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The Septuagint translation of Joshua 13 adds the word “Canaanites,” not found in the Hebrew version, likely in an effort to harmonize the references to previously unconquered peoples more directly to Canaanite identity.
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Joshua 13:2
Hebrew Bible
1 When Joshua was very old, the Lord told him, “You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered. 2 This is the land that remains: all the territory of the Philistines and all the Geshurites, 3 from the Shihor River east of Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron (it is regarded as Canaanite territory), including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as Avvite land
Date: 600–501 BCE (based on scholarly estimates)
LXX Joshua 13:2
Septuagint
1 And Joshua was old and advanced in years; and the Lord said to Joshua, You are advanced in years, and there is much land left to inherit. 2 And this is the land that is left: the borders of the Philistines, the Geshurite, and the Canaanite, 3 from the wilderness before Egypt, as far as the borders of Ekron on the left of the Canaanites the land is reckoned to the five principalities of the Philistines, to the inhabitant of Gaza, and of Ashdod, and of Ashkelon, and of Gath, and of Ekron, and to the Hivite;
Date: 200–101 BCE (based on scholarly estimates)
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"... Joshua 13:2 includes a list of territories not yet conquered and Joshua 13:13 a list of nations not driven out by Israel. In both cases, the Septuagint translator adds the plus χαναναῖος ('Canaanites'). Perhaps he had verse 3 in mind or Joshua 15:63; 16:10; 17:12–13, 16; Judges 1:19–35: Canaanites are still inhabiting some territories; they have not yet been conquered ..."
Martin Meiser, The Septuagint and Its Reception: Collected Essays (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2022), 37.
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