Their territory included Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half of Ammonite territory<n id="1" /> as far as Aroer near<n id="2" /> Rabbah.

Their territory started at<n id="1" /> Mahanaim and encompassed all Bashan, the whole realm of King Og of Bashan, including all sixty cities in Havvoth Jair<n id="2" /> in Bashan.

<p class="bodytext">The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south.<n id="1" />

These cities were located at the southern extremity of Judah&#8217;s tribal land near the border of Edom:<n id="1" /> Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim<n id="1" /> by its clans.

<t /><p class="bodytext">The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin<n id="1" /> by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph.<n id="2" />

The southern side started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and extended westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.

Their border went up westward to Maralah and touched Dabbesheth and the valley near<n id="1" /> Jokneam.

From Sarid it turned eastward<n id="1" /> to the territory of Kisloth Tabor, extended to Daberath, and went up to Japhia.

Their border started at Heleph and the oak of Zaanannim, went to Adami Nekeb, Jabneel and on to Lakkum,<n id="1" /> and ended at the Jordan River.<n id="2" />

It turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, extended from there to Hukok, touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and the Jordan<n id="1" /> on the east.

<p class="bodytext">King Sihon of the Amorites who lived<n id="1" /> in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) &#8211; including the city in the middle of the valley<n id="2" /> and half of Gilead &#8211; all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory.

from the Shihor River<n id="1" /> east of<n id="2" /> Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron (it is regarded as Canaanite territory),<n id="3" /> including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as Avvite land<n id="4" />

It included the valley of Beth Haram,<n id="1" /> 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.<n id="2" />

It then turned from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, crossed to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north (that is Kesalon), descended to Beth Shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.

It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe<n id="1" /> of Judah. This is the western border.<n id="2" />

The border then descended to the edge of the hill country near the Valley of Ben Hinnom located in the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. It descended through the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites to the south and then down to En Rogel.

(The Danites failed to conquer their territory,<n id="1" /> so they went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. They put the sword to it, took possession of it, and lived in it. They renamed it<n id="2" /> Dan after their ancestor.<n id="3" />)

The <sc>Lordsc> made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;<n id="1" /> In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.