New Century Version

Joshua 13:1-8 New Century Version (NCV)

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.

2. This is what is left: the regions of Geshur and of the Philistines;

3. the area from the Shihor River at the border of Egypt to Ekron in the north, which belongs to the Canaanites; the five Philistine leaders at Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron; the Avvites,

4. who live south of the Canaanite land;

5. the Gebalites, and the area of Lebanon east of Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath.

6. “The Sidonians are living in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, but I will force all of them out ahead of the Israelites. Be sure to remember this land when you divide the land among the Israelites, as I told you.

7. “Now divide the land among the nine tribes and West Manasseh.”

8. East Manasseh and the tribes of Reuben and Gad had received their land. The Lord’s servant Moses had given them the land east of the Jordan River.