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Joshua 10:41
Joshua conquered the area from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua acts as the military commander summarizing the geographic extent of his campaign after the defeat of the southern coalition. The text records his conquest from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza and through Goshen to Gibeon as a single completed operation.
The words — וַיַּכֵּם (wa.ya.kke/m) translates to "and he struck them down," emphasizing the decisive violence of the campaign. כָּל (kol) means "all," underscoring the comprehensive scope of the territory taken.
The thread — The geographic boundaries and the region of Goshen reappear in Joshua 11:16, Joshua 15:51, and Genesis 10:19. These references map the ancestral borders and later administrative divisions of the land.
Why it lands — The text demands a clear accounting of territorial conquest under direct command. It requires the reader to recognize the completion of a unified military campaign and the fulfillment of specified boundaries.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Joshua smote them from Kadesh–barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
Cross-references
- Joshua 11:16 So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills,
- Joshua 15:51 Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven cities, along with their villages.
- Genesis 10:19 and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
- Deuteronomy 9:23 And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.
- Numbers 13:26 and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
- Numbers 32:8 This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.
- Numbers 34:4 cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,
- Joshua 10:2 So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
- Joshua 10:12 On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
- Joshua 14:6 Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.