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2-7 Here is a list of the areas still to be occupied:

All the land of the Philistines;

The land of the Geshurites;

The territory now belonging to the Canaanites from the brook of Egypt to the southern boundary of Ekron;

Five cities of the Philistines: Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, Ekron;

The land of the Avvim in the south;

In the north,[a] all the land of the Canaanites, including Mearah (which belongs to the Sidonians), stretching northward to Aphek at the boundary of the Amorites;

The land of the Gebalites on the coast and all of the Lebanon mountain area from Baal-gad beneath Mount Hermon in the south to the entrance of Hamath in the north;

All the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, including all the land of the Sidonians.

“I am ready to drive these people out from before the nation of Israel, so include all this territory when you divide the land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh as I have commanded you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 13:2 In the north . . . stretching northward . . . on the coast, implied.

the area of Byblos;(A) and all Lebanon(B) to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon(C) to Lebo Hamath.(D)

“As for all the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim,(E) that is, all the Sidonians, I myself will drive them out(F) before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate this land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have instructed you,(G) and divide it as an inheritance(H) among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh.”

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