Bible Strands
Joshua 11:3
to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator catalogs the allied Canaanite tribes and their geographic positions as they prepare to confront Israel. This inventory immediately precedes the coalition’s military mobilization described in the surrounding verses.
The words — The text lists הַכְּנַעֲנִי (ha.kena'ani) as "the Canaanite" and מִמִּזְרָח (mi.mizrach) as "from the east." These terms anchor the coalition's ethnic composition and its directional spread across the region.
The thread — Judges 3:3 places the Hivites among groups dwelling in the mountains of Lebanon, and Joshua 18:26 lists Mizpah among territorial towns. Genesis 31:49 records Mizpah as the name given to a stone heap marking a covenant boundary between Laban and Jacob.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition of the vast, geographically dispersed opposition Israel faces. It establishes that the coming conflict involves a coordinated multi-ethnic alliance spanning the hill country, foothills, and northern territories.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
Cross-references
- Judges 3:3 the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
- Genesis 31:49 It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.
- Joshua 18:26 Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,
- Joshua 13:11 also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—
- Joshua 15:63 But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.
- Numbers 13:29 The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”
- Deuteronomy 4:48 extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),
- Deuteronomy 7:1 When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
- Joshua 15:38 Dilan, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
- Judges 3:5 Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.