JOSHUA 13:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
Reuben's cities detailed — And as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the country: the Perizzites and the Canaanites; Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, did not drive them out (וַיִּשְׁמְרוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־חֻקַּת אֲבוֹתָם). The text notes that Reuben's settlement includes previous Canaanite inhabitants who remain. The reference to Balak (the Moabite king from the Balaam narrative, Numbers 22-24) adds texture to the settlement picture—these are not virgin lands but previously occupied territories now allocated to Israel.
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