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14 And all the spoil and livestock of these cities the Israelites took as booty; they struck the people with the edge of the sword,[a] until they had destroyed them—they left behind no one who breathed. 15 Just as Yahweh commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did; he left nothing undone that Yahweh had commanded Moses.

A Review of Joshua’s Conquests

16 So Joshua took all this land: the hill country, all the Negev,[b] all the land of Goshen,[c] the Shephelah,[d] the Arabah,[e] and the hill country of Israel and its Shephelah,[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 11:14 Literally “the mouth of the sword”
  2. Joshua 11:16 An arid region south of the Judaean hills
  3. Joshua 11:16 A southern region; the name means “on the mountains”
  4. Joshua 11:16 Or “lowlands”; a geographical region on the western edge of the hills of Judea
  5. Joshua 11:16 A dry region that runs south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan valley
  6. Joshua 11:16 Or “lowlands”; a geographical region on the western edge of the hills of Judea

14 The Israelites carried off for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but all the people they put to the sword until they completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone that breathed.(A) 15 As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.(B)

16 So Joshua took this entire land: the hill country,(C) all the Negev,(D) the whole region of Goshen, the western foothills,(E) the Arabah and the mountains of Israel with their foothills,

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