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You have not yet taken the land of Geshur or the land of the Philistines. You have not yet taken the area from the Shihor River[a] at Egypt to the border of Ekron and the land further north. That land still belongs to the Canaanites. You must still defeat the five Philistine leaders at Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. You must also defeat the Avvites who live south of the Canaanite land. And you must still go north to take Mearah, which the Sidonians control. From there you must still go as far as Aphek on the Amorite border.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 13:3 Shihor River Probably one of the eastern branches of the Nile River.

“This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines(A) and Geshurites,(B) from the Shihor River(C) on the east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron(D) on the north, all of it counted as Canaanite though held by the five Philistine rulers(E) in Gaza, Ashdod,(F) Ashkelon,(G) Gath and Ekron; the territory of the Avvites(H) on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians as far as Aphek(I) and the border of the Amorites;(J)

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