Land Still to Be Conquered

1 Now Joshua ^twas old and advanced in years, and the Lord said to him, “You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land ^uto possess. 2 ^vThis is the land that yet remains: all the ^wregions of the Philistines, and all those of the Geshurites 3 (from the ^xShihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is counted as Canaanite; ^ythere are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of ^zthe Avvim, 4 in the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the boundary of ^athe Amorites, 5 and the land of the ^bGebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from ^cBaal-gad below Mount Hermon to ^dLebo-hamath, 6 all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to ^eMisrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians. I myself will drive ^fthem out from before the people of Israel. Only ^gallot the land to Israel ^hfor an inheritance, as I have commanded you. 7 Now therefore ⁱdivide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”

The Inheritance East of the Jordan

8 With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh¹ the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, ^jwhich Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them: 9 ^kfrom Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and ^lall the tableland of Medeba as far as Dibon; 10 ^mand all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the boundary of the Ammonites; 11 and Gilead, and the ⁿregion of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and ⁿall Bashan to Salecah; 12 ⁿall the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (he alone was left of ⁿthe remnant of the Rephaim); ^othese Moses had struck and driven out. 13 ^pYet the people of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites, but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day.

14 ^qTo the tribe of Levi alone Moses gave no inheritance. The offerings by fire to the Lord God of Israel are their inheritance, as he said to him.

15 And Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the people of Reuben according to their clans. 16 So their territory was from Aroer, ^rwhich is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland by ^sMedeba; 17 with Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the tableland; ^sDibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, 18 ^tand Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 19 and ^uKiriathaim, and ^uSibmah, and Zereth-shahar on the hill of the valley, 20 and ^vBeth-peor, and ^wthe slopes of Pisgah, and ^wBeth-jeshimoth, 21 that is, ^xall the cities of the tableland, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, ^ywhom Moses defeated with ^zthe leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land. 22 ^zBalaam also, the son of Beor, the one who practiced divination, was killed with the sword by the people of Israel among the rest of their slain. 23 And the border of the people of Reuben was the Jordan as a boundary. This was the inheritance of the people of Reuben, according to their clans with their cities and villages.

24 Moses gave an inheritance also to the tribe of Gad, to the people of Gad, according to their clans. 25 ^aTheir territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites, to Aroer, which is east of ^bRabbah, 26 and from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from ^cMahanaim to the territory of Debir,² 27 and in the valley Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, ^dSuccoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, having the Jordan as a boundary, to the lower end of the Sea of ^eChinnereth, eastward beyond the Jordan. 28 This is the inheritance of the people of Gad according to their clans, with their cities and villages.

29 And Moses gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh. It was allotted to the half-tribe of the people of Manasseh according to their clans. 30 Their region extended from ^fMahanaim, through all Bashan, the whole kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all ^gthe towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities, 31 and half Gilead, and ^hAshtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. These were allotted to the people of ⁱMachir the son of Manasseh for the half of the people of Machir according to their clans.

32 These are the inheritances that Moses distributed ^jin the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan east of Jericho. 33 ^kBut to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance; the Lord God of Israel is their inheritance, ^kjust as he said to them.

The Inheritance West of the Jordan

1 These are the inheritances that the people of Israel received in the land of Canaan, which ^lEleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel gave them to inherit. 2 Their inheritance was ^mby lot, just as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses for the nine and one-half tribes. 3 ⁿFor Moses had given an inheritance to the two and one-half tribes beyond the Jordan, ^obut to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them. 4 For ^pthe people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion was given to the Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands for their livestock and their substance. 5 The people of Israel did ^qas the Lord commanded Moses; they allotted the land.

Caleb’s Request and Inheritance

6 Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the ^rKenizzite said to him, “You know ^swhat the Lord said to Moses the man of God in Kadesh-barnea concerning you and me. 7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord ^tsent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought him word again as it was in my heart. 8 But ^umy brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholly followed the Lord my God. 9 And Moses swore on that day, saying, ^v‘Surely the land ^won which your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance for you and your children forever, because you have wholly followed the Lord my God.’ 10 And now, behold, the Lord has kept me alive, ^xjust as he said, these ^yforty-five years since the time that the Lord spoke this word to Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness. And now, behold, I am this day ^yeighty-five years old. 11 ^zI am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength was then, for war and ^afor going and coming. 12 So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the ^bAnakim were there, with great fortified cities. It may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the Lord said.”

13 Then Joshua ^cblessed him, and he gave ^dHebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. 14 Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, ^ebecause he wholly followed the Lord, the God of Israel. 15 ^fNow the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba.³ (Arba⁴ was the greatest man among the Anakim.) ^gAnd the land had rest from war.

The Allotment for Judah

1 The allotment for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans reached southward ^hto the boundary of Edom, to ⁱthe wilderness of Zin at the farthest south. 2 And their south boundary ran from the end of the ^hSalt Sea, from the bay that faces southward. 3 It goes out southward of ^jthe ascent of Akrabbim, passes along to Zin, and goes up south of Kadesh-barnea, along by Hezron, up to Addar, turns about to Karka, 4 passes along to Azmon, goes out by ^kthe Brook of Egypt, and comes to its end at the sea. This shall be your south boundary. 5 And the east boundary is the ^hSalt Sea, to the mouth of the Jordan. And the boundary on the north side runs from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan. 6 And the boundary goes up to ^lBeth-hoglah and passes along north of ^mBeth-arabah. And the boundary goes up to ⁿthe stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. 7 And the boundary goes up to Debir from ^othe Valley of Achor, and so northward, turning toward Gilgal, which is opposite ^pthe ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. And the boundary passes along to the waters of ^pEn-shemesh and ends at ^qEn-rogel. 8 Then the boundary goes up by ^rthe Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jebusite (^sthat is, Jerusalem). And the boundary goes up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Hinnom, on the west, at the northern end of the Valley ^tof Rephaim. 9 Then the boundary extends from the top of the mountain ^uto the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and from there to the cities of Mount Ephron. Then the boundary bends around to Baalah (^vthat is, Kiriath-jearim). 10 And the boundary circles west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passes along to the northern shoulder of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), and goes down to ^wBeth-shemesh and passes along by ^xTimnah. 11 The boundary goes out ^yto the shoulder of the hill north of Ekron, then the boundary bends around to Shikkeron and passes along to Mount ^zBaalah and goes out to Jabneel. Then the boundary comes to an end at the sea. 12 And the west boundary was ^athe Great Sea with its coastline. This is the boundary around the people of Judah according to their clans.

13 According to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah, ^bKiriath-arba, that is, ^bHebron (Arba was the father of Anak). 14 And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, ^cSheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the descendants of Anak. 15 And he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir. ^dNow the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher. 16 And Caleb said, “Whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.” 17 ^eAnd Othniel the son of Kenaz, ^fthe brother of Caleb, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. 18 When she came to him, she urged him to ask her father for a field. And she got off her donkey, and Caleb said to her, “What do you want?” 19 She said to him, “Give me a blessing. Since you have given me the land of the Negeb, give me also springs of water.” And he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans. 21 The cities belonging to the tribe of the people of Judah in the extreme south, toward the boundary of Edom, were Kabzeel, ^gEder, Jagur, 22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, 23 Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, 24 ^hZiph, Telem, Bealoth, 25 Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor), 26 Amam, Shema, Moladah, 27 Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet, 28 Hazar-shual, ⁱBeersheba, Biziothiah, 29 Baalah, Iim, Ezem, 30 Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, 31 ^jZiklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, 32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon: in all, twenty-nine cities with their villages.

33 And in the lowland, ^kEshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, 34 Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam, 35 ^lJarmuth, ^mAdullam, ⁿSocoh, ⁿAzekah, 36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, Gederothaim: fourteen cities with their villages.

37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad, 38 Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel, 39 ^oLachish, Bozkath, ^pEglon, 40 Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish, 41 Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and ^qMakkedah: sixteen cities with their villages.

42 ^rLibnah, Ether, Ashan, 43 Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, 44 ^sKeilah, Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages.

45 ^tEkron, with its towns and its villages; 46 from Ekron to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.

47 ^tAshdod, its towns and its villages; ^tGaza, its towns and its villages; to ^uthe Brook of Egypt, and ^vthe Great Sea with its coastline.

48 And in the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, 49 Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (^wthat is, Debir), 50 Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, 51 ^xGoshen, Holon, and ^yGiloh: eleven cities with their villages.

52 Arab, Dumah, Eshan, 53 Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah, 54 Humtah, ^zKiriath-arba (that is, ^zHebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages.

55 ^aMaon, ^aCarmel, ^bZiph, Juttah, 56 Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, 57 Kain, Gibeah, and ^cTimnah: ten cities with their villages.

58 Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor, 59 Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon: six cities with their villages.

60 ^dKiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.

61 In the wilderness, ^eBeth-arabah, Middin, Secacah, 62 Nibshan, the City of Salt, and ^fEngedi: six cities with their villages.

63 But the ^gJebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, ^hthe people of Judah could not drive out, ^hso the Jebusites dwell with the people of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

The Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh

1 The allotment of the people of Joseph went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, ⁱinto the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel. 2 Then ^jgoing from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites. 3 Then it goes down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of Lower ^kBeth-horon, then to ^lGezer, and it ends at the sea.

4 ^mThe people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.

5 The territory of the people of Ephraim by their clans was as follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was ⁿAtaroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon, 6 and the boundary goes from there to the sea. On the north is ^oMichmethath. Then on the east the boundary turns around toward Taanath-shiloh and passes along beyond it on the east to Janoah, 7 then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and ^pto Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending at the Jordan. 8 From ^qTappuah the boundary goes westward to the brook Kanah and ends at the sea. Such is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Ephraim by their clans, 9 together with ^qthe towns that were set apart for the people of Ephraim within the inheritance of the Manassites, all those towns with their villages. 10 However, ^rthey did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have been made ^sto do forced labor.

1 Then allotment was made to the people of Manasseh, for he was ^tthe firstborn of Joseph. To ^uMachir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, ^vwere allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war. 2 And allotments were made ^wto the rest of the people of Manasseh by their clans, Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These were the male descendants of Manasseh the son of Joseph, by their clans.

3 Now ^xZelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters, and these are the names of his daughters: ^xMahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 4 They approached ^yEleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the leaders and said, ^z“The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance along with our brothers.” So according to the mouth of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father. 5 Thus there fell to Manasseh ten portions, besides ^athe land of Gilead and Bashan, which is on the other side of the Jordan, 6 because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance along with his sons. The land of Gilead was allotted to the rest of the people of Manasseh.

7 The territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to ^bMichmethath, which is east of Shechem. Then the boundary goes along southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah. 8 The land of ^cTappuah belonged to Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah on the boundary of Manasseh belonged to the people of Ephraim. 9 ^cThen the boundary went down to the brook Kanah. These cities, to the south of the brook, among the cities of Manasseh, belong to Ephraim. Then the boundary of Manasseh goes on the north side of the brook and ends at the sea, 10 the land to the south being Ephraim’s and that to the north being Manasseh’s, with the sea forming its boundary. On the north Asher is reached, and on the east Issachar. 11 Also in Issachar and in Asher ^dManasseh had Beth-shean and its villages, and Ibleam and its villages, and the inhabitants of ^dDor and its villages, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of ^dTaanach and its villages, and the inhabitants of ^dMegiddo and its villages; ^ethe third is Naphath.⁵ 12 ^fYet the people of Manasseh could not take possession of those cities, but the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land. 13 Now when the people of Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites ^gto forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.

14 Then ^hthe people of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me but ⁱone lot and one portion as an inheritance, although I am ^ja numerous people, since all along the Lord has blessed me?” 15 And Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up by yourselves to the forest, and there clear ground for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and ^kthe Rephaim, since ^lthe hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.” 16 The people of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us. Yet all the Canaanites who dwell in the plain have ^mchariots of iron, both those in Beth-shean and its villages and those in ⁿthe Valley of Jezreel.” 17 Then Joshua said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, “You are a numerous people and have great power. You shall not have one allotment only, 18 but the hill country shall be yours, for though it is a forest, you shall clear it and possess it to its farthest borders. For you shall drive out the Canaanites, ^othough they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.”

Allotment of the Remaining Land

1 Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at ^pShiloh and set up ^qthe tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.

2 There remained among the people of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not yet been apportioned. 3 So Joshua said to the people of Israel, ^r“How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you? 4 Provide three men from each tribe, and I will send them out that they may set out and go up and down the land. They shall write a description of it with a view to their inheritances, and then come to me. 5 They shall divide it into seven portions. ^sJudah shall continue in his territory on the south, ^tand the house of Joseph shall continue in their territory on the north. 6 And you shall describe the land in seven divisions and bring the description here to me. ^uAnd I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God. 7 ^vThe Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the Lord is their heritage. ^wAnd Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.”

8 So the men arose and went, and Joshua charged those who went to write the description of the land, saying, “Go up and down in the land and write a description and return to me. And I will cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh.” 9 So the men went and passed up and down in the land and wrote in a book a description of it by towns in seven divisions. Then they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh, 10 and Joshua ^xcast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord. And there Joshua apportioned the land to the people of Israel, ^yto each his portion.