KJV King James Version
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.
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Joshua 13:23
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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 American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the border of the sons of Reuben is the Jordan, and its border; this is the inheritance of the sons of Reuben, for their families, the cities and their villages.
Surrounding context — Joshua 13
20 And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,
21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, [which were] dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
23 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.
24 And Moses gave [inheritance] unto the tribe of Gad, [even] unto the children of Gad according to their families.
25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that [is] before Rabbah;
26 And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
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וַיְהִ֗יH1961 · ha.yahto beגְּבוּל֙H1366 · ge.vulborder: boundaryבְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childרְאוּבֵ֔ןH7205 · re.u.venReubenהַיַּרְדֵּ֖ןH3383 · yar.denJordanוּגְב֑וּלH1366 · ge.vulborder: boundaryזֹ֣אתH2063 · zotthisנַחֲלַ֤תH5159 · na.cha.lahinheritanceבְּנֵֽי־H1121 · benson: childרְאוּבֵן֙H7205 · re.u.venReubenלְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔םH4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyהֶעָרִ֖יםH5892 · irexcitementוְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ פH2691 · cha.tsercourt
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