642 - The Lands Given to the Tribe of Gad and the Half-Tribe of Manasseh

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 in Bashan. It also included half of Gilead and King Og’s royal cities, of Ashtaroth and Edrei. 

All this was given to the clans of the descendants of Makir, who was Manasseh’s son. 

These are the allotments Moses had made, while he was on the plains of Moab, across the Jordan River, east of Jericho. 

But Moses gave no allotment of land to the tribe of Levi, for the Lord, the God of Israel, had promised that He, Himself, would be their allotment. 

Joshua 13:24–33 (NLT)

Praise be to God!


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