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Jos 13:8	Strong Concordance	With whom the Reubenites [07206] and the Gadites [01425] have received [03947] their inheritance [05159], which Moses [04872] gave [05414] them, beyond [05676] Jordan [03383] eastward [04217], even as Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068] gave [05414] them;
	King James	With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
With whom--Hebrew, "him." The antecedent is evidently to Manasseh, not, however, the half-tribe just mentioned, but the other half; for the historian, led, as it were, by the sound of the word, breaks off to describe the possessions beyond Jordan already assigned to Reuben, Gad, and the half of Manasseh (see on Num 32:1; Num 32:33; also see Deu 3:8-17). It may be proper to remark that it was wise to put these boundaries on record. In case of any misunderstanding or dispute arising about the exact limits of each district or property, an appeal could always be made to this authoritative document, and a full knowledge as well as grateful sense obtained of what they had received from God (Psa 16:5-6).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

With whom--Hebrew, "him." The antecedent is evidently to Manasseh, not, however, the half-tribe just mentioned, but the other half; for the historian, led, as it were, by the sound of the word, breaks off to describe the possessions beyond Jordan already assigned to Reuben, Gad, and the half of Manasseh (see on Num 32:1; Num 32:33; also see Deu 3:8-17). It may be proper to remark that it was wise to put these boundaries on record. In case of any misunderstanding or dispute arising about the exact limits of each district or property, an appeal could always be made to this authoritative document, and a full knowledge as well as grateful sense obtained of what they had received from God (Psa 16:5-6).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The writer appends to the command of God Jos 13:1-7 a statement that the other two tribes and a half had already had their inheritance marked out for them by Moses in the land east of Jordan. The boundaries of this territory as a whole are first set forth Jos 13:8-14, and afterward the portions assigned within it to the two tribes and a half are severally described Josh. 13:15-33. Jos 13:14 See Deu 18:1-5 and notes. Jos 13:15-24 Inheritance of the tribe of Reuben. This territory was the most southerly of the trans-Jordanic possessions of Israel, and adjoined Moab, which lay only on the other side of the Arnon. Hence, the Reubenites became in after times much intermixed with the Moabites, who in fact eventually acquired much of the land, and several, if not all, of the cities here named as belonging to Reuben. This acquisition was probably assisted by the fact that the territory north of Arnon had formerly belonged to the Moabites, from whom it was wrested by the Amorites (see Num 21:27, etc. notes). It is not likely that the Amorite conquerors had completely extirpated the Moabite inhabitants. Hence, in the days when the Reubenites became engrossed in their pastoral pursuits, and probably not very long after the days of Joshua, the Moabites easily encroached on their inheritance, and in the end probably reoccupied nearly the whole of the ancient kingdom of Sihon (Compare Deu 33:6 note). Jos 13:17-21 See the marginal references for some of these names. Heshbon, Kedemoth, and Mephaath became eventually Levitical cities. Jos 13:21 Dukes of Sihon - Rather "vassals of Sihon," probably those "dedicated" or "appointed" with a libation. Jos 13:23 Jordan ... - i. e. the Jordan and its territory (compare similar expressions in Num 34:6; Deu 3:16). The portion of the tribe of Reuben at its northern extremity touched the Jordan; the main part of his inheritance lay on the east of the Dead Sea. Jos 13:25 All the cities of Gilead - i. e. of Gilead in the narrower sense, included in the territory of Sihon, and distinct from Bashan Deu 3:10. Half the land of the children of Ammon - i. e. that half of the Ammonite territory which had been conquered by the Amorites. This, after the overthrow of Sihon, the Israelites took for their own. The land which the Ammonites still held in the days of Moses, the Israelites were not permitted to attack. Rabbah was a border fortress, the principal stronghold of the Ammonites Num 21:24, and the residence of their king. It was attacked and taken by Joab 2 Sam. 11; 12; Ch1 20:1, but appears in later times again as an Ammonitish city Jer 49:3; Eze 25:5; Amo 1:13-15. In the third century B.C. it received from Ptolemy Philadelplus the name of Philadelphia, and was in later times the seat of a Christian bishop; but has now for many centuries been in ruins, remarkable for their grandeur and extent. Jos 13:26 The border of Debir - Rather perhaps "the border of Lidbir," which is regarded as identical with the Lo-debar of Sa2 9:4; Sa2 17:27, one of the towns from which provisions were brought to David at Mahanaim Gen 32:2. Jos 13:29-33 On the conquest of Bashan, see especially Num 32:33, etc. and notes.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Which Moses gave them - By my command, and therefore do not thou disturb them in their possessions, but proceed to divide the other possessions to the rest.

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⁵ The LORD [03068] is the portion [04490] of mine inheritance [02506] and of my cup [03563]: thou maintainest [08551] my lot [01486].
⁶ The lines [02256] are fallen [05307] unto me in pleasant [05273] places; yea, I have a goodly [08231] heritage [05159].

⁸ And we took [03947] at that time [06256] out [03947] of the hand [03027] of the two [08147] kings [04428] of the Amorites [0567] the land [0776] that was on this side [05676] Jordan [03383], from the river [05158] of Arnon [0769] unto mount [02022] Hermon [02768];
⁹ (Which Hermon [02768] the Sidonians [06722] call [07121] Sirion [08303]; and the Amorites [0567] call [07121] it Shenir [08149];)
¹⁰ All the cities [05892] of the plain [04334], and all Gilead [01568], and all Bashan [01316], unto Salchah [05548] and Edrei [0154], cities [05892] of the kingdom [04467] of Og [05747] in Bashan [01316].
¹¹ For only Og [05747] king [04428] of Bashan [01316] remained [07604] of the remnant [03499] of giants [07497]; behold, his bedstead [06210] was a bedstead [06210] of iron [01270]; is it not [03808] in Rabbath [07237] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]? nine [08672] cubits [0520] was the length [0753] thereof, and four [0702] cubits [0520] the breadth [07341] of it, after the cubit [0520] of a man [0376].
¹² And this land [0776], which we possessed [03423] at that time [06256], from Aroer [06177], which is by the river [05158] Arnon [0769], and half [02677] mount [02022] Gilead [01568], and the cities [05892] thereof, gave [05414] I unto the Reubenites [07206] and to the Gadites [01425].
¹³ And the rest [03499] of Gilead [01568], and all Bashan [01316], being the kingdom [04467] of Og [05747], gave [05414] I unto the half [02677] tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519]; all the region [02256] of Argob [0709], with all Bashan [01316], which [01931] was called [07121] the land [0776] of giants [07497].
¹⁴ Jair [02971] the son [01121] of Manasseh [04519] took [03947] all the country [02256] of Argob [0709] unto the coasts [01366] of Geshuri [01651] and Maachathi [04602]; and called [07121] them after his own name [08034], Bashanhavothjair [01316] [02334], unto this day [03117].
¹⁵ And I gave [05414] Gilead [01568] unto Machir [04353].
¹⁶ And unto the Reubenites [07206] and unto the Gadites [01425] I gave [05414] from Gilead [01568] even unto the river [05158] Arnon [0769] half [08432] the valley [05158], and the border [01366] even unto the river [05158] Jabbok [02999], which is the border [01366] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983];
¹⁷ The plain [06160] also, and Jordan [03383], and the coast [01366] thereof, from Chinnereth [03672] even unto the sea [03220] of the plain [06160], even the salt [04417] sea [03220], under Ashdothpisgah [0798] [0794] eastward [04217].

³³ And Moses [04872] gave [05414] unto them, even to the children [01121] of Gad [01410], and to the children [01121] of Reuben [07205], and unto half [02677] the tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519] the son [01121] of Joseph [03130], the kingdom [04467] of Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], and the kingdom [04467] of Og [05747] king [04428] of Bashan [01316], the land [0776], with the cities [05892] thereof in the coasts [01367], even the cities [05892] of the country [0776] round about [05439].

¹ Now the children [01121] of Reuben [07205] and the children [01121] of Gad [01410] had a very [03966] great [06099] multitude [07227] of cattle [04735]: and when they saw [07200] the land [0776] of Jazer [03270], and the land [0776] of Gilead [01568], that, behold, the place [04725] was a place [04725] for cattle [04735];

²⁹ And Moses [04872] gave [05414] inheritance unto the half [02677] tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519]: and this was the possession of the half [02677] tribe [04294] of the children [01121] of Manasseh [04519] by their families [04940].
³⁰ And their coast [01366] was from Mahanaim [04266], all Bashan [01316], all the kingdom [04468] of Og [05747] king [04428] of Bashan [01316], and all the towns [02333] of Jair [02971], which are in Bashan [01316], threescore [08346] cities [05892]:
³¹ And half [02677] Gilead [01568], and Ashtaroth [06252], and Edrei [0154], cities [05892] of the kingdom [04468] of Og [05747] in Bashan [01316], were pertaining unto the children [01121] of Machir [04353] the son [01121] of Manasseh [04519], even to the one half [02677] of the children [01121] of Machir [04353] by their families [04940].
³² These are the countries which Moses [04872] did distribute for inheritance [05157] in the plains [06160] of Moab [04124], on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383], by Jericho [03405], eastward [04217].
³³ But unto the tribe [07626] of Levi [03878] Moses [04872] gave [05414] not any inheritance [05159]: the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] was their inheritance [05159], as he said [01696] unto them.

² And when Jacob [03290] saw them [07200], he said [0559], This is God's [0430] host [04264]: and he called [07121] the name [08034] of that place [04725] Mahanaim [04266].

²⁷ And it came to pass, when David [01732] was come [0935] to Mahanaim [04266], that Shobi [07629] the son [01121] of Nahash [05176] of Rabbah [07237] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and Machir [04353] the son [01121] of Ammiel [05988] of Lodebar [03810], and Barzillai [01271] the Gileadite [01569] of Rogelim [07274],

⁴ And the king [04428] said [0559] unto him, Where [0375] is he? And Ziba [06717] said [0559] unto the king [04428], Behold, he is in the house [01004] of Machir [04353], the son [01121] of Ammiel [05988], in Lodebar [03810].

²⁶ And from Heshbon [02809] unto Ramathmizpeh [07434], and Betonim [0993]; and from Mahanaim [04266] unto the border [01366] of Debir [01688];

¹³ Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; For three [07969] transgressions [06588] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and for four [0702], I will not turn away [07725] the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up [01234] the women with child [02030] of Gilead [01568], that they might enlarge [07337] their border [01366]:
¹⁴ But I will kindle [03341] a fire [0784] in the wall [02346] of Rabbah [07237], and it shall devour [0398] the palaces [0759] thereof, with shouting [08643] in the day [03117] of battle [04421], with a tempest [05591] in the day [03117] of the whirlwind [05492]:
¹⁵ And their king [04428] shall go [01980] into captivity [01473], he and his princes [08269] together [03162], saith [0559] the LORD [03068].

⁵ And I will make [05414] Rabbah [07237] a stable [05116] for camels [01581], and the Ammonites [01121] [05983] a couchingplace [04769] for flocks [06629]: and ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].

³ Howl [03213], O Heshbon [02809], for Ai [05857] is spoiled [07703]: cry [06817], ye daughters [01323] of Rabbah [07237], gird [02296] you with sackcloth [08242]; lament [05594], and run to and fro [07751] by the hedges [01448]; for their king [04428] shall go [03212] into captivity [01473], and his priests [03548] and his princes [08269] together [03162].

¹ And it came to pass, that after [06256] the year [08141] was expired [08666], at the time [06256] that kings [04428] go out [03318] to battle, Joab [03097] led forth [05090] the power [02428] of the army [06635], and wasted [07843] the country [0776] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and came [0935] and besieged [06696] Rabbah [07237]. But David [01732] tarried [03427] at Jerusalem [03389]. And Joab [03097] smote [05221] Rabbah [07237], and destroyed [02040] it.

²⁴ And Israel [03478] smote [05221] him with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and possessed [03423] his land [0776] from Arnon [0769] unto Jabbok [02999], even unto the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]: for the border [01366] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] was strong [05794].

¹⁰ All the cities [05892] of the plain [04334], and all Gilead [01568], and all Bashan [01316], unto Salchah [05548] and Edrei [0154], cities [05892] of the kingdom [04467] of Og [05747] in Bashan [01316].

²⁵ And their coast [01366] was Jazer [03270], and all the cities [05892] of Gilead [01568], and half [02677] the land [0776] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], unto Aroer [06177] that is before [06440] Rabbah [07237];

¹⁶ And unto the Reubenites [07206] and unto the Gadites [01425] I gave [05414] from Gilead [01568] even unto the river [05158] Arnon [0769] half [08432] the valley [05158], and the border [01366] even unto the river [05158] Jabbok [02999], which is the border [01366] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983];

⁶ And as for the western [03220] border [01366], ye shall even have the great [01419] sea [03220] for a border [01366]: this shall be your west [03220] border [01366].

²³ And the border [01366] of the children [01121] of Reuben [07205] was Jordan [03383], and the border [01366] thereof. This was the inheritance [05159] of the children [01121] of Reuben [07205] after their families [04940], the cities [05892] and the villages [02691] thereof.

²¹ And all the cities [05892] of the plain [04334], and all the kingdom [04468] of Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], which reigned [04427] in Heshbon [02809], whom Moses [04872] smote [05221] with the princes [05387] of Midian [04080], Evi [0189], and Rekem [07552], and Zur [06698], and Hur [02354], and Reba [07254], which were dukes [05257] of Sihon [05511], dwelling [03427] in the country [0776].

¹⁷ Heshbon [02809], and all her cities [05892] that are in the plain [04334]; Dibon [01769], and Bamothbaal [01120], and Bethbaalmeon [01010],
¹⁸ And Jahazah [03096], and Kedemoth [06932], and Mephaath [04158],
¹⁹ And Kirjathaim [07156], and Sibmah [07643], and Zarethshahar [06890] in the mount [02022] of the valley [06010],
²⁰ And Bethpeor [01047], and Ashdothpisgah [0798] [0794], and Bethjeshimoth [01020],
²¹ And all the cities [05892] of the plain [04334], and all the kingdom [04468] of Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], which reigned [04427] in Heshbon [02809], whom Moses [04872] smote [05221] with the princes [05387] of Midian [04080], Evi [0189], and Rekem [07552], and Zur [06698], and Hur [02354], and Reba [07254], which were dukes [05257] of Sihon [05511], dwelling [03427] in the country [0776].

⁶ Let Reuben [07205] live [02421], and not die [04191]; and let not his men [04962] be few [04557].

²⁷ Wherefore they that speak in proverbs [04911] say [0559], Come [0935] into Heshbon [02809], let the city [05892] of Sihon [05511] be built [01129] and prepared [03559]:

¹⁵ And Moses [04872] gave [05414] unto the tribe [04294] of the children [01121] of Reuben [07205] inheritance according to their families [04940].
¹⁶ And their coast [01366] was from Aroer [06177], that is on the bank [08193] of the river [05158] Arnon [0769], and the city [05892] that is in the midst [08432] of the river [05158], and all the plain [04334] by Medeba [04311];
¹⁷ Heshbon [02809], and all her cities [05892] that are in the plain [04334]; Dibon [01769], and Bamothbaal [01120], and Bethbaalmeon [01010],
¹⁸ And Jahazah [03096], and Kedemoth [06932], and Mephaath [04158],
¹⁹ And Kirjathaim [07156], and Sibmah [07643], and Zarethshahar [06890] in the mount [02022] of the valley [06010],
²⁰ And Bethpeor [01047], and Ashdothpisgah [0798] [0794], and Bethjeshimoth [01020],
²¹ And all the cities [05892] of the plain [04334], and all the kingdom [04468] of Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], which reigned [04427] in Heshbon [02809], whom Moses [04872] smote [05221] with the princes [05387] of Midian [04080], Evi [0189], and Rekem [07552], and Zur [06698], and Hur [02354], and Reba [07254], which were dukes [05257] of Sihon [05511], dwelling [03427] in the country [0776].
²² Balaam [01109] also the son [01121] of Beor [01160], the soothsayer [07080], did the children [01121] of Israel [03478] slay [02026] with the sword [02719] among them [0413] that were slain [02491] by them.
²³ And the border [01366] of the children [01121] of Reuben [07205] was Jordan [03383], and the border [01366] thereof. This was the inheritance [05159] of the children [01121] of Reuben [07205] after their families [04940], the cities [05892] and the villages [02691] thereof.
²⁴ And Moses [04872] gave [05414] inheritance unto the tribe [04294] of Gad [01410], even unto the children [01121] of Gad [01410] according to their families [04940].

¹ The priests [03548] the Levites [03881], and all the tribe [07626] of Levi [03878], shall have no part [02506] nor inheritance [05159] with Israel [03478]: they shall eat [0398] the offerings [0801] of the LORD [03068] made by fire [0801], and his inheritance [05159].
² Therefore shall they have no inheritance [05159] among [07130] their brethren [0251]: the LORD [03068] is their inheritance [05159], as he hath said [01696] unto them.
³ And this shall be the priest's [03548] due [04941] from the people [05971], from them that offer [02076] a sacrifice [02077], whether it be ox [07794] or sheep [07716]; and they shall give [05414] unto the priest [03548] the shoulder [02220], and the two cheeks [03895], and the maw [06896].
⁴ The firstfruit [07225] also of thy corn [01715], of thy wine [08492], and of thine oil [03323], and the first [07225] of the fleece [01488] of thy sheep [06629], shalt thou give [05414] him.
⁵ For the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] hath chosen [0977] him out of all thy tribes [07626], to stand [05975] to minister [08334] in the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], him and his sons [01121] for ever [03117].

¹⁴ Only unto the tribe [07626] of Levi [03878] he gave [05414] none inheritance [05159]; the sacrifices [0801] of the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] made by fire [0801] are their inheritance [05159], as he said [01696] unto them.

⁸ With whom the Reubenites [07206] and the Gadites [01425] have received [03947] their inheritance [05159], which Moses [04872] gave [05414] them, beyond [05676] Jordan [03383] eastward [04217], even as Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068] gave [05414] them;
⁹ From Aroer [06177], that is upon the bank [08193] of the river [05158] Arnon [0769], and the city [05892] that is in the midst [08432] of the river [05158], and all the plain [04334] of Medeba [04311] unto Dibon [01769];
¹⁰ And all the cities [05892] of Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], which reigned [04427] in Heshbon [02809], unto the border [01366] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983];
¹¹ And Gilead [01568], and the border [01366] of the Geshurites [01651] and Maachathites [04602], and all mount [02022] Hermon [02768], and all Bashan [01316] unto Salcah [05548];
¹² All the kingdom [04468] of Og [05747] in Bashan [01316], which reigned [04427] in Ashtaroth [06252] and in Edrei [0154], who remained [07604] of the remnant [03499] of the giants [07497]: for these did Moses [04872] smite [05221], and cast them out [03423].
¹³ Nevertheless the children [01121] of Israel [03478] expelled [03423] not the Geshurites [01651], nor the Maachathites [04602]: but the Geshurites [01650] and the Maachathites [04601] dwell [03427] among [07130] the Israelites [03478] until this day [03117].
¹⁴ Only unto the tribe [07626] of Levi [03878] he gave [05414] none inheritance [05159]; the sacrifices [0801] of the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] made by fire [0801] are their inheritance [05159], as he said [01696] unto them.

¹ Now Joshua [03091] was old [02204] and stricken [0935] in years [03117]; and the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto him, Thou art old [02204] and stricken [0935] in years [03117], and there remaineth [07604] yet very [03966] much [07235] land [0776] to be possessed [03423].
² This is the land [0776] that yet remaineth [07604]: all the borders [01552] of the Philistines [06430], and all Geshuri [01651],
³ From Sihor [07883], which is before [06440] Egypt [04714], even unto the borders [01366] of Ekron [06138] northward [06828], which is counted [02803] to the Canaanite [03669]: five [02568] lords [05633] of the Philistines [06430]; the Gazathites [05841], and the Ashdothites [0796], the Eshkalonites [0832], the Gittites [01663], and the Ekronites [06139]; also the Avites [05761]:
⁴ From the south [08486], all the land [0776] of the Canaanites [03669], and Mearah [04632] that is beside the Sidonians [06722], unto Aphek [0663], to the borders [01366] of the Amorites [0567]:
⁵ And the land [0776] of the Giblites [01382], and all Lebanon [03844], toward the sunrising [04217] [08121], from Baalgad [01171] under mount [02022] Hermon [02768] unto the entering [0935] into Hamath [02574].
⁶ All the inhabitants [03427] of the hill country [02022] from Lebanon [03844] unto Misrephothmaim [04956], and all the Sidonians [06722], them will I drive out [03423] from before [06440] the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: only divide thou it by lot [05307] unto the Israelites [03478] for an inheritance [05159], as I have commanded [06680] thee.
⁷ Now therefore divide [02505] this land [0776] for an inheritance [05159] unto the nine [08672] tribes [07626], and the half [02677] tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519],