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 4:23

4:23 For the Lord your God dried up the water of the Jordan before you while you crossed over. It was just like when the Lord your God dried up the Red Sea before us while we crossed it. ⁴ 

Joshua 15:11

15:11 It then extended to the slope of Ekron to the north, went toward Shikkeron, crossed to Mount Baalah, extended to Jabneel, and ended at the sea.

Joshua 17:9-10

17:9 The border then descended southward to the Valley of Kanah. Ephraim was assigned cities there among the cities of Manasseh, ⁵  but the border of Manasseh was north of the valley and ended at the sea. 17:10 Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s to the north. The sea was Manasseh’s ⁶  western border and their territory ⁷  touched Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.

Joshua 18:19

18:19 It then crossed to the slope of Beth Hoglah to the north and ended at the northern tip of the Salt Sea ⁸  at the mouth of the Jordan River. ⁹  This was the southern border.

Joshua 23:4

23:4 See, I have parceled out to your tribes these remaining nations, ¹⁰  from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea ¹¹  in the west, including all the nations I defeated. ¹² 

[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.”

[4:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “just as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea when he dried [it] up before us while we crossed over.”

[17:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “these cities belonged to Ephraim in the midst of the cities of Manasseh.”

[17:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (their territory) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:19]  ¹³ sn The Salt Sea is another name for the Dead Sea.

[18:19]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to the tongue of the Salt Sea to the north, to the end of the Jordan to the south.” The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity (also in the following verse).

[23:4]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “I have assigned by lots to you these remaining nations as an inheritance for your tribes.”

[23:4]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

[23:4]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “from the Jordan and all the nations which I cut off and the Great Sea [at] the place where the sun sets.” The relationship of the second half of the verse, which mentions nations already conquered, to the first half, which speaks of “remaining nations,” is difficult to understand.