Jo’s Place

The Rest of the Land was Divided West of the Jordan In the Book of Joshua Chapter 14: verses 1–15, we hear that… The remaining tribes of Israel received land in Canaan, as allotted by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the tribal leaders.  These nine and a half tribes received their grants of land, by means of sacred lots, in accordance with the Lord’s command, through Moses.  Moses had already given a grant of land, to the two and a half tribes, on the east side of the Jordan River, …but he had given the Levites, no such allotment.  The descendants of Joseph had become two separate tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim.  And the Levites were given no land at all, only towns to live in, with surrounding pasturelands, for their livestock and all their possessions.  So, the land was distributed, in strict accordance, with the Lord’s commands, to Moses.  Then, Caleb Requested His Land… A delegation, from the tribe of Judah, led by Caleb, son of Jephunneh, the Ke...

The Lands Given to the Tribe of Gad and the Half-Tribe of Manasseh Moses had assigned the following area to the clans of the tribe of Gad.  Their territory included Jazer, all the towns of Gilead, and half of the land of Ammon, as far as the town of Aroer, just west of Rabbah.  It extended from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Lo-debar.  In the valley were Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, Zaphon, and the rest of the kingdom of King Sihon of Heshbon.  The western boundary ran along the Jordan River …. It extended as far north as the tip of the Sea of Galilee and then turned eastward.  The towns and their surrounding villages, in this area, were given as a homeland to the clans of the tribe of Gad.  Moses had also assigned the following area to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh.  Their territory extended from Mahanaim, including all of Bashan, all the former kingdom of King Og, and the sixty towns of Jair...

An Allotment for the Tribe of Levi and the Land Given to the Tribe of Reuben Moses did not assign any allotment of land to the tribe of Levi.  Instead, as the Lord had promised them, their allotment came from the offerings burned on the altar to the Lord, the God of Israel.  Moses had assigned the following area to the clans of the tribe of Reuben.  Their territory extended from Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the town, in the middle of the gorge) …to the plain beyond Medeba.  It included Heshbon and the other towns on the plain—Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon, Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath, Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar, on the hill above the valley, Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth.  The land of Reuben also included all the towns of the plain …and the entire kingdom of Sihon.  Sihon was the Amorite king, who had reigned in Heshbon …and was killed by Moses, along with the leaders of Midian—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Re...

The Land Yet to Be Conquered When Joshua was an old man, the Lord said to him,  “You are growing old, and much land remains to be conquered.  This is the territory that remains:  …all the regions of the Philistines, and the Geshurites, …and the larger territory of the Canaanites, extending from the stream of Shihor, on the border of Egypt, northward, to the boundary of Ekron.  It includes the territory of the five Philistine rulers …of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.  The land of the Avvites, in the south, also remains to be conquered.  In the north, the following area has not yet been conquered:  …all the land of the Canaanites, including Mearah (which belongs to the Sidonians), stretching northward to Aphek, on the border of the Amorites; …the land of the Gebalites .and all of the Lebanon mountain area to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath; …and all the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, including all the la...

Kings were Defeated, East and West of the Jordan These are the kings, east of the Jordan River, who had been killed, by the Israelites …and whose land was taken.  Their territory extended, from the Arnon Gorge, to Mount Hermon …and included all the land, east of the Jordan Valley.  King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, was defeated.  His kingdom included Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge to the Jabbok River, which serves as a border, for the Ammonites.  This territory included the southern half, of the territory of Gilead.  Sihon also controlled the Jordan Valley, and regions to the east—from as far north as the Sea of Galilee, to as far south as the Dead Sea, including the road to Beth-jeshimoth, and southward, to the slopes of Pisgah.  King Og, of Bashan, the last of the Rephaites, lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei.  He ruled a territory stretching from Mount Hermon to Salecah, in the north ...

​ Israel’s Conquest   So, Joshua conquered the entire region—the hill country, the entire Negev, the whole area around the town of Goshen, the western foothills, the Jordan Valley, the mountains of Israel, and the Galilean foothills.  The Israelite territory now extended all the way from Mount Halak, which leads up to Seir, in the south, and as far north as Baal-gad, at the foot of Mount Hermon, in the valley of Lebanon.  Joshua killed all the kings of those territories, waging war …for a long time, to accomplish this.  No one, in this region, made peace with the Israelites, except the Hivites of Gibeon.  All the others were defeated.  For the Lord hardened their hearts and caused them to fight the Israelites.  So, they were completely destroyed without mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.  During this period, Joshua destroyed all the descendants of Anak, who lived in the hill country of Hebron, Debir, Anab, and the entire hill country of ...