the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Joshua 13:15
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To the tribe of Reuben’s descendants by their clans, Moses gave
Moshe gave to the tribe of the children of Re'uven according to their families.
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.
Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the descendants of Reuben according to their families.
And Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the people of Reuben according to their clans.
Moses had given each family group from the tribe of Reuben some land:
Moses assigned land to the tribe of Reuben by its clans.
So Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their families.
So Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their families.
Moses then gaue vnto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance, according to their families.
So Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their families.
Moses gave land to each of the clans in the Reuben tribe.
Moshe gave land to the tribe of the descendants of Re'uven by clans.
And Moses gave [a portion] to the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.
Moses had given each family group from the tribe of Reuben some land. This is the land they received:
And Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the Reubenites according to their families.
Moses had given a part of the land to the families of the tribe of Reuben as their possession.
And Moses gave to the tribe of the sons of Reuben, for their families;
So Moses gaue vnto the trybe of ye children of Ruben after their kynreds,
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.
And Moses gave their heritage to the tribe of Reuben by their families.
Moyses gaue vnto the tribe of the children of Ruben inheritaunce, according to their kinredes:
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.
And Moses gaue vnto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families:
And Moses gave the land to the tribe of Ruben according to their families.
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.
This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben:
Therfor Moises yaf possessioun to the lynage of the sones of Ruben, bi her kynredis;
And Moses giveth to the tribe of the sons of Reuben, for their families;
And Moses gave to the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their families.
And Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben [inheritance] according to their families.
Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.
And Moses had given to the tribe of the children of Reuben an inheritance according to their families.
Moses gave land to the family group of the Reubenites by their families.
Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the Reubenites according to their clans.
Thus then Moses gave an inheritance unto the tribe of the sons of Reuben by their families;
And Moses gave a possession to the children of Ruben according to their kindreds.
And Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the Reubenites according to their families.
To the tribe of Reuben, clan by clan, Moses gave: the land from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon Gorge and the town in the middle of the valley, including the tableland around Medeba; Heshbon on the tableland with all its towns (Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon, Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath, Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on Valley Mountain, Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, Beth Jeshimoth); and all the cities of the tableland, the whole kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon, whom Moses put to death along with the princes of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, who lived in that country, all puppets of Sihon. (In addition to those killed in battle, Balaam son of Beor, the soothsayer, was put to death by the People of Israel.)
So Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their families.
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Reciprocal: Exodus 6:14 - these be Joshua 22:4 - get Judges 11:20 - General 1 Chronicles 5:8 - Aroer Ezekiel 48:6 - Reuben
Cross-References
Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your descendants." And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the Lord , who had appeared to him.
So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned.
(Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.)
From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where they had camped before.
This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the Lord again.
So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)
Finally Abram said to Lot, "Let's not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives!
The whole countryside is open to you. Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate. If you want the land to the left, then I'll take the land on the right. If you prefer the land on the right, then I'll go to the left."
So Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot moved his tents to a place near Sodom and settled among the cities of the plain.
So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said, "I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River—
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben [inheritance] according to their families. According to the number of them, and sufficient for them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The writer appends to the command of God Joshua 13:1-7 a statement that the other two tribes and a half had already had their inheritance marked out for them by Moses in the land east of Jordan. The boundaries of this territory as a whole are first set forth Joshua 13:8-14, and afterward the portions assigned within it to the two tribes and a half are severally described Joshua 13:15-33.
Joshua 13:14
See Deuteronomy 18:1-5 and notes.
Joshua 13:15-24
Inheritance of the tribe of Reuben. This territory was the most southerly of the trans-Jordanic possessions of Israel, and adjoined Moab, which lay only on the other side of the Arnon. Hence, the Reubenites became in after times much intermixed with the Moabites, who in fact eventually acquired much of the land, and several, if not all, of the cities here named as belonging to Reuben. This acquisition was probably assisted by the fact that the territory north of Arnon had formerly belonged to the Moabites, from whom it was wrested by the Amorites (see Numbers 21:27, etc. notes). It is not likely that the Amorite conquerors had completely extirpated the Moabite inhabitants. Hence, in the days when the Reubenites became engrossed in their pastoral pursuits, and probably not very long after the days of Joshua, the Moabites easily encroached on their inheritance, and in the end probably reoccupied nearly the whole of the ancient kingdom of Sihon (Compare Deuteronomy 33:6 note).
Joshua 13:17-21
See the marginal references for some of these names. Heshbon, Kedemoth, and Mephaath became eventually Levitical cities.
Joshua 13:21
Dukes of Sihon - Rather “vassals of Sihon,” probably those “dedicated” or “appointed” with a libation.
Joshua 13:23
Jordan ... - i. e. the Jordan and its territory (compare similar expressions in Numbers 34:6; Deuteronomy 3:16). The portion of the tribe of Reuben at its northern extremity touched the Jordan; the main part of his inheritance lay on the east of the Dead Sea.
Joshua 13:25
All the cities of Gilead - i. e. of Gilead in the narrower sense, included in the territory of Sihon, and distinct from Bashan Deuteronomy 3:10.
Half the land of the children of Ammon - i. e. that half of the Ammonite territory which had been conquered by the Amorites. This, after the overthrow of Sihon, the Israelites took for their own. The land which the Ammonites still held in the days of Moses, the Israelites were not permitted to attack.
Rabbah was a border fortress, the principal stronghold of the Ammonites Numbers 21:24, and the residence of their king. It was attacked and taken by Joab 2 Samuel 11:0; 2 Samuel 12:0; 1 Chronicles 20:1, but appears in later times again as an Ammonitish city Jeremiah 49:3; Ezekiel 25:5; Amos 1:13-15. In the third century B.C. it received from Ptolemy Philadelplus the name of Philadelphia, and was in later times the seat of a Christian bishop; but has now for many centuries been in ruins, remarkable for their grandeur and extent.
Joshua 13:26
The border of Debir - Rather perhaps “the border of Lidbir,” which is regarded as identical with the Lo-debar of 2 Samuel 9:4; 2 Samuel 17:27, one of the towns from which provisions were brought to David at Mahanaim Genesis 32:2.
Joshua 13:29-33
On the conquest of Bashan, see especially Numbers 32:33, etc. and notes.
