Joshua 13:1-7

Lexham English Bible

Land Still Remains to be Conquered

13 Now Joshua was old and advanced in years,^[a] and Yahweh said to him, “You are old and advanced in years,^[b] and very much of the land remains to be possessed. ² This is the remaining land: all the regions of the Philistines, and all of the Geshurites,^{[c] 3} from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt,^[d] up to the border of Ekron to the north, which is reckoned as Canaanite; there are five Philistine rulers: the Gazites,^[e] Ashdodites,^[f] Ashkelonites,^[g] Gittites,^[h] Ekronites,^[i] and the Avvim. ⁴ In the south; all the land of the Canaanites,^[j] and Mearah, which belongs to the Sidonians up to Aphek, to the border of the Amorites,^{[k] 5} and the land of the Gebalites, and all the Lebanon,^[l] toward the east,^[m] from Baal Gad at the foot of^[n] Mount Hermon up to Lebo-Hamath; ⁶ all the inhabitants of the hill country, from the Lebanon^[o] up to Misrephoth Maim, and all the Sidonians. I will drive them out from before the Israelites;^[p] only allocate it to Israel as an inheritance just as I have commanded you. ⁷ Therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”