Joshua 13:23
21 all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.
22 The Israelites also killed the diviner Balaam son of Beor along with the others they put to the sword.
And the border of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the clans of the Reubenites, including the cities and villages.
24 This is what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Gad:
25 The territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And the border of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the clans of the Reubenites, including the cities and villages.
- KJV
- And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
- WEB
- The border of the children of Reuben was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and its villages.
- ASV
- And the border of the children of Reuben was the Jordan, and the border [thereof]. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
- DARBY
- And the border of the children of Reuben was the Jordan, and [its] border. This is the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and their hamlets.
- BLB
- And the border of the sons of Reuben was the Jordan and [its] bank. This [was] the inheritance of the sons of Reuben by their clans, the cities and their villages.
- ÅB
- Og Rubens barns grense var Jordan og landet langsmed den. Dette var Rubens barns arv etter deres slekter, byene med tilhørende landsbyer.
- OTB
- Grensen til rubenittene var Jordan. Dette var arven til Rubens sønner etter deres familier, byene og deres landsbyer.
- B1930
- Og Rubens barns grense var Jordan og landet langsmed den. Dette var Rubens barns arv efter deres ætter, byene med tilhørende landsbyer.