¹ Josue was old, and far advanced in years, and the Lord said to him: Thou art grown old, and advanced in age, and there is a very large country left, which is not yet divided by lot:

² To wit, all Galilee, Philistia, and all Gessuri.

³ From the troubled river, that watereth Egypt, unto the borders of Accaron northward: the land of Chanaan, which is divided among the lords of the Philistines, the Gazites, the Azotians, the Ascalonites, the Gethites, and the Accronites.

⁴ And on the south side are the Hevites, all the land of Chanaan, and Maara of the Sidonians as far as Apheca, and the borders of the Amorrhite,

⁵ And his confines. The country also of Libanus towards the east from Baalgad under mount Hermon to the entering into Emath.

⁶ Of all that dwell in the mountains from Libanus, to the waters of Maserephoth, and all the Sidonians. I am he that will cut them off from before the face of the children of Israel. So let their land come in as a part of the inheritance of Israel, as I have commanded thee.

⁷ And now divide the land in possession to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasses,

⁸ With whom Ruben and Gad have possessed the land, which Moses the servant of the Lord delivered to them beyond the river Jordan, on the east side.

⁹ From Aroer, which is upon the bank of the torrent Amen, and in the midst of the valley and all the plains of Medaba, as far as Dibon:

¹⁰ And all the cities of Sehon, king of the Amorrhites, who reigned in Hesebon, unto the borders of the children of Ammon.

¹¹ And Galaad, and the borders of Gessuri and Machati, and all mount Hermon, and all Basan as far as Salecha,

¹² All the kingdom of Og in Basan, who reigned in Astaroth and Edrai, he was of the remains of the Raphaims: and Moses overthrew and destroyed them.

¹³ And the children of Israel would not destroy Gessuri and Machati: and they have dwelt in the midst of Israel, until this present day.

¹⁴ But to the tribe of Levi he gave no possession: but the sacrifices and victims of the Lord God of Israel, are his inheritance, as he spoke to him.

¹⁵ And Moses gave a possession to the children of Ruben according to their kindreds.

¹⁶ And their border was from Aroer, which is on the bank of the torrent Arnon, and in the midst of the valley of the same torrent: all the plain, that leadeth to Medaba,

¹⁷ And Hesebon, and all their villages, which are in the plains. Dibon also, and Bamothbaal, and the town of Baalmaon,

¹⁸ And Jassa, and Cidimoth, and Mephaath,

¹⁹ And Cariathaim, and Sabama, and Sarathasar in the mountain of the valley.

²⁰ Bethphogor and Asedoth, Phasga and Bethiesimoth,

²¹ And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdoms of Sehon king of the Amorrhites, that reigned in Hesebon, whom Moses slew with the princes of Madian: Hevi, and Recem, and Sur and Hur, and Rebe, dukes of Sehon inhabitants of the land.

²² Balaam also the son of Beer the soothsayer, the children of Israel slew with the sword among the rest that were slain.

²³ And the river Jordan was the herder of the children of Ruben. This is the possession of the Rubenites, by their kindreds, of cities and villages.

²⁴ And Moses gave to the tribe of Gad and to his children by their kindreds a possession, of which this is the division.

²⁵ The border of Jaser, and all the cities of Galaad, and half the land of the children of Ammon: as far as Aroer which is over against Rabba:

²⁶ And from Hesebon unto Ramoth, Masphe and Betonim: and from Manaim unto the borders of Dabir.

²⁷ And in the valley Betharan and Bethnemra, and Socoth, and Saphon the other part of the kingdom of Sehon king of Hesebon: the limit of this also is the Jordan, as far as the uttermost part of the sea of Cenereth beyond the Jordan on the east side.

²⁸ This is the possession of the children of Gad by their families, their cities, and villages.

²⁹ He gave also to the half tribe of Manasses and his children possession according to their kindreds,

³⁰ The beginning whereof is this: from Manaim all Basan, and all the kingdoms of Og king of Basan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in Basan, threescore towns.

³¹ And half Galaad, and Astaroth, and Edrai, cities of the kingdom of Og in Basan: to the children of Machir, the son of Manasses, to one? half of the children of Machir according to their kindreds.

³² This possession Moses divided in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan, over against Jericho on the east side.

³³ But to the tribe of Levi he gave no possession: because the Lord the God of Israel himself is their possession, as he spoke to them.

¹ Then we turned and went by the way of Basan: and Og the king of Basan came out to meet us with his people to fight in Edrai.

² And the Lord said to me: Fear him not: because he is delivered into thy hand, with all his people and his land: and thou shalt do to him as thou hast done to Sehon king of the Amorrhites, that dwelt in Hesebon.

³ So the Lord our God delivered into our hands, Og also the king of Basan, and all his people: and we utterly destroyed them,

⁴ Wasting all his cities at one time, there was not a town that escaped us: sixty cities, all the country of Argob the kingdom of Og in Basan.

⁵ All the cities were fenced with very high walls, and with gates and bars, be- sides innumerable towns that had no walls.

⁶ And we utterly destroyed them, as we had done to Sehon the king of Hesebon, destroying every city, men and women and children:

⁷ But the cattle and the spoils of the cities we took for our prey.

⁸ And we took at that time the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorrhites, that were beyond the Jordan: from the torrent Amen unto the mount Hermon,

⁹ Which the Sidonians call Sarion, and the Amorrhites Sanir:

¹⁰ All the cities that are situate in the plain, and all the land of Galaad and Basan as far as Selcha and Edrai, cities of the kingdom of Og in Basan.

¹¹ For only Og king of Basan remained of the race of the giants. His bed of iron is shewn, which is in Rabbath of the children of Ammon, being nine cubits long, and four broad after the measure of the cubit of a man's hand.

¹² And we possessed the land at that time from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the torrent Amen, unto the half of mount Galaad: and I gave the cities thereof to Ruben and Gad.

¹³ And I delivered the other part of Galaad, and all Basan the kingdom of Og to the half tribe of Manasses, all the country of Argob: and all Basan is called the Land of giants.

¹⁴ Jair the son of Manasses possessed all the country of d Argob unto the borders of Gessuri, and Machati. And he called Basan by his own name, Havoth Jair, that is to say, the towns of Jair, until this present day.

¹⁵ To Machir also I gave Galaad.

¹⁶ And to the tribes of Ruben and Cad I gave of the land of Galaad as far as the torrent Amen, half the torrent, and the confines even unto the torrent Jeboc, which is the border of the children of Ammon:

¹⁷ And the plain of the wilderness, and the Jordan, and the borders of Cenereth unto the sea of the desert, which is the most salt sea, to the foot of mount Phasga eastward.

¹⁸ And I commanded you at that time, saying: The Lord your God giveth you this land for an inheritance, go ye well appointed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the strong men of you,

¹⁹ Leaving your wives and children and cattle. For I know you have much cattle, and they must remain in the cities, which I have delivered to you.

²⁰ Until the Lord give rest to your brethren, as he hath given to you: and they also possess the land, which he will give them beyond the Jordan: then shall every man return to his possession, which I have given you.

²¹ I commanded Josue also at that time, saying: Thy eyes have seen what the Lord your God hath done to these two kings: so will he do to all the king- dome to which thou shalt pass.

²² Fear them not: for the Lord your God will fight for you.

²³ And I besought the Lord at that time, saying:

²⁴ Lord God, thou hast begun to shew unto thy servant thy greatness, and most mighty hand, for there is no other God either in heaven or earth, that is able to do thy works, or to be compared to thy strength.

²⁵ I will pass over therefore, and will see this excellent land beyond the Jordan, and this goodly mountain, and Libanus.

²⁶ And the Lord was angry with me on your account and heard me not, but said to me: It is enough: speak no more to me of this matter.

²⁷ Go up to the top of Phasga, and cast thy eyes round about to the west, and to the north, and to the south, and to the east, and behold it, for thou shalt not pass this Jordan.

²⁸ Command Josue, and encourage and strengthen him: for he shall go before this people, and shall divide unto them the land which thou shalt see.

²⁹ And we abode in the valley over against the temple of Phogor.