Joshua 13:3-5

Joshua 13:3-5

[3] From Sihor,  which is before  Egypt,  even unto the borders  of Ekron  northward,  which is counted  to the Canaanite:  five  lords  of the Philistines;  the Gazathites,  and the Ashdothites,  the Eshkalonites,  the Gittites,  and the Ekronites;  [4] From the south,  all the land  of the Canaanites,  and Mearah  that is beside the Sidonians,  unto Aphek,  to the borders  of the Amorites:  [5] And the land  of the Giblites,  and all Lebanon,  toward the sunrising,  from Baalgad  under mount  Hermon  unto the entering  into Hamath. 

What does Joshua 13:3-5 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The "Shihor" is probably the brook of Egypt, the modern Wadi el Arish, that marked the southwestern boundary of the Promised Land. "Sidon" may represent the inhabitants of the Phoenician coast and of the Lebanon mountains. [1] The land of the Gebalite ( Joshua 13:5) refers to the city-state of Byblos. [2]