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

These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to divide up the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

including all the Arabah of the Transjordan in the east to the sea of the Arabah, beneath the watershed of Pisgah.)

So keep the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that I today am commanding you to do.

They are your people, your valued property, whom you brought out with great strength and power.

However, you must not eat its blood; you must pour it out on the ground like water.

Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes.

For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the Lord your God.

Then Moses recited the words of this song from start to finish in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel.

When all the men had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they had healed.

So Joshua made sure they marched the ark of the Lord around the city one time. Then they went back to the camp and spent the night there.

they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.

So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal.

including the hill country, the lowlands, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev – the land of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites:

The Israelites followed the Lord’s instructions to Moses and divided up the land.

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Asher by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Dan by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

When the Israelites heard this, the entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh to launch an attack against them.

The men of Ephraim did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.

This is why the Lord permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; he did not hand them over to Joshua.