--- title: "The Inheritance East of the Jordan" description: "The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them: The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon, and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites; also Gilead and the territory of" image: "" book: "Joshua" bookId: "JOS" testament: "old" startChapter: 13 startVerse: 8 endChapter: 13 endVerse: 33 coversChapters: [13] aiTitle: "The Inheritance East of the Jordan" aiDescription: "The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them: The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon, and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites; also Gilead and the territory of" hasAiStory: true location: "Jordan" persons: ["Ammonites","Amorites","Balaam","Beor","Evi","Gad","Gadites","Geshurites","God","Hur","Israelites","Levi","Maacathites","Machir","Manasseh","Moses","Og","Reba","Rekem","Rephaim","Reuben","Reubenites","Sihon","Zur"] hashtags: ["covenant","deliverance","genealogy","stewardship"] genre: "history" readingTime: 3 type: "adaptive" slug: "JOS/the-inheritance-east-of-the-jordan" canonicalId: "JOS.13.8-13.33" chronologicalOrder: 355 relatedSlugs: ["NUM/the-tribes-east-of-the-jordan","JOS/the-defeated-kings","NUM/the-defeat-of-sihon","DEU/land-division-east-of-the-jordan","NUM/vengeance-on-midian"] prevSlug: "JOS/lands-yet-unconquered" nextSlug: "JOS/introduction" --- The other half of [Manasseh](/persons/manasseh), along with the [Reubenites](/persons/reubenites) and [Gadites](/persons/gadites), had received the inheritance [Moses](/persons/moses) had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the [LORD](/persons/god) had assigned to them: The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon, and all the cities of [Sihon](/persons/sihon) king of the [Amorites](/persons/amorites) who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the [Ammonites](/persons/ammonites); also Gilead and the territory of the [Geshurites](/persons/geshurites) and [Maacathites](/persons/maacathites), all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah— the whole kingdom of [Og](/persons/og) in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and had remained as a remnant of the [Rephaim](/persons/rephaim).
Moses had struck them down and dispossessed them, but the [Israelites](/persons/israelites) did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day. To the tribe of [Levi](/persons/levi), however, Moses had given no inheritance. The offerings made by fire to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as He had promised them. ### Reuben’s Inheritance This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of [Reuben](/persons/reuben): The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba, to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon, Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath, Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley, Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth— all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian ([Evi](/persons/evi), [Rekem](/persons/rekem), [Zur](/persons/zur), [Hur](/persons/hur), and [Reba](/persons/reba)), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land. The Israelites also killed the diviner [Balaam](/persons/balaam) son of [Beor](/persons/beor) along with the others they put to the sword. And the border of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan.
This was the inheritance of the clans of the Reubenites, including the cities and villages. ### Gad’s Inheritance This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of [Gad](/persons/gad): The territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah; the territory from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir; and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth ). This was the inheritance of the clans of the Gadites, including the cities and villages. ### Manasseh’s Eastern Inheritance This is what Moses had given to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh: The territory from Mahanaim through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan, sixty cities; half of Gilead; and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan.
All this was for the clans of the descendants of [Machir](/persons/machir) son of Manasseh, that is, half of the descendants of Machir. These were the portions Moses had given them on the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho. To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, just as He had promised them.

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