Joshua 1:4
1:4 Your territory will extend from the wilderness in the south to Lebanon in the north. It will extend all the way to the great River Euphrates in the east (including all of Syria) 1 and all the way to the Mediterranean Sea 2 in the west. 3
Joshua 15:11
15:11 It then extended to the slope of Ekron to the north, went toward Shikkeron, crossed to Mount Baalah, extended to Jabneel, and ended at the sea.
Joshua 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 4 and the border at the Mediterranean Sea. 5
Joshua 16:8
16:8 From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim 6 by its clans.
Joshua 17:10
17:10 Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s to the north. The sea was Manasseh’s 7 western border and their territory 8 touched Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.
Joshua 18:19
18:19 It then crossed to the slope of Beth Hoglah to the north and ended at the northern tip of the Salt Sea 9 at the mouth of the Jordan River. 10 This was the southern border.
Joshua 19:29
19:29 It then turned toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, 11 turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea near Hebel, Aczib,
Joshua 23:4
23:4 See, I have parceled out to your tribes these remaining nations, 12 from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea 13 in the west, including all the nations I defeated. 14
1 tn Heb “all the land of the Hittites.” The expression “the land of the Hittites” does not refer to Anatolia (modern Turkey), where the ancient Hittite kingdom of the second millennium b.c. was located, but rather to Syria, the “Hatti land” mentioned in inscriptions of the first millennium b.c. (see HALOT 1:363). The phrase is omitted in the LXX and may be a scribal addition.
2 tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.
3 tn Heb “From the wilderness and this Lebanon even to the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, even to the great sea [at] the place where the sun sets, your territory will be.”
4 tn See the note on this place name in 15:4.
5 tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.
6 tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim.”
7 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “they”; the referent (their territory) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 sn The Salt Sea is another name for the Dead Sea.
10 tn Heb “to the tongue of the Salt Sea to the north, to the end of the Jordan to the south.” The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity (also in the following verse).
11 map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
12 tn Heb “I have assigned by lots to you these remaining nations as an inheritance for your tribes.”
13 tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.
14 tn Heb “from the Jordan and all the nations which I cut off and the Great Sea [at] the place where the sun sets.” The relationship of the second half of the verse, which mentions nations already conquered, to the first half, which speaks of “remaining nations,” is difficult to understand.