Jos 13:15-33 - Commentary

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Text -- Joshua 13:15-33 (NET)

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13:15 Moses assigned land to the tribe of Reuben by its clans. 13:16 Their territory started at Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) and included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba, 13:17 Heshbon and all its surrounding cities on the plain, including Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon, 13:18 Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath, 13:19 Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the hill in the valley, 13:20 Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth. 13:21 It encompassed all the cities of the plain and the whole realm of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon. Moses defeated him and the Midianite leaders Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba (they were subjects of Sihon and lived in his territory). 13:22 The Israelites killed Balaam son of Beor, the omen reader, along with the others. 13:23 The border of the tribe of Reuben was the Jordan. The land allotted to the tribe of Reuben by its clans included these cities and their towns. 13:24 Moses assigned land to the tribe of Gad by its clans. 13:25 Their territory included Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half of Ammonite territory as far as Aroer near Rabbah. 13:26 Their territory ran from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir. 13:27 It included the valley of Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, and the rest of the realm of King Sihon of Heshbon, the area east of the Jordan to the end of the Sea of Kinnereth. 13:28 The land allotted to the tribe of Gad by its clans included these cities and their towns. 13:29 Moses assigned land to the half-tribe of Manasseh by its clans. 13:30 Their territory started at Mahanaim and encompassed all Bashan, the whole realm of King Og of Bashan, including all sixty cities in Havvoth Jair in Bashan. 13:31 Half of Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities in the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were assigned to the descendants of Makir son of Manasseh, to half the descendants of Makir by their clans. 13:32 These are the land assignments made by Moses on the plains of Moab east of the Jordan River opposite Jericho. 13:33 However, Moses did not assign land as an inheritance to the Levites; their inheritance is the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed them.

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Names, People and Places:

· Ammonites the tribe/nation of people descended from Ben-Ammi, Lot's son,Territory of the tribe/nation of Ammon

· Amorites members of a pre-Israel Semitic tribe from Mesopotamia

· Arnon a river forming the southern border of Ammon east of the Dead Sea

· Aroer a town by the Wadi Arnon on the border of Reuben and Gad,a town in the desert of Judah

· Ashtaroth pagan god images of the Canaanite goddess Ashtoreth,a town of Manasseh about 35 km east of the sea of Chinnereth

· Balaam the son of Beor,son of Beor of Pethor on the Euphrates River

· Bamoth-baal a place of Israelite encampment in Moab NE of the Dead Sea

· Bamoth-Baal a place of Israelite encampment in Moab NE of the Dead Sea

· Bashan a region east of Lake Galilee between Mt. Hermon and Wadi Yarmuk

· Beor the father of the prophet Balaam.,father of Bela king of Edom,father of Balaam the prophet

· Beth-baal-meon a town of Reuben, east of the Jordan

· Beth-Baal-Meon a town of Reuben, east of the Jordan

· Beth-Haram a town of Gad

· Beth-haram a town of Gad

· Beth-Jeshimoth a town of Moab near the mouth of the Jordan River

· Beth-jeshimoth a town of Moab near the mouth of the Jordan River

· Beth-Nimrah a town in Gad east of the Jordan

· Beth-nimrah a town in Gad east of the Jordan

· Beth-peor a town near Mt. Peor in the Plains of Moab NW of Mt. Nebo (OS)

· Beth-Peor a town near Mt. Peor in the Plains of Moab NW of Mt. Nebo (OS)

· Betonim a town of Gad east. of the Jordan (OS)

· Chinnereth a lake 21 km long and 12 km wide, in the north of Palestine,a town of Naphtali on the NW shoulder of Lake Chinnereth (Lake Galilee)

· Debir the Amorite king of Eglon,a town of Judah 14 km SW of Hebron,a border town of Judah, about 16 km east of Jerusalem,a northern border town of Gad, about 80 km NE of Jerusalem

· Dibon a town in Moab near where Israel encamped,a town in the Negeb of southeastern Judah

· Edrei a town about 50 km east of the Sea of Galilee (ZD),a town of Naphtali north or west of the Sea of Galilee

· Evi a king of Midian killed by Moses

· Gad the tribe of Israel descended from Gad, the son of Jacob,the man; the son of Jacob and Zilpah,the tribe of Gad in Israel,a prophet and long time advisor to King David

· Gadites the tribe of Gad as a whole

· Gilead a mountainous region east of the Jordan & north of the Arnon to Hermon,son of Machir son of Manasseh; founder of the clan of Gilead,father of Jephthah the judge,son of Michael of the tribe of Gad

· Heshbon a town of south-eastern Judah

· Hur a man who was a special assistant to Moses and Aaron,a king of Midian killed by Moses,son of Caleb and Ephrathah; father of Salma; elder of Bethlehem

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jos 13:15 Heb “assigned to the sons of Reuben.”

NET Notes: Jos 13:16 Heb “their territory was from.”

NET Notes: Jos 13:21 Heb “princes of Sihon, inhabitants of the land.”

NET Notes: Jos 13:22 Heb “Balaam son of Beor, the omen-reader, the Israelites killed with the sword, along with their slain ones.”

NET Notes: Jos 13:23 Heb “This is the inheritance of the sons of Reuben by their clans, the cities and their towns.”

NET Notes: Jos 13:24 Heb “assigned to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad.”

NET Notes: Jos 13:25 Heb “in front of.”

NET Notes: Jos 13:26 The words “Their territory ran” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied for clarification.

NET Notes: Jos 13:27 The Sea of Kinnereth is another name for the Sea of Galilee. See the note on the word “Kinnereth” in 11:2.

NET Notes: Jos 13:28 Heb “This is the inheritance of the sons of Gad by their clans, the cities and their towns.”

NET Notes: Jos 13:29 Heb “assigned to the half-tribe of Manasseh, and it belonged to the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

NET Notes: Jos 13:30 The Hebrew name Havvoth Jair means “the tent villages of Jair.”

NET Notes: Jos 13:32 For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

NET Notes: Jos 13:33 For the background of this observation, see Deut 18:1-2.

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