Quotes about Territory

For the Levites, then, there were forty-eight cities in all, together with their pasturelands, within the territory of the Israelites.

Then the men of Judah said to their brothers the Simeonites, “Come up with us to our allotted territory, and let us fight against the Canaanites. And we likewise will go with you to your territory.” So the Simeonites went with them.

From there they marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).

And Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron—each with its territory.

The Benjamites, however, failed to drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So to this day the Jebusites live there among the Benjamites.

So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.

The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.

I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.

Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.

to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.

Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.

But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.