14 (A)For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and the half-tribe of Manasseh has received its inheritance.

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The Land of Reuben

15 (A)And Moses had given to the tribe of the children of Reuben an inheritance according to their families. 16 Their territory was (B)from Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, (C)and the city that is in the midst of the ravine, (D)and all the plain by Medeba; 17 (E)Heshbon and all its cities that are in the plain: Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon, 18 (F)Jahaza, Kedemoth, Mephaath, 19 (G)Kirjathaim, (H)Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the mountain of the valley, 20 Beth Peor, (I)the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth— 21 (J)all the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, (K)whom Moses had struck (L)with the princes of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, who were princes of Sihon dwelling in the country. 22 The children of Israel also killed with the sword (M)Balaam the son of Beor, the [a]soothsayer, among those who were killed by them. 23 And the border of the children of Reuben was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and their villages.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 13:22 diviner

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