Joshua 13:5-7

13:5 the territory of Byblos ¹  and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath. ²  13:6 I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, ³  all the Sidonians; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you.” ⁴  13:7 Now, divide up this land ⁵  among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

[13:5]  ¹ tn Heb “and the land of the Gebalites.”

[13:5]  ² 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.”

[13:6]  ³ tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).

[13:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “only you, assign it by lots to Israel as an inheritance as I commanded you.”

[13:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “now apportion this land as an inheritance.”