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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. This is the remaining land: all the regions of the Philistines, and all of the Geshurites,[c] 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. 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] 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; 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. Therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 13:1 Literally “he went in the days”
  2. Joshua 13:1 Literally “you went in the days”
  3. Joshua 13:2 Hebrew “Geshurite”
  4. Joshua 13:3 Literally “on the face of Egypt”
  5. Joshua 13:3 Hebrew “Gazite”
  6. Joshua 13:3 Hebrew “Ashdodite”
  7. Joshua 13:3 Hebrew “Ashkelonite”
  8. Joshua 13:3 Hebrew “Gittite”
  9. Joshua 13:3 Hebrew “Ekronite”
  10. Joshua 13:4 Hebrew “Canaanite”
  11. Joshua 13:4 Hebrew “Amorite”
  12. Joshua 13:5 Or “white mountain”
  13. Joshua 13:5 Literally “the rise of the sun”
  14. Joshua 13:5 Or “below” or “under”
  15. Joshua 13:6 Or “white mountain”
  16. Joshua 13:6 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

Unconquered Lands

13 Joshua was now old, getting on in years,(A) and the Lord said to him, “You have become old, getting on in years, but a great deal of the land remains to be possessed.(B) This is the land that remains:

All the districts of the Philistines and the Geshurites: from the Shihor east of Egypt to the border of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as the Avvites in the south; all the land of the Canaanites: from Arah of the Sidonians to Aphek and as far as the border of the Amorites; the land of the Gebalites;(C) and all Lebanon east from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath[a](D) all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim,(E) all the Sidonians.

I will drive them out before the Israelites, only distribute the land as an inheritance for Israel, as I have commanded you. Therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 13:5 Or to Lebo-hamath