Joshua 13 · Verse 13

Joshua 13:13

Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
Joshua 13:13, King James Version

Joshua 13:13 in other translations

BSBbut the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.
WEBNevertheless the children of Israel didn’t drive out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath live within Israel to this day.
ASVNevertheless the children of Israel drove not out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel unto this day.
YLTand the sons of Israel dispossessed not the Geshurite, and the Maachathite; and Geshur and Maachath dwell in the midst of Israel unto this day.
DARBYBut the children of Israel did not dispossess the Geshurites nor the Maachathites; but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites to this day.
BBEHowever, the people of Israel did not send out the Geshurites, or the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath are living among Israel to this day.
WebsterNevertheless, the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.

What does Joshua 13:13 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 13:7-33

The land must be divided among the tribes. It is the will of God that every man should know his own, and not take that which is another's. The world must be governed, not by force, but right. Wherever our habitation is placed, and in whatever honest way our portion is assigned, we should consider them as allotted of God; we should be thankful for, and use them as such, while every prudent method should be used to…

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Joshua 13:13 in the original Hebrew

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וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and notH3808
הוֹרִ֙ישׁוּ֙ho.Ri.shuthey dispossessedH3423
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַגְּשׁוּרִ֖יha.ge.shu.Rithe Geshurite[s]H1651
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַמַּעֲכָתִ֑יha.ma.'a.kha.Tithe Maacathite[s]H4602
וַיֵּ֨שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand it has dweltH3427
גְּשׁ֤וּרge.ShurGeshurH1650
וּמַֽעֲכָת֙u.ma.'a.Khatand MaacahH4601
בְּקֶ֣רֶבbe.Ke.revin [the] midst ofH7130
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
עַ֖ד'aduntilH5704
הַיּ֥וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117
הַזֶּֽה\׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 13:13

  • Joshua 13:11

    And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;

  • Joshua 23:12-13

    Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.

  • Numbers 33:55

    But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

  • 2 Samuel 13:37-38

    But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

  • Judges 2:1-3

    And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

  • 2 Samuel 3:3

    And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

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expelled.
11; 23:12,13; Nu 33:55; Jud 2:1-3; 2Sa 3:3; 13:37,38

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Context

  • Joshua 13:12

    All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.

  • Joshua 13:13

    Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.

  • Joshua 13:14

    Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.

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Joshua 13:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas á los de Gessuri y Maachâti no echaron los hijos de Israel; antes Gessur y Maachât habitaron entre los Israelitas hasta hoy.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Mais les fils d’Israël ne dépossédèrent pas les Gueshuriens et les Maacathiens; et Gueshur et Maaca habitent au milieu d’Israël jusqu’à ce jour.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Aber die Kinder Israel trieben die Gesuriter und die Maakathiter nicht aus; und Gesur und Maakath haben in der Mitte Israels gewohnt bis auf diesen Tag.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nolueruntque disperdere filii Israël Gessuri et Machati: et habitaverunt in medio Israël usque in præsentem diem.