13Now Joshua was old and advanced in years,^a and Yahweh said to him, “You are old and advanced in years,^b and very much of the land remains to be possessed. ²This is the remaining land: all the regions of the Philistines, and all of the Geshurites,^c ³from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt,^d up to the border of Ekron to the north, which is reckoned as Canaanite; there are five Philistine rulers: the Gazites,^e Ashdodites,^f Ashkelonites,^g Gittites,^h Ekronites,ⁱ and the Avvim. ⁴In the south; all the land of the Canaanites,^j and Mearah, which belongs to the Sidonians up to Aphek, to the border of the Amorites,^k ⁵and the land of the Gebalites, and all the Lebanon,^l toward the east,^m from Baal Gad at the foot ofⁿ Mount Hermon up to Lebo-Hamath; ⁶all the inhabitants of the hill country, from the Lebanon^o up to Misrephoth Maim, and all the Sidonians. I will drive them out from before the Israelites;^p only allocate it to Israel as an inheritance just as I have commanded you. ⁷Therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

⁸With it^q the Reubenites,^r and the Gadites^s received their inheritance, which Moses gave them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses Yahweh’s servant gave to them: ⁹from Aroer, which is on the edge of the wadi^t of Arnon, and the city which is in the middle of the wadi, and all the plateau from Medeba up to Dibon; ¹⁰and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites,^u who reigned in Heshbon up to the border of the Ammonites;^v ¹¹and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurite^w and the Maacathites,^x all of Mount Hermon,^y and Bashan up to Salecah; ¹²all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei—he was left over from the survivors^z of the Rephaim; these Moses had defeated and driven out. ¹³But the Israelites^a did not drive out the Geshurites^b or the Maacathites;^c Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this day.

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Footnotes

aLiterally “he went in the days”
bLiterally “you went in the days”
cHebrew “Geshurite”
dLiterally “on the face of Egypt”
eHebrew “Gazite”
fHebrew “Ashdodite”
gHebrew “Ashkelonite”
hHebrew “Gittite”
iHebrew “Ekronite”
jHebrew “Canaanite”
kHebrew “Amorite”
lOr “white mountain”
mLiterally “the rise of the sun”
nOr “below” or “under”
oOr “white mountain”
pLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
qThat is, the other half-tribe of Manasseh
rHebrew “Reubenite”
sHebrew “Gadite”
tA valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
uHebrew “Amorite”
vLiterally “sons/children of Ammon”
wHebrew “Geshurite”
xHebrew “Maacathite”
yOr “the hill country of Hermon”
zHebrew “survivor”
aLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
bHebrew “Geshurite”
cHebrew “Maacathite”