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Book of Joshua, Chapter 13

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Chapter 13 of Joshua—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Now Joshua was old, being advanced in years.[a]1 So Jehovah said to him: “You yourself have grown old and have advanced in years, and to a very great extent the land yet remains to be taken in possession.2
  2. This is the land yet remaining:3 all the regions of the Phi·lisʹtines4 and all the Geshʹur·ites5
  3. (from the branch of the Nile[b] that is in front of Egypt and up to the border of Ekʹron to the north,6 it used to be reckoned as belonging to the Caʹnaan·ites);7 five axis lords[c]8 of the Phi·lisʹtines, the Gaʹzites[d]9 and the Ashʹdod·ites,10 the Ashʹke·lon·ites,11 the Gitʹtites[e]12 and the Ekʹron·ites;13 and the Avʹvim.14
  4. To the south all the land of the Caʹnaan·ites; and Me·arʹah,[f] which belongs to the Si·doʹni·ans,15 as far as Aʹphek, as far as the border of the Amʹor·ites;
  5. and the land of the Geʹbal·ites[g]16 and all of Lebʹa·non toward the rising of the sun, from Baʹal-gad17 at the base of Mount Herʹmon as far as to the entering in of Haʹmath;[h]18
  6. all the inhabitants of the mountainous region, from Lebʹa·non19 to Misʹre·photh-maʹim,20 all the Si·doʹni·ans;21 I myself shall dispossess them from before the sons of Israel.22 Only make it fall to Israel as an inheritance, just as I have commanded you.23
  7. And now apportion this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half tribe of Ma·nasʹseh.”24
  8. ¶ With the other half tribe the Reuʹben·ites and the Gadʹites took their inheritance that Moses gave them on the side of the Jordan toward the east, just as Moses the servant of Jehovah had given them,25
  9. from A·roʹer,26 which is on the bank of the torrent valley of Arʹnon,27 and the city that is in the middle of the torrent valley, and all the tableland of Medʹe·ba28 as far as Diʹbon;29
  10. and all the cities of Siʹhon the king of the Amʹor·ites, who reigned in Heshʹbon, up to the border of the sons of Amʹmon;30
  11. and Gilʹe·ad and the territory of the Geshʹur·ites31 and the Ma·acʹa·thites and all of Mount Herʹmon32 and all Baʹshan33 as far as Salʹe·cah;34
  12. all the royal realm of Og35 in Baʹshan, who reigned in Ashʹta·roth and in Edʹre·i36—he it was who remained of what was left of the Rephʹa·im37—and Moses went striking them and dispossessing them.38
  13. And the sons of Israel did not dispossess39 the Geshʹur·ites and the Ma·acʹa·thites, but Geshʹur40 and Maʹa·cath keep dwelling in the midst of Israel down to this day.
  14. ¶ It was only to the tribe of the Levites that he did not give an inheritance.41 The offerings made by fire42 of Jehovah the God of Israel are their inheritance,43 just as he has promised them.44
  15. ¶ Then Moses made a gift to the tribe of the sons of Reuʹben by their families,
  16. and the territory came to be theirs from A·roʹer,45 which is on the bank of the torrent valley of Arʹnon, and the city that is in the middle of the torrent valley, and all the tableland by Medʹe·ba;46
  17. Heshʹbon47 and all its towns48 that are on the tableland, Diʹbon49 and Baʹmoth-baʹal50 and Beth-baʹal-meʹon,51
  18. and Jaʹhaz52 and Kedʹe·moth53 and Mephʹa·ath,54
  19. and Kir·i·a·thaʹim55 and Sibʹmah56 and Zeʹreth-shaʹhar in the mountain of the low plain,
  20. and Beth-peʹor and the slopes of Pisʹgah57 and Beth-jeshʹi·moth,58
  21. and all the cities of the tableland59 and all the royal realm of Siʹhon the king of the Amʹor·ites, who reigned in Heshʹbon,60 and whom Moses struck,61 together with the chieftains of Midʹi·an, Eʹvi and Reʹkem and Zur and Hur and Reʹba,62 the dukes of Siʹhon, who were dwelling in the land.
  22. And Baʹlaam the son of Beʹor,63 the diviner,64 was one whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword along with their slain ones.
  23. And the boundary of the sons of Reuʹben came to be the Jordan; and this as a territory was the inheritance of the sons of Reuʹben65 by their families, with the cities and their settlements.
  24. ¶ Furthermore, Moses made a gift to the tribe of Gad, the sons of Gad by their families,66
  25. and their territory came to be Jaʹzer67 and all the cities of Gilʹe·ad68 and half of the land of the sons of Amʹmon69 as far as A·roʹer,70 which is in front of Rabʹbah;71
  26. and from Heshʹbon72 to Raʹmath-mizʹpeh and Betʹo·nim and from Ma·ha·naʹim73 to the border of Deʹbir;74
  27. and in the low plain Beth-haʹram75 and Beth-nimʹrah76 and Sucʹcoth77 and Zaʹphon, the rest of the royal realm of Siʹhon the king of Heshʹbon,78 the Jordan being the border as far as the extremity of the sea of Chinʹne·reth[i]79 on the side of Jordan toward the east.
  28. This was the inheritance of the sons of Gad80 by their families, with the cities and their settlements.
  29. ¶ Further, Moses made a gift to the half tribe[j] of Ma·nasʹseh, and it came to be that of the half tribe[k] of the sons of Ma·nasʹseh by their families.81
  30. And their territory came to be from Ma·ha·naʹim82 all of Baʹshan, all the royal realm of Og the king of Baʹshan,83 and all the tent villages of Jaʹir84 that are in Baʹshan, sixty towns.
  31. And half of Gilʹe·ad, and Ashʹta·roth85 and Edʹre·i,86 the cities of the royal realm of Og in Baʹshan, went to the sons of Maʹchir87 the son of Ma·nasʹseh, to half of the sons of Maʹchir by their families.
  32. ¶ These were what Moses caused [them] to inherit, on the desert plains of Moʹab on the side of the Jordan, at Jerʹi·cho, toward the east.88
  33. ¶ And to the tribe of the Levites Moses did not give an inheritance.89 Jehovah the God of Israel is their inheritance, just as he has promised them.90

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit., “days.”
  2. ^ Or, “from Shihor.”
  3. ^ “Axis lords of.” Heb., sar·nehʹ, used only with reference to the Philistines. Taken from the Heb. root word seʹren, “axle; axis,” as in 1Ki 7:30.
  4. ^ Or, “people of Gaza.”
  5. ^ Or, “people of Gath.”
  6. ^ “Maara,” Vg.
  7. ^ Or, “people of Gebal.” In Eze 27:9 (LXX), they are called Biblians, inhabitants of Byblos, a city that was prominent for making papyrus into paper for writing material. In time bi·bliʹa came to describe various writings, scrolls, books and eventually the collection of little books that make up the Bible.
  8. ^ Possibly, “as far as Lebi-hamath (Lion of Hamath),” the name of a place. See VT, Vol. II, 1952, p. 114.
  9. ^ “Chinneroth” in M in 11:2; 12:3.
  10. ^ “To the half tribe of.” Heb., la·chatsiʹ sheʹvet (tribe).
  11. ^ “Of the half tribe of.” Heb., la·chatsiʹ mat·tehʹ (“tribe,” used interchangeably with sheʹvet).

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Jos 23:1; 24:29
  2. ^ Jos 12:7
  3. ^ Ex 23:29
  4. ^ Ex 23:31; Zp 2:5
  5. ^ 1Sa 27:8
  6. ^ Jos 15:11
  7. ^ Ge 10:19
  8. ^ Jg 3:3; 1Sa 6:4
  9. ^ Jos 10:41
  10. ^ Jos 15:46
  11. ^ Jg 14:19
  12. ^ 2Sa 21:19
  13. ^ 1Sa 5:10
  14. ^ De 2:23
  15. ^ Jg 1:31
  16. ^ 1Ki 5:18; Eze 27:9
  17. ^ Jos 11:17
  18. ^ Nu 34:8
  19. ^ De 3:25
  20. ^ Jos 11:8
  21. ^ Jg 3:3
  22. ^ Ex 23:30
  23. ^ Nu 34:17; Jos 14:1
  24. ^ Nu 33:54
  25. ^ Nu 32:33; Jos 22:4
  26. ^ De 3:12; Jos 12:2
  27. ^ Nu 21:13
  28. ^ Nu 21:30
  29. ^ Nu 32:3
  30. ^ Nu 21:24
  31. ^ De 3:14; Jos 12:5
  32. ^ De 4:48
  33. ^ Jos 17:1
  34. ^ 1Ch 5:11
  35. ^ De 3:10
  36. ^ Jos 12:4
  37. ^ De 3:11
  38. ^ Nu 21:24, 35
  39. ^ Nu 33:55; Jos 23:12
  40. ^ De 3:14
  41. ^ Nu 18:20; De 10:9; 12:12; Jos 14:3
  42. ^ Le 7:33; 1Co 9:13
  43. ^ Le 7:35; De 18:1
  44. ^ Nu 18:24; Jos 21:45
  45. ^ De 3:12; Jos 12:2
  46. ^ Jos 13:9
  47. ^ Nu 21:26
  48. ^ Nu 21:25
  49. ^ Nu 32:3
  50. ^ Nu 21:20
  51. ^ Nu 32:38
  52. ^ Nu 21:23
  53. ^ De 2:26
  54. ^ Jos 21:37
  55. ^ Nu 32:37
  56. ^ Nu 32:38
  57. ^ De 3:17; Jos 12:3
  58. ^ Nu 33:49
  59. ^ De 3:10
  60. ^ Nu 21:25
  61. ^ De 2:30; Ps 135:10
  62. ^ Nu 31:8
  63. ^ Nu 22:5; 2Pe 2:15
  64. ^ Nu 22:7; De 18:10
  65. ^ Nu 32:33
  66. ^ De 3:12
  67. ^ Nu 32:35
  68. ^ Nu 32:26
  69. ^ Jos 12:2; Jg 11:13
  70. ^ De 2:36; Jg 11:26
  71. ^ De 3:11; 2Sa 11:1
  72. ^ Nu 21:26
  73. ^ Ge 32:2; Jos 21:38
  74. ^ 2Sa 9:5; 17:27
  75. ^ Nu 32:36
  76. ^ Nu 32:36
  77. ^ Ge 33:17; Jg 8:5; 1Ki 7:46; Ps 60:6
  78. ^ Nu 21:26
  79. ^ Nu 34:11; De 3:17; Jn 6:1
  80. ^ De 3:16
  81. ^ De 3:13
  82. ^ 1Ch 6:80
  83. ^ Nu 32:33
  84. ^ Nu 32:41; De 3:14
  85. ^ Jos 12:4
  86. ^ Nu 21:33
  87. ^ Nu 32:39
  88. ^ Nu 32:33; De 3:12
  89. ^ De 10:9; Jos 13:14; 18:7
  90. ^ Nu 18:24; 26:62; De 18:1; Jos 14:3

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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