Numbers 32:5

32:5 So they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, ¹  let this land be given to your servants for our inheritance. Do not have us cross ²  the Jordan River.” ³ 

Numbers 32:19

32:19 For we will not accept any inheritance on the other side of the Jordan River ⁴  and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this eastern side of the Jordan.”

Numbers 32:32

32:32 We will cross armed in the Lord’s presence into the land of Canaan, and then the possession of our inheritance that we inherit will be ours on this side of the Jordan River.” ⁵ 

Numbers 34:15

34:15 The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, east of Jericho, ⁶  toward the sunrise.”

Numbers 35:14

35:14 “You must give three towns on this side of the Jordan, and you must give three towns in the land of Canaan; they must be towns of refuge.

Joshua 9:1

The Gibeonites Deceive Israel

9:1 When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan ⁷  – in the hill country, the lowlands, ⁸  and all along the Mediterranean coast ⁹  as far as ¹⁰  Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) –

Joshua 9:10

9:10 and all he did to the two Amorite kings on the other side of the Jordan – King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan in Ashtaroth.

Joshua 22:4

22:4 Now the Lord your God has made your fellow Israelites secure, ¹¹  just as he promised them. So now you may turn around and go to your homes ¹²  in your own land ¹³  which Moses the Lord’s servant assigned to you east of the Jordan.

Joshua 22:7

22:7 (Now to one half-tribe of Manasseh, Moses had assigned land in Bashan; and to the other half Joshua had assigned land on the west side of the Jordan with their fellow Israelites.) When Joshua sent them home, ¹⁴  he rewarded ¹⁵  them,

¹ tn Heb “eyes.”

² tn The verb is the Hiphil jussive from עָבַר (’avar, “to cross over”). The idea of “cause to cross” or “make us cross” might be too harsh, but “take across” with the rest of the nation is what they are trying to avoid.

³ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁶ map For the location of Jericho see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁷ tn Heb “When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan heard.”

⁸ tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

⁹ tn Heb “all the coast of the Great Sea.” The “Great Sea” was the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

¹⁰ tn Heb “in front of.”

¹¹ tn Heb “has given rest to your brothers.”

¹² tn Heb “tents.”

¹³ tn Heb “the land of your possession.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “to their tents.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “blessed.”