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LXX Joshua

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Chapter 13

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; 4 from Teman even to all the land of Canaan before Gaza, and the Sidonians as far as Aphek, as far as the borders of the Amorites. 5 And all the land of Gebal of the Philistines, and all Lebanon eastward from Gilgal, under the mountain Hermon as far as the entering in of Hamath; 6 every one that inhabits the hill country from Lebanon as far as Misrephoth Maim. All the Sidonians, I will destroy them from before Israel; but give it by inheritance to Israel, as I charged you. 7 And now divide this land by lot to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasseh. From Jordan to the great sea westward you shall give it: the great sea shall be the boundary. 8 But to the two tribes and to the half tribe of Manasseh, to Reuben and to Gad Moses gave an inheritance beyond Jordan: Moses the servant of the Lord gave it to them eastward, 9 from Aroer, which is on the bank of the brook of Arnon, and the city in the midst of the valley, and all Misor from Medeba as far as Dibon. 10 All the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon to the borders of the children of Ammon; 11 and the region of Gilead, and the borders of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, the whole mount of Hermon, and all the land of Bashan to Salecah. 12 All the kingdom of Og in the region of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei: he was left of the giants; and Moses struck him, and destroyed him. 13 But the children of Israel did not destroy the Geshurite and the Maacathite and the Canaanite; and the king of the Geshurites and the Maacathite lived among the children of Israel until this day. 14 Only no inheritance was given to the tribe of Levi: the Lord God of Israel, he is their inheritance, as the Lord said to them; and this is the division which Moses made to the children of Israel in Arabah Moab, on the other side of Jordan, by Jericho. 15 And Moses gave the land to the tribe of Reuben according to their families. 16 And their borders were from Aroer, which is opposite the brook of Arnon, and theirs is the city that is in the valley of Arnon; and all Misor, 17 to Heshbon, and all the cities in Misor, and Dibon, and Bamoth Baal, and the house of Baal Meon; 18 and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 19 and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth, and Sior in mount Emac; 20 and Beth Peor, and Ashdoth Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth, 21 and all the cities of Misor, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, whom Moses struck, even him and the princes of Midian, and Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Ur, and Robe, princes with Sihon, and those who lived in the land. 22 And Balaam the son of Beor the prophet they killed in the battle. 23 And the borders of Reuben were: Jordan was the boundary; this is the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, these were their cities and their villages. 24 And Moses gave inheritance to the sons of Gad according to their families. 25 And their borders were Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon to Aroer, which is before Rabbah. 26 And from Heshbon to Ramoth by Mizpah, and Betonim, and Mahanaim to the borders of Debir, 27 and in Emek Beth Haram, and Beth Nimrah, and Sukkoth, and Zaphon, and the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon: and Jordan shall be the boundary as far as part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond Jordan eastward. 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, their cities and their villages. 29 And Moses gave to half the tribe of Manasseh according to their families. 30 And their borders were from Mahanaim, and all the kingdom of Bashan, and all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in the region of Bashan, sixty cities: 31 and the half of Gilead, and in Ashtaroth, and in Edrei, royal cities of Og in the land of Bashan; and they were given to the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh, and to the half of the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh, according to their families. 32 These are they whom Moses caused to inherit beyond Jordan in Arabah Moab, beyond Jordan by Jericho eastward.

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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
600–501 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in Joshua

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;
200–101 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in LXX Joshua

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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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