haring Sihon ng mga Amoreo, na nakatira sa Hesbon, tuloy sa hangganan ng Ammon. 11 Sakop pa rin ang Gilead, ang lupain ng mga Gesureo at mga Maacateo; ang kabundukan ng Hermon at ang buong Bashan hanggang Saleca. 12 Sakop din ang kaharian ni Og na hari ng Astarot at Edrei. (Ang haring ito ang kaisa-isang nalabi sa lahi ng mga higante na tinalo ni Moises at pinalayas sa lupaing iyon.) 13 Ngunit hindi pinaalis ng mga Israelita ang mga Gesureo at mga Maacateo. Naninirahan pa ang mga ito sa Israel hanggang ngayon.

14 Ang(C) lipi ni Levi ay hindi binigyan ni Moises ng bahagi sa lupain. Sa halip, ang tatanggapin nila'y ang bahaging kukunin sa mga handog ng sambayanan para kay Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel, ayon sa sinabi niya kay Moises.

15 Binigyan na ni Moises ng kani-kanilang bahagi sa lupain ang lipi ni Ruben, ayon sa kani-kanilang angkan. 16 Sakop nila ang lunsod ng Aroer na nasa gilid ng Ilog Arnon, at ang bayang nasa gitna ng libis, at ang mataas na kapatagan sa palibot ng Medeba. 17 Sakop din nila ang Hesbon at ang lahat ng lunsod sa mataas na kapatagan: ang Dibon, Bamot-baal, Beth-baal-meon, 18 Jahaz, Kedemot, Mefaat, 19 Kiryataim, at Sibma. Kasama pa rin ang lunsod ng Zaret-sahar na nasa burol sa gitna ng libis, 20 ang lunsod ng Beth-peor, ang mga libis ng Pisgah, at ang Beth-jesimot; 21 ang lahat ng lunsod sa mataas na kapatagan at ang lahat ng bayang saklaw ni Haring Sihon na hari ng Hesbon. Tinalo siya ni Moises pati ang mga hari ng Midian na sina Evi, Requem, Zur, Hur at Reba. Ang mga haring ito ay sakop ni Haring Sihon at nanirahan sa lupaing iyon. 22 Kabilang din sa mga pinatay roon ng mga Israelita ang manghuhulang si Balaam na anak ni Beor. 23 Ang Ilog Jordan ang hangganan ng lupaing napunta sa lipi ni Ruben, ayon sa kani-kanilang angkan. Ito ang mga lunsod at mga bayang napunta sa kanilang mga angkan at sambahayan.

24 Binigyan na rin ni Moises ng kani-kanilang bahagi sa lupain ang bawat angkan sa lipi ni Gad. 25 Napunta sa kanila ang Jazer, ang buong Gilead, at ang kalahati ng lupain ng mga Ammonita hanggang sa Aroer na katapat ng Rabba. 26 Sakop nila ang mga lupain buhat sa Hesbon hanggang Ramot-mizpa at Bethonim, at buhat sa Mahanaim hanggang sa mga nasasakupan ng Lo-debar. 27 Sa Kapatagan naman ng Jordan ang sakop nila'y ang mga lunsod ng Beth-haram, Beth-nimra, Sucot, Zafon at ang nalalabi sa kaharian ni Sihon na hari ng Hesbon. Saklaw nga nila ang buong lupain sa gawing silangan buhat sa Ilog Jordan, at tuloy sa Lawa ng Galilea sa gawing hilaga. 28 Ito ang mga lunsod at bayang ibinigay sa mga angkan ng lipi ni Gad.

29 Binigyan na rin ni Moises ng bahagi sa lupain ang mga angkan ng kalahati ng lipi ni Manases. 30 Sakop nila ang Mahanaim at ang buong teritoryo ni Haring Og sa lupain ng Bashan. Kasama rin ng lupain nila ang animnapung bayan ng Bashan na sakop ng Jair. 31 Sakop rin nila ang kalahati ng Gilead at ang mga lunsod ng Astarot at Edrei sa kaharian ni Og sa Bashan. Ito ang mga lupaing ibinigay sa mga angkang bumubuo ng kalahati ng angkan ni Maquir na anak ni Manases. 32 Ganito ipinamahagi ni Moises ang mga lupain sa silangan ng Jerico at ng Ilog Jordan noong sila'y nasa kapatagan ng Moab. 33 Ngunit(D) hindi niya binigyan ng lupa ang lipi ni Levi sapagkat ang bahagi nila ay si Yahweh, ang Diyos ng Israel.

Territories Yet Unconquered

13 Now Joshua was old and advanced in years when Adonai said to him, “You are old and getting on in years, yet very much of the land is still left to possess. This is the land still left: all the regions of the Philistines and all the Geshurites; from the Shihor which is near Egypt to the territory of Ekron northward (counted as Canaanite); the five Philistine lords of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron; also the Avvim in the south, all the land of the Canaanites—from Mearah of the Sidonians to Aphek, as far as the border of the Amorites; the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon toward the sunrise, from Baal-gad at the foot of Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath; all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians.

“I Myself will drive them out from before Bnei-Yisrael. Only allot it to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you. So now, divide this land as an inheritance for the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

Inheritance East of Jordan

With the half-tribe, the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them beyond the Jordan eastward, just as Moses the servant of Adonai gave them; from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the flatland from Medeba to Dibon; 10 and all the cities of King Sihon of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, up to the border of the children of Ammon; 11 and Gilead, and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan up to Salcah; 12 all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (he was left of the remnant of the Rephaim), for Moses defeated them and drove them out. 13 Nevertheless, Bnei-Yisrael did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites; but Geshur and Maacath lived among Israel to this day.

14 Only to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance—the fire offerings of Adonai God of Israel are his inheritance, as He spoke to him.

15 To the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their clans, Moses gave as 16 their territory: from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland up to Medeba, 17 Heshbon and all its towns on the tableland, Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon, 18 Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath, 19 Kiriathhaim, Sibmah and Zereth-shahar on the hill of the valley, 20 Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-Jeshimoth— 21 all the towns of the tableland and the entire kingdom of King Sihon of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon. (Moses defeated him with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon who were living in the land, 22 and Balaam son of Beor the diviner, whom Bnei-Yisrael killed with the sword among the rest of their slain. 23 As for the border of the children of Reuben, the Jordan was their border. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their clans, the towns and their villages.

24 To the tribe of Gad, Moses gave the children of Gad according to their clans 25 as their territory: Jazer, all the towns of Gilead, half the land of the children of Ammon up to Aroer which is near Rabbah, 26 from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Lidbir. 27 In the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth and Zaphon—that is, the rest of the kingdom of King Sihon of Heshbon, with the Jordan as its border, to the lowest part of the Sea of Chinneroth beyond the Jordan eastward. 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their clans, the towns and their villages.

29 To the half-tribe of Manasseh, Moses also gave inheritance. For the half-tribe of the children of Manasseh according to their clans, 30 their territory was from Mahanaim all of Bashan, the entire kingdom of King Og of Bashan and all the tent-villages of Jair which are in Bashan—60 towns; 31 also half of Gilead, with Ashtaroth and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir son of Manasseh, for half of the children of Machir according to their clans.

32 These are the inheritances that Moses apportioned in the plains of Moab, across the Jordan to the east of Jericho. 33 But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance—Adonai God of Israel is their inheritance, as He had spoken to them.

Land Still to Be Taken

13 When Joshua had grown old,(A) the Lord said to him, “You are now very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over.

“This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines(B) and Geshurites,(C) from the Shihor River(D) on the east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron(E) on the north, all of it counted as Canaanite though held by the five Philistine rulers(F) in Gaza, Ashdod,(G) Ashkelon,(H) Gath and Ekron; the territory of the Avvites(I) on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians as far as Aphek(J) and the border of the Amorites;(K) the area of Byblos;(L) and all Lebanon(M) to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon(N) to Lebo Hamath.(O)

“As for all the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim,(P) that is, all the Sidonians, I myself will drive them out(Q) before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate this land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have instructed you,(R) and divide it as an inheritance(S) among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh.”

Division of the Land East of the Jordan

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(T) it to them.(U)

It extended from Aroer(V) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and included the whole plateau(W) of Medeba as far as Dibon,(X) 10 and all the towns of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon,(Y) out to the border of the Ammonites.(Z) 11 It also included Gilead,(AA) the territory of the people of Geshur and Maakah, all of Mount Hermon and all Bashan as far as Salekah(AB) 12 that is, the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan,(AC) who had reigned in Ashtaroth(AD) and Edrei.(AE) (He was the last of the Rephaites.(AF)) Moses had defeated them and taken over their land.(AG) 13 But the Israelites did not drive out the people of Geshur(AH) and Maakah,(AI) so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.(AJ)

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.(AK)

15 This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Reuben, according to its clans:

16 The territory from Aroer(AL) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and the whole plateau past Medeba(AM) 17 to Heshbon and all its towns on the plateau,(AN) including Dibon,(AO) Bamoth Baal,(AP) Beth Baal Meon,(AQ) 18 Jahaz,(AR) Kedemoth,(AS) Mephaath,(AT) 19 Kiriathaim,(AU) Sibmah,(AV) Zereth Shahar on the hill in the valley, 20 Beth Peor,(AW) the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth— 21 all the towns on the plateau(AX) and the entire realm of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the Midianite chiefs,(AY) Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba(AZ)—princes allied with Sihon—who lived in that country. 22 In addition to those slain in battle, the Israelites had put to the sword Balaam son of Beor,(BA) who practiced divination.(BB) 23 The boundary of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Reubenites, according to their clans.(BC)

24 This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Gad, according to its clans:

25 The territory of Jazer,(BD) all the towns of Gilead(BE) and half the Ammonite country as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;(BF) 26 and from Heshbon(BG) to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim(BH) to the territory of Debir;(BI) 27 and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah,(BJ) Sukkoth(BK) and Zaphon(BL) with the rest of the realm of Sihon king of Heshbon (the east side of the Jordan, the territory up to the end of the Sea of Galilee[b](BM)). 28 These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Gadites,(BN) according to their clans.

29 This is what Moses had given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the family of the descendants of Manasseh, according to its clans:

30 The territory extending from Mahanaim(BO) and including all of Bashan,(BP) the entire realm of Og king of Bashan(BQ)—all the settlements of Jair(BR) in Bashan, sixty towns, 31 half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei (the royal cities of Og in Bashan).(BS) This was for the descendants of Makir(BT) son of Manasseh—for half of the sons of Makir, according to their clans.(BU)

32 This is the inheritance Moses had given when he was in the plains of Moab(BV) across the Jordan east of Jericho.(BW) 33 But to the tribe of Levi, Moses had given no inheritance;(BX) the Lord, the God of Israel, is their inheritance,(BY) as he promised them.(BZ)

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 13:8 Hebrew With it (that is, with the other half of Manasseh)
  2. Joshua 13:27 Hebrew Kinnereth