Joshua 13:1-6

Land Still to Be Taken

1 When Joshua had grown old, the LORD said to him, “You are now very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over.
2 “This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and Geshurites,
3 from the Shihor River on the east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north, all of it counted as Canaanite though held by the five Philistine rulers in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron; the territory of the Avvites
4 on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, from Arah of the Sidonians as far as Aphek and the border of the Amorites;
5 the area of Byblos; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath.
6 “As for all the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, that is, all the Sidonians, I myself will drive them out before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate this land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have instructed you,

Joshua 13:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

\\INTRODUCTION JOSHUA 13\\

In this chapter Joshua is informed by the Lord, or put in mind, that
part of the land of Canaan remained unconquered, and which it was; and
is directed to divide the whole land among the nine tribes, and the
half tribe of Manasseh, Jos 13:1-9; and since the two tribes of Reuben
and Gad, and the other half tribe of Manasseh, had received their
inheritance on the other side Jordan, Jos 13:8; that is described in
general, Jos 13:9-14; and, then the particular portion of Reuben,
Jos 13:15-23; and of Gad, Jos 13:24-28; and of the half tribe of
Manasseh, Jos 13:29-33.

Cross References 18

  • 1. Genesis 24:1; Joshua 14:10; Joshua 23:1,2; 1 Kings 1:1
  • 2. S Genesis 10:14; S Judges 3:31
  • 3. S Joshua 12:5
  • 4. 1 Chronicles 13:5; Isaiah 23:3; Jeremiah 2:18
  • 5. Joshua 15:11,45; Joshua 19:43; Judges 1:18; 1 Samuel 5:10; 1 Samuel 7:14
  • 6. Judges 3:3; Judges 16:5,18; 1 Samuel 6:4,17; Isaiah 14:29; Jeremiah 25:20; Ezekiel 25:15
  • 7. S Joshua 11:22; Amos 3:9
  • 8. Judges 1:18; Judges 14:19; 2 Samuel 1:20
  • 9. S Deuteronomy 2:23
  • 10. S Joshua 12:18; Joshua 19:30
  • 11. S Genesis 14:7; S Genesis 15:16; Amos 2:10
  • 12. 1 Kings 5:18; Psalms 83:7; Ezekiel 27:9
  • 13. S Joshua 11:17; Joshua 12:7
  • 14. S Deuteronomy 3:8
  • 15. S Numbers 13:21; Numbers 34:8; Judges 3:3
  • 16. Joshua 11:8
  • 17. Psalms 80:8
  • 18. Numbers 33:54; S Numbers 34:13
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