Numbers 34:5-8

34:5 There the border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea. ¹ 

The Western Border of the Land

34:6 “‘And for a western border ²  you will have the Great Sea. ³  This will be your western border.

The Northern Border of the Land

34:7 “‘And this will be your northern border: From the Great Sea you will draw a line to Mount Hor; 34:8 from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath, ⁴  and the direction of the border will be to Zedad.

Joshua 13:3-6

13:3 from the Shihor River ⁵  east of ⁶  Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron (it is regarded as Canaanite territory), ⁷  including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as Avvite land ⁸  13:4 to the south; ⁹  all the Canaanite territory, ¹⁰  from Arah ¹¹  in the region of Sidon ¹²  to Aphek, as far as Amorite territory; 13:5 the territory of Byblos ¹³  and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath. ¹⁴  13:6 I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, ¹⁵  all the Sidonians; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you.” ¹⁶ 

¹ sn That is, the Mediterranean.

² tn The word for west is simply “sea,” because the sea is west of Israel.

³ sn That is, the Mediterranean Sea (also in the following verse).

⁴ tn Or “to the entrance to Hamath.”

⁵ tn Heb “the Shihor”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.

⁶ tn Heb “in front of.”

⁷ tn Heb “it is reckoned to the Canaanites.”

⁸ tn Heb “the five lords of the Philistines, the Gazaite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gathite, and the Ekronite, and the Avvites.”

⁹ tn Or “from Teman.” The phrase is especially problematic if taken with what follows, as the traditional verse division suggests. For further discussion see T. C. Butler, Joshua (WBC), 146.

¹⁰ tn Heb “all the land of the Canaanites.”

¹¹ tc The reading “Arah” assumes a slight emendation of the Hebrew vowel pointing. The MT reads, “and a cave,” or “and Mearah” (if one understands the word as a proper noun).

¹² tn Heb “which belongs to the Sidonians.”

¹³ tn Heb “and the land of the Gebalites.”

¹⁴ tn Or “the entrance to Hamath.” Most modern translations take the phrase “Lebo Hamath” to be a proper name, but often provide a note with the alternative, where “Hamath” is the proper name and לְבוֹא (lÿvo’) is taken to mean “entrance to.”

¹⁵ tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).

¹⁶ tn Heb “only you, assign it by lots to Israel as an inheritance as I commanded you.”