This is the land that remaineth, all the [a]regions of the Philistines, and all Geshuri.

From [b]Nilus which is [c]in Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron Northward: this is counted of the Canaanites, even five Lordships of the Philistines, the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites, and the Avites:

From the South, all the land of the Canaanites, and the [d]cave that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, and to the borders of the Amorites:

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 13:2 Or, borders.
  2. Joshua 13:3 Hebrew, Sihor.
  3. Joshua 13:3 Hebrew, upon the face of Egypt.
  4. Joshua 13:4 Or, Mearah.

“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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