for Judah [was] very mighty even among his brethren, and one was to be a ruler out of him: but the blessing [was] Joseph's).

The sons of Joel [were] Shemaiah, and Benaiah his son; and Gog his son, and Shimei his son.

his son Baal, whom Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria carried away captive; he [is] the chief of the Reubenites.

And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel; he dwelt in Aroer, and even to Nebo, and Baal Meon.

And in the days of Saul they made war [with the Hagrites]; and they fell into their hands, all of them dwelling in their tents eastward of Gilead.

And the sons of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

and Nimrah, and Beth Haran, strong cities, and folds for sheep.

and Baal Meon, surrounded [with walls], and Shibma; and they called the names of the cities which they built, after their own names.

And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Mannasseh, and he dwelt there.

And Nobah went and took Kohath and her villages, and called them Nobah after his name.

And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan the kingdom of Og I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh, and all the country round about Argob, all that Bashan; it shall be accounted the land of Rephaim.

And to Machir I gave Gilead.

From the Jordan to the Great Sea westward you shall give it [them.] The Great Sea shall be the boundary. [But] to the two tribes and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to Reuben and to Gad, Moses gave [an inheritance] beyond the Jordan: Moses the servant of the Lord gave [it] to them eastward,

All the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned from Heshbon to the coasts of the children of Ammon;

All the kingdom of Og in the region of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei- he was left of the giants; and Moses struck him, and destroyed him.

Only no inheritance was given to the tribe of Levi: the Lord God of Israel, He [is] their inheritance, as the Lord said to them; and this [is] the division which Moses made to the children of Israel in Araboth Moab, on the other side of the Jordan, by Jericho.

And their borders were from Aroer, which is opposite the Brook of Arnon, and [theirs is] the city that is in the valley of Arnon; and all Misor,

Bashan, Kedamoth, Mephaath,

Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, Beth Jeshimoth-

And Balaam the son of Beor the prophet they killed in the battle.

And Moses gave inheritance to the sons of Gad according to their families.

And from Heshbon to Ramath by Mizpah, and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the borders of Debir,

This [is] the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families and according to their cities; according to their families they will turn their backs before their enemies, because their cities and their villages were according to their families.

And their borders were from Mahanaim, and all the kingdom of Bashan, and all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in the region of Bashan, sixty cities;

These [are] they whom Moses caused to inherit beyond the Jordan in Araboth Moab, beyond the Jordan by Jericho, eastward.

and said to them, You have heard all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and you have hearkened to my voice in all that he commanded you.

And now the Lord our God has given our brethren rest, as He told them. Now then, return and depart to your homes, and to the land of your possession, which Moses gave you on the other side of the Jordan.

And Joshua blessed them, and dismissed them; and they went to their homes.

And they departed with much wealth to their houses, and they divided the spoil of their enemies with their brethren; very much livestock, and silver, and gold, and iron, and much clothing.

And they came to Gilead of the Jordan, which is in the land of Canaan. And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an alter by the Jordan, a great altar to look at.