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 13:5

13:5 the territory of Byblos ²  and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath. ³ 

Joshua 14:15

14:15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. Arba was a famous Anakite. ⁴ ) Then the land was free of war.

Joshua 18:1

The Tribes Meet at Shiloh

18:1 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. ⁵  Though they had subdued the land, ⁶ 

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

[13:5]  ² tn Heb “and the land of the Gebalites.”

[13:5]  ³ 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.”

[14:15]  ³ tn Heb “And he was the great man among the Anakites.”

[18:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”

[18:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the land was subdued before them.”