The Land That Remained to Be Taken Over
1Joshua was now very old. The Lord said to him, “You are very old. And there are still very large areas of land that have not yet been taken over.
2“Here is the land that remains to be taken over.
“It includes all the areas of Philistia and Geshur. 3Those areas begin at the Shihor River in the eastern part of Egypt. They go to the territory of Ekron in the north. All that land is considered Canaanite even though it is controlled by five Philistine rulers. They rule over Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron.
The Avvites 4live south of them.
The rest of the land of Canaan that remains to be taken over reaches from Arah all the way to Aphek. Arah belongs to the people of Sidon. The land that remains to be taken reaches the border of Amorite territory.
5It includes the area of Byblos.
It also includes all of Lebanon to the east. It reaches from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon all the way to Lebo Hamath.
6“I myself will drive out all the people who live in the mountain areas. Those areas reach from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim. They include the area where all the people of Sidon live. I myself will drive out those people to make room for the Israelites. Make sure you set that land apart for Israel. Give it to them as their share, just as I have directed you. 7Divide it up among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh. Give each tribe its share.”
Land for the Tribes East of the Jordan River
8The other half of Manasseh’s tribe had already received the share of land Moses had given them. Their share was east of the Jordan River. The tribes of Reuben and Gad had already received their share too. Moses, the servant of the Lord, had given it to them.
9That land starts at Aroer on the rim of the Arnon River valley. It includes the town in the middle of the valley. It includes the high plains of Medeba all the way to Dibon. 10It also includes all the towns of Sihon, the king of the Amorites. He had ruled in Heshbon. That area reaches to the border of Ammon.
11It also includes Gilead. It includes the territory of Geshur and Maakah. It includes Mount Hermon and the whole land of Bashan all the way to Salekah. 12So it includes the entire kingdom of Og in Bashan. Og had ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei. He was the last of the Rephaites. Moses had won the battle over Sihon and Og. He had taken over their land. 13But the Israelites didn’t drive out the people of Geshur and Maakah. So they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.
14Moses hadn’t given any share of the land to the tribe of Levi. That’s because the food offerings are their share. Those offerings are presented to the Lord, the God of Israel. Moses gave the Levites what he had promised them.
15Here is what Moses had given to the tribe of Reuben, according to its family groups.
16Their territory starts at Aroer on the rim of the Arnon River valley. It includes the town in the middle of the valley. It includes all of the high plains near Medeba. 17It includes Heshbon and all its towns on those plains. Those towns include Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon, 18Jahaz, Kedemoth and Mephaath. 19They include Kiriathaim, Sibmah and Zereth Shahar on the hill in the valley. 20They also include Beth Peor, Beth Jeshimoth and the slopes of Pisgah. 21All those towns are on the high plains. The territory includes the whole kingdom of Sihon, the king of the Amorites. He had ruled in Heshbon. Moses had won the battle over him and over the chiefs of Midian. Those chiefs were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba. They were princes who helped Sihon fight against Israel. They lived in that country. 22The Israelites killed many of them in battle. They also killed Balaam with their swords. He was the son of Beor. Balaam had used evil magic to find out what was going to happen.
23The border of the tribe of Reuben was the bank of the Jordan River. All those towns and their villages were given to the tribe of Reuben as their very own. Each family group received its share.
24Here is what Moses had given to the tribe of Gad, according to its family groups.
25Their territory includes Jazer and all the towns of Gilead. It includes half of the country of Ammon all the way to Aroer, which was near Rabbah. 26Their territory reaches from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim. It reaches from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir. 27In the valley their land includes Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Sukkoth and Zaphon. It also includes the rest of the kingdom of Sihon. He was the king of Heshbon. His kingdom included the east side of the Jordan River. It reached up to the south end of the Sea of Galilee.
28All those towns and their villages were given to the tribe of Gad as their very own. Each family group received its share.
29Here is what Moses had given to half of the tribe of Manasseh, according to its family groups. It’s what Moses had given to half of Manasseh’s family line.
30Their territory starts at Mahanaim. It includes the whole land of Bashan. That was the entire kingdom of Og, the king of Bashan. Manasseh’s territory includes all the 60 towns of Jair in Bashan. 31It includes half of the land of Gilead. It also includes Ashtaroth and Edrei. They were the royal cities of Og in Bashan.
That land was given to half of the family line of Makir. He was the son of Manasseh. Each family group received its share.
32Those were the shares of land Moses had given the eastern tribes when he was in the plains of Moab. The plains are across the Jordan River east of Jericho. 33But Moses hadn’t given any share to the tribe of Levi. The Lord, the God of Israel, is their share. Moses gave the Levites what he had promised them.
尚未攻取之地
1约书亚年事已高，耶和华对他说：“你年纪大了，但还有许多地方有待征服， 2就是非利士人和基述人的全境， 3即从埃及东面的西曷河直到北面以革伦的边境，这一带都算是迦南，是统治迦萨人、亚实突人、亚实基伦人、迦特人、以革伦人的五个非利士王的地方；南方亚卫人的地方； 4整个迦南人的地方，从西顿人的米亚拉直到亚摩利人边境的亚弗； 5迦巴勒人的地方；以及东从黑门山山麓的巴力·迦得直到哈马口的整个黎巴嫩。 6我必为以色列人赶走从黎巴嫩到米斯利弗·玛音一带山区的西顿人。你只管照我的吩咐，把这些土地分给以色列人作产业， 7分给其他九个支派和玛拿西半个支派作产业。”
约旦河东土地的分配
8玛拿西半个支派和吕便、迦得两支派已经得到耶和华的仆人摩西在约旦河东分给他们的产业： 9从亚嫩谷旁的亚罗珥起，包括谷中的城，直到底本的整个米底巴平原， 10以及希实本的亚摩利王西宏统治的各城，直到亚扪的边境。 11此外，还包括基列、基述人和玛迦人的疆域、整个黑门山和直到撒迦的整个巴珊地， 12以及巴珊王噩的国土。噩曾经在亚斯她录和以得来做王，是仅存的利乏音人。摩西打败了这些人，赶走了他们。 13以色列人却没有赶走基述人和玛迦人，他们到今天还住在以色列人当中。
14摩西并没有把土地分给利未支派作产业，因为献给以色列的上帝耶和华的火祭就是他们的产业，正如耶和华对他们的应许。
15以下是摩西按宗族分给吕便支派的产业： 16从亚嫩谷的城、谷旁的亚罗珥和米底巴附近的整个平原， 17到希实本城和希实本平原的所有城邑，即底本、巴末·巴力、伯·巴力·勉、 18雅杂、基底莫、米法押、 19基列亭、西比玛、谷中山丘上的细列哈·沙辖、 20伯毗珥、毗斯迦山坡和伯·耶西末， 21平原的各城邑和亚摩利王西宏的国土。西宏曾在希实本做王，摩西打败了他和他的米甸首领以未、利金、苏珥、户珥和利巴。 22以色列人所杀的人中有比珥的儿子术士巴兰。 23吕便支派的土地以约旦河为界。以上是吕便支派按宗族分到的城邑和村庄。
24以下是摩西按宗族分给迦得支派的土地： 25雅谢和基列境内所有的城邑；亚扪人的一半领土，直到拉巴附近的亚罗珥； 26从希实本直到拉抹·米斯巴和比多宁，从玛哈念到底璧的边境； 27还有谷中的伯亚兰、伯·宁拉、疏割、撒分，就是希实本王西宏国中其余的土地，以约旦河为界，沿东岸直到加利利海的顶端。 28以上这些城邑、村庄便是迦得支派按宗族所分到的产业。
29以下是摩西按宗族分给玛拿西半个支派的土地： 30从玛哈念开始，包括整个巴珊，就是巴珊王噩的国土及其境内雅珥的六十座城邑， 31还有基列的一半和巴珊王噩的两座城——亚斯她录和以得来。玛拿西的儿子玛吉的一半子孙按宗族分到这些土地。
32以上是摩西在耶利哥对面约旦河东的摩押平原分给以色列人的产业。 33摩西并没有分给利未支派任何产业，因为以色列的上帝耶和华就是他们的产业，正如耶和华对他们的应许。
