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¹ Now whan Iosua was olde and wel stricken in age, the LORDE sayde vnto him: Thou art olde & well aged,² and there remayneth yet moch of the londe to conquere, namely all Galile of the Philistynes, and all Gessuri,³ from Sihor which floweth before Egipte, vnto the border of Ekron, northwarde, which is rekened vnto the Cananites: fyue lordes of the Philistynes, namely, the Gasites, the Aßdodites, the Ascalonites, the Gethites, the Ekronites & the Hauites.⁴ But from the north it is all ye londe of the Cananites, and Maara of the Sidonians vnto Aphek, euen vnto the border of the Amorites.⁵ Morouer the londe of the Giblites eastwarde, from Baalgad vnder mount Hermon, tyll a ma come vnto Hamath.⁶ All they that dwell vpon the mount, from Libanus vnto the warme waters, and all the Sidonians. I wyl dryue them out before the children of Israel: Onely let them be dealte out amonge Israel, as I haue commaunded the.⁷ Deuyde thou this lode now to enheritauce amonge the nyne trybes and ye halfe trybe of Manasse.

⁸ For the Rubenites & Gaddites with ye halfe trybe of Manasse, haue receaued their enheritauce, which Moses gaue the beyonde Iordane Eastwarde, acordinge as Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE gaue them the same,⁹ from Aroer which lieth vp by the water syde of Arnon, and the cite in the myddes of the water, & all the coastes of Medba vnto Dibon,¹⁰ and all the cities of Sihon the kynge of the Amorites, which, dwelt at Heßbon, vnto the border of the children of Ammon:¹¹ and Gilead and ye border of Gessuri and Maachati, and all mout Hermon, and all Basan vnto Salcha:¹² all ye kyngdome of Og at Basan, which dwelt at Astaroth and Edrei, that remained yet ouer of Raphaim. But Moses smote them and droue them out.¹³ The children of Israel droue not out the Gessurites & Maachathites, but both Gessur and Maachat dwelt amonge the childre of Israel vnto this daye.¹⁴ But vnto ye trybe of the Leuites he gaue no enheritaunce: for the offeringe of the LORDE God of Israel is their enheritaunce, acordinge as he hath promysed them.

¹⁵ So Moses gaue vnto the trybe of ye children of Ruben after their kynreds,¹⁶ so that their border was Aroer, which lyeth vpon the water syde of Arnon, and the cite in the myddes of the same water, with all the playne felde vnto Medba:¹⁷ Heßbon, and all the cities therof which lye in the playne felde: Dibon, Bamoth Baal, & Beth Baal Meon,¹⁸ Iahza, Kedemoth, Mephaath,¹⁹ Kiriathaim, Sibama, Zeretha Sahar, vpon mount Emek,²⁰ Beth Peor: the ryuers by Pisga, and Beth Iesimoth,²¹ and all the cities vpon the playne, and all the realme of Sihon kynge of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heßbon, whom Moses smote with the prynces of Madian, Eui, Rekem, Zur, Hur, & Reba, the mightie men of kynge Sihon, which were inhabiters of the londe.²² And Balaam the sonne of Beor the prophecier, dyd the children of Israel kyll with the swerde amonge the other that were slayne:²³ and the border of ye childre of Ruben was Iordane. This is the enheritaunce of the children of Ruben amonge their kynreds, cities and vyllages.

²⁴ Vnto the trybe of the children of Gad amonge their kynreds gaue Moses,²⁵ so that their border was, Iahesar and all the cities in Gilead, and the halfe londe of the children of Ammon, vnto Aroer, which lyeth before Rabbath:²⁶ and from Heßbon vnto Ramath Mispe & Betomim: and fro Mahanaim vnto the border of Debir.²⁷ But in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimra, Suchoth and Zaphon (which remayned yet of the realme of Sihon kynge of Heßbon) and was by Iordane, vnto the edge of the see of Cyneroth, on this syde Iordane eastwarde.²⁸ This is the inheritaunce of the children of Gad in their kynreds, cities & vyllagyes.

²⁹ Vnto the halfe trybe of the children of Manasse after their kynreds, gaue Moses,³⁰ so that their border was fro Mahanaim, all Basan, all the kyngdome of Og kynge of Basan, and all the townes of Iair which lye in Basan, namely thre score cities.³¹ And halfe Gilead, Astaroth, Edrei, the cities of the kyngdome of Og at Basan, vnto the children of Machir the sonne of Manasse. This is the halfe porcion of the children of Machir after their kynreds.

³² This is it that Moses dealte out vpon the felde of Moab beyonde Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho eastwarde.³³ But vnto ye trybe of Leui gaue Moses no enheritaunce: for the LORDE God of Israel is their enheritaunce, as he hath promysed them.