Joshua 15:47

15:47 Ashdod with its surrounding towns and settlements, and Gaza with its surrounding towns and settlements, as far as the Stream of Egypt ¹  and the border at the Mediterranean Sea. ² 

Joshua 23:4

23:4 See, I have parceled out to your tribes these remaining nations, ³  from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea ⁴  in the west, including all the nations I defeated. ⁵ 

[15:47]  ¹ tn See the note on this place name in 15:4.

[15:47]  ² tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

[23:4]  ³ tn Heb “I have assigned by lots to you these remaining nations as an inheritance for your tribes.”

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

[23:4]  ⁵ 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.