¹⁰ When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wept loudly, and Joseph mourned seven days for his father. ¹¹ When the Canaanite inhabitants of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn mourning on the part of the Egyptians.” Therefore the place is named Abel-mizraim.^[a] It is across the Jordan.

Cities of Refuge

⁴¹ Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan to the east.

⁴⁶ across the Jordan in the valley facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites. He lived in Heshbon, and Moses and the Israelites defeated him after they came out of Egypt. ⁴⁷ They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings who were across the Jordan to the east,

³⁰ Aren’t these mountains across the Jordan, beyond the western road in the land of the Canaanites, who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, near the oaks^[a] of Moreh?

¹⁴ Your wives, young children, and livestock may remain in the land Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan.^[a] But your fighting men must cross over in battle formation^[b] ahead of your brothers^[c] and help them ¹⁵ until the Lord gives your brothers rest, as He has given you, and they too possess the land the Lord your God is giving them. You may then return to the land of your inheritance^(A) and take possession of what Moses the Lord’s servant^(B) gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”