Joshua 13:1

The Lord Speaks to Joshua

13:1 When Joshua was very old, ¹  the Lord told him, “You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered.

Joshua 13:12-13

13:12 the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei. (He was one of the few remaining Rephaites.) ²  Moses defeated them and took their lands. ³  13:13 But the Israelites did not conquer ⁴  the Geshurites and Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this very day.

Joshua 15:14

15:14 Caleb drove out ⁵  from there three Anakites – Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.

Joshua 16:10

16:10 The Ephraimites ⁶  did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.

Joshua 17:12

17:12 But the men ⁷  of Manasseh were unable to conquer these cities; the Canaanites managed ⁸  to remain in those areas.

Joshua 21:43

21:43 So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had solemnly promised to their ancestors, ⁹  and they conquered ¹⁰  it and lived in it.

Joshua 23:9

23:9 “The Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you ¹¹  to this very day.

Joshua 24:4

24:4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned Mount Seir, ¹²  while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

Joshua 24:8

24:8 Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought with you, but I handed them over to you; you conquered ¹³  their land and I destroyed them from before you.

[13:1]  ¹ tn Heb “was old, coming into the days.” This expression, referring to advancing in years, also occurs in the following clause.

[13:12]  ² tn Heb “from the remnant of the Rephaites.”

[13:12]  ³ tn Or “dispossessed them.”

[13:13]  ³ tn Or “dispossess.”

[15:14]  ⁴ tn Or “dispossessed.”

[16:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Ephraimites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “sons”; “men” has been used in the translation because the context involves the conquest of cities; therefore, warriors (hence males) would be in view here.

[17:12]  ⁷ tn Or “were determined.”

[21:43]  ⁷ tn Heb “which he had sworn to give to their fathers.”

[21:43]  ⁸ tn Or “possessed.”

[23:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “not a man has stood before you.”

[24:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “I gave to Esau Mount Seir to possess it.”

[24:8]  ¹⁰ tn Or “took possession of.”