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Joshua 13:2

1 Now Joshua was old and well along in years, and the LORD said to him, “You are old and well along in years, but very much of the land remains to be possessed.

This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites,

3 from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;

4 to the south, all the land of the Canaanites, from Mearah of the Sidonians to Aphek, as far as the border of the Amorites;

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BSB
This is the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites,
KJV
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
WEB
“This is the land that still remains: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;
ASV
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites;
DARBY
This is the land that yet remaineth: all the districts of the Philistines and all the Geshurites,
BLB
This [is] the land that remains: All the territory of the Philistines and all of the Geshurite,
ÅB
Dette er det land som står igjen: Alle filistrenes bygder og hele gesuritter-landet;
OTB
Dette er landet som gjenstår: alle områdene til filisterne og gesjurittene;
B1930
Dette er det land som står igjen: Alle filistrenes bygder og hele gesuritter-landet;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Joshua 13:11

    also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—

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  • Joel 3:4

    Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.

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  • Judges 3:1

    These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,

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  • 1 Samuel 27:8

    Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)

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  • Deuteronomy 11:23–24

    then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.

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  • Joshua 12:5

    He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

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  • Exodus 23:29–31

    I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.

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  • 2 Samuel 15:8

    For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”

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