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11 Their territory also included[a] Gilead, Geshurite and Maacathite territory, all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah— 12 the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei. (He was one of the few remaining Rephaites.)[b] Moses defeated them and took their lands.[c] 13 But the Israelites did not conquer[d] the Geshurites and Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this very day.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 13:11 tn The words “their territory also included” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
  2. Joshua 13:12 tn Heb “from the remnant of the Rephaites.”sn The Rephaites were apparently an extremely tall ethnic group. See Deut 2:10-11, 20; 3:11.
  3. Joshua 13:12 tn Or “dispossessed them.”
  4. Joshua 13:13 tn Or “dispossess.”

11 It also included Gilead,(A) the territory of the people of Geshur and Maakah, all of Mount Hermon and all Bashan as far as Salekah(B) 12 that is, the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan,(C) who had reigned in Ashtaroth(D) and Edrei.(E) (He was the last of the Rephaites.(F)) Moses had defeated them and taken over their land.(G) 13 But the Israelites did not drive out the people of Geshur(H) and Maakah,(I) so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.(J)

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