15 So Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their families. 16 Their [a]territory was (A)from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, with the city which is in the middle of the valley and all the plain by Medeba; 17 Heshbon and all its cities which are on the plain: Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon, 18 (B)Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath, 19 (C)Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill of the valley, 20 Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, Beth-jeshimoth, 21 even all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the leaders of Midian, (D)Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the leaders of Sihon, who lived in the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 13:16 Or border

15 This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Reuben, according to its clans:

16 The territory from Aroer(A) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and the whole plateau past Medeba(B) 17 to Heshbon and all its towns on the plateau,(C) including Dibon,(D) Bamoth Baal,(E) Beth Baal Meon,(F) 18 Jahaz,(G) Kedemoth,(H) Mephaath,(I) 19 Kiriathaim,(J) Sibmah,(K) Zereth Shahar on the hill in the valley, 20 Beth Peor,(L) the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth— 21 all the towns on the plateau(M) and the entire realm of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the Midianite chiefs,(N) Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba(O)—princes allied with Sihon—who lived in that country.

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