Joshua 13:24 — Meaning and Application

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“And Moses gave {inheritance} unto the tribe of Gad, {even} unto the children of Gad according to their families.”

Joshua 13:24

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Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. {soothsayer: or, diviner}

And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border {thereof}. This {was} the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.

And Moses gave {inheritance} unto the tribe of Gad, {even} unto the children of Gad according to their families.

And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that {is} before Rabbah;

And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;

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Joshua 13:1

"Now Joshua was old {and} stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old {and} stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. {to...: Heb. to possess it}"

Joshua 13:2

"This {is} the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,"

Joshua 13:3

"From Sihor, which {is} before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, {which} is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:"

Joshua 13:4

"From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that {is} beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites: {Mearah: or, the cave}"

Joshua 13:5

"And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath."

Joshua 13:6

"All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, {and} all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee."

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