Joshua - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 236
The History of the People of Israel
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But joshua. grew old and advancedin days, when the EvER—L1v1No said to him- ‘ You are old and advanced in
days, andthe remainder of the country to be conquered is very large, that is the country of Nashareth, all Galilee, the Philistines, and all the Gheshu·· rites, from the Nilel which bounds the Mitzeraim, and from thence as far as the borders of Akron north· ward, belonging to the Cananites; with the five lordships of the Philis- tines, the Azathir, the Ashdodi, the Ashkaloni, the Gathi, the Akrani, and the Airi, on the south. All the country of the Canani and Marah, near Zidon, to Afak on the borders of the Ameri, with the district of the Ghibli, and all eastern Lebanon toward sunrise ;··—from Bal~gad below Mount Hermon to the pass of
6 Hamath ;— all the regions of the highlands from Lebanon to the shores of the sea,—-and all the Zidonians, IO II whom I will drive out before the face of the children of Israel;-—therefore assign to Israel their allotments as I command you. Consequently divide this country into districts, for the nine and a. half tribes to possess, because the Reubenites and the Gadites took their districts, which Moses gave them over the jordan eastward? Moses the servant of the EVER-
LIVING fixed for them, from Aroar, that is on the bank of the river Amon, and the town in the middle of the river, and all the plain of Midba to Diban, with all the towns of Sihon king of the Amorites, who was king in Heshbon tothe border of the Beni·Aman; with Gilad and the borders of the Gergushites, and the Makathites, and the Hill of Herman, and all Heshbon, to Salcahz All the territories of Og in Bashan, who was king iu Ashtaroth and Adrai,2 with
I Ch. 13, v. 3. The Hebrew name for the
= Black-water. The an equivalent description.——F. F. ) is an old commen-
tator’s note, inserting the then modern name for the older one.-—F. F. Moses subdued and seized: Moses also gave to the tribe of
Reuben by their families; and their boundary was from Aroar, which is on the bank- of the river Amon, and the town that is in the middle of the river, and all the plain to Midba. Heshbon and all the villages that are in the plain ; Dibon and Bamoth- Bal, and Beth—Bal, the Inner, with Zahtzah, and Kadmoth, and Mephath; with Kirzathaim, and Sibma, and all the districts of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses executed with the princes of Midian,—~Air, and Rekem, and Tzur, and Khor, and Reba lords of Sihon, residents in the country, and Bilam the son of Beer, the Diviner, whom the children of Israel slew with the sword for cursing them. These were the boundaries of the
sons of Reuben; They began at the jordan, which completed the boun- dary of the allotments of the sons of Reuben for their families,——in their townsand in their suburbs. Moses also gave to the tribe of Gad, the sons of Gad,—for their families.
And their boundary was jazer, and allthe towns of Gilad, and half the country of the children of Amon to Aroar, which is opposite Rabah; and from Heshbon to Ramath, to Mizpha and Betonim, and from Makhanirn to the boundary at Debir; then from the vale of Beth-aram, and Beth- minrah, and Sukoth, and North Zather, from the districts of Sihon king of Heshbon, to the jordan, and the boundary ended at the Lake of Kineroth, on the eastward beyond the jordan. This was the district of the sons of
Gad for their families. With the villages and their suburbs. Moses also gave to the half tribe
of Manasseh, for the families of the half tribe of the sons of Manasseh. And their boundaries were from Makhanim to Bashan, all the king· 1 Ch. 13, v. 13. (But the children of
Israel did not seize the Gheshuri, and the Makathi, but they reside in Gheshur and Makath, in the breast of Israel to this day. The tribe of Levi were not given apor- tion,—the Evnxz-mvmo Goo of Israel is their Portion as He said to them.) 16 18 2o 21 22 26 28
Vv. r3, x4, are a note of some editor, pro-
bably Ezra or Nehemiah. I, therefore, put them as a note at the foot of the page.--F. F. 236 _,_M____M__,_-.-___..el
