1. When Joshua was very old, the Lord said to him, “Joshua you have grown old, but there is still much land for you to take control of.
2. You have not yet taken the land of Geshur or the land of the Philistines.
3. You have not yet taken the area from the Shihor River at Egypt to the border of Ekron and the land further north. That land still belongs to the Canaanites. You must still defeat the five Philistine leaders at Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. You must also defeat the Avvites
4. who live south of the Canaanite land. And you must still go north to take Mearah, which the Sidonians control. From there you must still go as far as Aphek on the Amorite border.