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Text -- Joshua 13:1-9 (NET)
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The Lord Speaks to Joshua
13:1 When Joshua was very old , the Lord told him, “You are very old , and a great deal of land remains to be conquered .
13:2 This is the land that remains : all the territory of the Philistines and all the Geshurites ,
13:3 from the Shihor River east of Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron (it is regarded as Canaanite territory), including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza , Ashdod , Ashkelon , Gath , and Ekron , as well as Avvite land
13:4 to the south ; all the Canaanite territory , from Arah in the region of Sidon to Aphek , as far as Amorite territory ;
13:5 the territory of Byblos and all Lebanon to the east , from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath .
13:6 I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, all the Sidonians ; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you.”
13:7 Now , divide up this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh .”
Tribal Lands East of the Jordan
13:8 The other half of Manasseh, Reuben , and Gad received their allotted tribal lands beyond the Jordan , just as Moses , the Lord’s servant , had assigned them.
13:9 Their territory started from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley ), included the city in the middle of the valley , the whole plain of Medeba as far as Dibon ,
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
LEBANON |
Geshur |
Joshua |
Philistines |
Gaza |
Mearah |
SIDONIANS |
Gath |
Manaen |
Medeba |
Hamath |
PALESTINE, 2 |
Ashkelon |
Ekron |
ZIDONIANS |
AVVIM; AVITES |
Gazathites |
Dibon |
Misrephoth-maim |
NEGEB |
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NET Notes: Jos 13:1 Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following clause.
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NET Notes: Jos 13:3 Heb “the five lords of the Philistines, the Gazaite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gathite, and the Ekronite, and the Avvites.”
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NET Notes: Jos 13:5 Or “the entrance to Hamath.” Most modern translations take the phrase “Lebo Hamath” to be a proper name, but often provide a n...
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NET Notes: Jos 13:6 Heb “only you, assign it by lots to Israel as an inheritance as I commanded you.”
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NET Notes: Jos 13:8 Heb “received their inheritance, which Moses had assigned to them beyond the Jordan.”
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