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Joshua 23:4

Great SeaJordan

2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:

3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.

Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.

5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.

6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

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BSB
See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.
KJV
Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
WEB
Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea toward the going down of the sun.
ASV
Behold, I have allotted unto you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun.
DARBY
Behold, I have divided unto you by lot for an inheritance, according to your tribes, these nations that remain, from the Jordan, as well as all the nations that I have cut off, as far as the great sea toward the sun-setting.
BLB
See, I have divided by lot to you⁺ these remaining nations, to be an inheritance for your⁺ tribes, from the Jordan, and with all the nations that I have cut off, as far as the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun.
ÅB
Nå har jeg ved loddkasting tildelt dere de folk som enda er tilbake, som arvelodd, etter deres stammer, og likeså alle de folk som jeg har utryddet, fra Jordan til det store hav i vest.
OTB
Husk hvordan jeg har tildelt dere disse gjenværende nasjonene som en arv for deres stammer, sammen med alle de nasjonene jeg har erobret, fra Jordan til det Store Havet i vest.
B1930
Nu har jeg ved loddkasting tildelt eder de folk som ennu er tilbake, som arvelodd, efter eders stammer, og likeså alle de folk som jeg har utryddet, fra Jordan til det store hav i vest.

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  • Joshua 18:10

    And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

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  • Joshua 13:6–7

    All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

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  • Joshua 13:2

    This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

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