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15 This is what Moses (drawn out) had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben (behold a son): 16 The territory from Aroer (ruins) on the rim of the Arnon (rushing stream) Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba (water of rest), 17 to Heshbon (stronghold) and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon (wasting), Bamoth-baal (high places of Baal), Beth-baal-meon (house of Baal), 18 Jahaz (trodden down), Kedemoth (eastern), Mephaath (splendor / height), 19 Kiriathaim (two cities), Sibmah (fragrance), Zereth-shahar (splendor of the dawn) on the hill in the valley, 20 Beth-peor (house of Peor), the slopes of Pisgah (cleft), and Beth-jeshimoth (house of the desolation)— 21 all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon (warrior) king of the Amorites (sayers), who reigned in Heshbon (stronghold) until Moses (drawn out) killed him and the chiefs of Midian (strife) (Evi (my desire), Rekem (variegation), Zur (rock), Hur (hole), and Reba (four)), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land. 22 The Israelites (he wrestles with God) also killed the diviner Balaam (not of the people) son of Beor (burning) along with the others they put to the sword. 23 And the border of the Reubenites (behold a son) was the bank of the Jordan (flowing down). This was the inheritance of the clans of the Reubenites, including the cities and villages. Joshua 13:15-23, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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