# #202 | Joshua ch.13 - Is the Transjordan Part of Israel?

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Published: 2026-06-03T20:01:00+00:00
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Chapter 13 lists the tribal portions of Reuven, Gad and Menashe on the East bank of the Jordan river. But is this land part of the land of Israel? The text of Sefer Yehoshua is somewhat ambivalent about this region, a negativity with roots in the Torah.

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