15 I gave Gilead to Machir, 16 and I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites the area extending from Gilead to the Arnon Valley (the middle of the valley was the border) and up to the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites. 17 The Arabah and Jordan are also borders from Chinnereth[a] as far as the Sea of the Arabah, the Dead Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah on the east.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:17 = the Sea of Galilee; Jos 12:3; 13:27; Lk 5:1

15 And I gave Gilead to Makir.(A) 16 But to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory extending from Gilead down to the Arnon Gorge (the middle of the gorge being the border) and out to the Jabbok River,(B) which is the border of the Ammonites. 17 Its western border was the Jordan in the Arabah,(C) from Kinnereth(D) to the Sea of the Arabah(E) (that is, the Dead Sea(F)), below the slopes of Pisgah.

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