Joshua 13:1-7

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Land Still to Be Taken

13 When Joshua was very old, the Lord said to him, “Joshua, you have grown old, but there is still much land for you to ·take [possess; conquer]. ² This is what is left: the regions of Geshur and of the Philistines [^Cthe southern coastline along the Mediterranean Sea]; ³ the area from the Shihor River [^CWadi el-Arish located below Gaza] ·at the border [east; ^Lin front] of Egypt ·to [^Lto the border of] Ekron in the north, which ·belongs to the Canaanites [^Lis regarded/counted as Canaanite]; the five Philistine ·leaders [rulers; lords] at Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron; the Avvites, ⁴ ·who live south of the Canaanite land, from Arah of the Sidonians [^Cthe people of the northern coastal plains] to Aphek, to the border of the Amorites; ⁵ the ·Gebalites [^Cinhabitants of the city of Byblos, located north of modern Beirut], and the area of Lebanon east of Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath.

⁶ “The Sidonians are living in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, but I will ·force [drive] all of them out ahead of the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel]. Be sure to ·remember this land when you divide the land among the Israelites [^Lallocate this land to Israel as an inheritance], as I ·told [commanded] you.

⁷ “Now divide the land ·among [^Las an inheritance among] the nine tribes and ·West [^Lthe half-tribe of] Manasseh.”