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and ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and over all Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites[a] and the Maacathites,[b] and half of Gilead, as far as the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. Moses Yahweh’s servant and the Israelites[c] defeated them; and Moses Yahweh’s servant gave it as a possession to the Reubenites,[d] the Gadites,[e] and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

The Kings Conquered by Moses

These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites[f] defeated beyond to the Jordan to the west, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon,[g] and up to Mount Halak, which rises to Seir. And Joshua gave it as a possession to the tribes of Israel according to their allotments,

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 12:5 Hebrew “Geshurite”
  2. Joshua 12:5 Hebrew “Maacathite”
  3. Joshua 12:6 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  4. Joshua 12:6 Hebrew “Reubenite”
  5. Joshua 12:6 Hebrew “Gadite”
  6. Joshua 12:7 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  7. Joshua 12:7 Or “white mountain”

He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salekah,(A) all of Bashan(B) to the border of the people of Geshur(C) and Maakah,(D) and half of Gilead(E) to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the Israelites conquered them.(F) And Moses the servant of the Lord gave their land to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh to be their possession.(G)

Here is a list of the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon(H) to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their lands as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their tribal divisions.

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