Yosua 13:3

13:3 from the Shihor River ¹  east of ²  Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron (it is regarded as Canaanite territory), ³  including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as Avvite land ⁴ 

Yosua 13:5

13:5 the territory of Byblos ⁵  and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath. ⁶ 

Yosua 15:47

15:47 Ashdod with its surrounding towns and settlements, and Gaza with its surrounding towns and settlements, as far as the Stream of Egypt ⁷  and the border at the Mediterranean Sea. ⁸ 

[13:3]  ¹ tn Heb “the Shihor”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.

[13:3]  ² tn Heb “in front of.”

[13:3]  ³ tn Heb “it is reckoned to the Canaanites.”

[13:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “the five lords of the Philistines, the Gazaite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gathite, and the Ekronite, and the Avvites.”

[13:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the land of the Gebalites.”

[13:5]  ⁶ tn Or “the entrance to Hamath.” Most modern translations take the phrase “Lebo Hamath” to be a proper name, but often provide a note with the alternative, where “Hamath” is the proper name and לְבוֹא (lÿvo’) is taken to mean “entrance to.”

[15:47]  ⁷ tn See the note on this place name in 15:4.

[15:47]  ⁸ tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.