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Joshua 13:6

The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 13:6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

All the Sidonians. The word כֹל here, as elsewhere, must be taken in a restricted sense. A large portion of the Sidonian territory was taken, but Sidon retained its independence (see 1:31, 1:32). It is clear, too, that the promise was conditional.

Had not the Asherites been willing to tolerate the existence of the Canaanites in their midst, they need not have done so (see 1:28).

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