Joshua 13:3

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Joshua 13:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

2 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;

5 the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.

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Jeremiah 2:18

Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile ? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates ?

Genesis 10:15

And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,

Genesis 10:16

the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

Genesis 10:17

the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

Genesis 10:18

the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans were scattered,

Genesis 10:19

and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

Numbers 34:2

“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:

Numbers 34:3

Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,

Numbers 34:4

cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,

Numbers 34:5

where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.

Numbers 34:6

Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.

Numbers 34:7

Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,

Numbers 34:8

and from Mount Hor to Lebo-hamath, then extend to Zedad,

Numbers 34:9

continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north.

Numbers 34:10

And your eastern border will run straight from Hazar-enan to Shepham,

Numbers 34:11

then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.

Numbers 34:12

Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”

Numbers 34:13

So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes.

Numbers 34:14

For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance.

Judges 3:3

the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

1 Samuel 6:4

“What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.

1 Samuel 6:16

And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.

1 Samuel 6:17

As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.

Zephaniah 2:4

For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.

Zephaniah 2:5

Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”

Deuteronomy 2:23

And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)