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Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea even to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon.
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A Sweeping Southern Victory
Commentators explain that this verse summarizes the vast extent of Joshua's southern campaign. The victory stretched from Kadesh-barnea in the far south to Gaza on the western coast, and covered an entire region in southern Judah (also called Goshen) all the way up to Gibeon, demonstrating the completeness of the conquest.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
From Kadesh-barnea unto Gaza - (Numbers 13:26) This limits Joshua’s conquests on the west, as the other line, all t…
19th Century
Anglican
From Kadesh-barnea (on the southeast) as far as Gaza (on the west, now Ghazzeh in Philistia), and all the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Joshua smote them, from Kadeshbarnea Which lay to the south of the land of Canaan, (Numbers 13:17[Referen…
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