Joshua 1:4

1:4 Your territory will extend from the wilderness in the south to Lebanon in the north. It will extend all the way to the great River Euphrates in the east (including all of Syria) ¹  and all the way to the Mediterranean Sea ²  in the west. ³ 

Joshua 13:16

13:16 Their territory started at Aroer ⁴  (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) and included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba,

Joshua 13:25

13:25 Their territory included Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half of Ammonite territory ⁵  as far as Aroer near ⁶  Rabbah.

Joshua 13:30

13:30 Their territory started at ⁷  Mahanaim and encompassed all Bashan, the whole realm of King Og of Bashan, including all sixty cities in Havvoth Jair ⁸  in Bashan.

Joshua 15:1

15:1 The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south. ⁹ 

Joshua 15:21

15:21 These cities were located at the southern extremity of Judah’s tribal land near the border of Edom: ¹⁰  Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

Joshua 16:8

16:8 From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim ¹¹  by its clans.

Joshua 18:11

Benjamin’s Tribal Lands

18:11 The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin ¹²  by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph. ¹³ 

Joshua 18:15

18:15 The southern side started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and extended westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.

Joshua 19:11-12

19:11 Their border went up westward to Maralah and touched Dabbesheth and the valley near ¹⁴  Jokneam. 19:12 From Sarid it turned eastward ¹⁵  to the territory of Kisloth Tabor, extended to Daberath, and went up to Japhia.

Joshua 19:33-34

19:33 Their border started at Heleph and the oak of Zaanannim, went to Adami Nekeb, Jabneel and on to Lakkum, ¹⁶  and ended at the Jordan River. ¹⁷  19:34 It turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, extended from there to Hukok, touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and the Jordan ¹⁸  on the east.

[1:4]  ¹ tn Heb “all the land of the Hittites.” The expression “the land of the Hittites” does not refer to Anatolia (modern Turkey), where the ancient Hittite kingdom of the second millennium b.c. was located, but rather to Syria, the “Hatti land” mentioned in inscriptions of the first millennium b.c. (see HALOT 1:363). The phrase is omitted in the LXX and may be a scribal addition.

[1:4]  ² tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

[1:4]  ³ tn Heb “From the wilderness and this Lebanon even to the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, even to the great sea [at] the place where the sun sets, your territory will be.”

[13:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “their territory was from.”

[13:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “and half of the land of the sons of Ammon.”

[13:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “in front of.”

[13:30]  ¹⁰ tn The words “their territory started at” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied for clarification.

[13:30]  ¹¹ sn The Hebrew name Havvoth Jair means “the tent villages of Jair.”

[15:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “The lot was to the tribe of the sons of Judah by their clans to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin toward the south, southward.”

[15:21]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and the cities were at the end of the tribe of the sons of Judah, at the border of Edom, to the south.”

[16:8]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim.”

[18:11]  ²² tn Heb “and the lot came up for the tribe of the sons of Benjamin.”

[18:11]  ²³ tn Heb “and the territory of their allotment went out between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.”

[19:11]  ²⁵ tn Heb “in front of”; perhaps “east of.”

[19:12]  ²⁸ tn Heb “eastward toward the rising of the sun.”

[19:33]  ³¹ tn Heb “and their border was from Heleph, from the oak of Zaanannim, and Adami Nekeb, and Jabneel to Lakkum.”

[19:33]  ³² tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.

[19:34]  ³⁴ tc The MT reads “Judah, the Jordan”; the LXX omits “Judah.” Perhaps there was a town named Judah, distinct from the tribe of Judah, located near the northern end of the Jordan.