15 And Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the people of Reuben according to their clans. 16 So their territory was from Aroer, (A)which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland by (B)Medeba; 17 with Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the tableland; (C)Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, 18 (D)and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 19 and (E)Kiriathaim, and (F)Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar on the hill of the valley, 20 and (G)Beth-peor, and (H)the slopes of Pisgah, and (I)Beth-jeshimoth, 21 that is, (J)all the cities of the tableland, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, (K)whom Moses defeated with (L)the leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land. 22 (M)Balaam also, the son of Beor, the one who practiced divination, was killed with the sword by the people of Israel among the rest of their slain. 23 And the border of the people of Reuben was the Jordan as a boundary. This was the inheritance of the people of Reuben, according to their clans with their cities and villages.

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15 This is what Moses had given to the tribe of Reuben, according to its clans:

16 The territory from Aroer(A) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and the whole plateau past Medeba(B) 17 to Heshbon and all its towns on the plateau,(C) including Dibon,(D) Bamoth Baal,(E) Beth Baal Meon,(F) 18 Jahaz,(G) Kedemoth,(H) Mephaath,(I) 19 Kiriathaim,(J) Sibmah,(K) Zereth Shahar on the hill in the valley, 20 Beth Peor,(L) the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth— 21 all the towns on the plateau(M) and the entire realm of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the Midianite chiefs,(N) Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba(O)—princes allied with Sihon—who lived in that country. 22 In addition to those slain in battle, the Israelites had put to the sword Balaam son of Beor,(P) who practiced divination.(Q) 23 The boundary of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the Reubenites, according to their clans.(R)

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