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Joshua 11:15-17
New English Translation
Joshua 11:15-17
New English Translation
15 Moses the Lord’s servant passed on the Lord’s commands to Joshua, and Joshua did as he was told. He did not ignore any of the commands the Lord had given Moses.[a]
A Summary of Israel’s Victories
16 Joshua conquered the whole land,[b] including the hill country, all the Negev,[c] all the land of Goshen, the foothills,[d] the rift valley,[e] the hill country of Israel and its foothills, 17 from Mount Halak up to Seir, as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and executed them.[f]
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- Joshua 11:15 tn Heb “As the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua acted accordingly; he did not turn aside a thing from all which the Lord commanded Moses.”
- Joshua 11:16 tn Heb “Joshua took all this land.”
- Joshua 11:16 sn The Negev is an area south of the Judean hill country and west of the rift valley. As a geographic feature it is an arid depression extending south to the Gulf of Aqabah, but the biblical reference is probably to the northern part of this region.
- Joshua 11:16 sn The foothills (שְׁפֵלָה, “shephelah”) refer to the transition region between the Judean hill country and the Mediterranean coastal plain.
- Joshua 11:16 sn As a geographic feature, the rift valley (עֲרָבָה, ʿaravah) extends from Galilee to the Gulf of Aqaba. The reference here is probably to the Jordan Valley and the wider part of the rift valley below the Dead Sea.
- Joshua 11:17 tn Heb “and struck them down and killed them.”
Joshua 11:15-17
New International Version
Joshua 11:15-17
New International Version
15 As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.(A)
16 So Joshua took this entire land: the hill country,(B) all the Negev,(C) the whole region of Goshen, the western foothills,(D) the Arabah and the mountains of Israel with their foothills, 17 from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir,(E) to Baal Gad(F) in the Valley of Lebanon(G) below Mount Hermon.(H) He captured all their kings and put them to death.(I)
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