Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.
God's promise held firm even when Israel's sin delayed its fulfillment forty years in the wilderness. The people had power to seize the whole territory at once but refused; they deserved expulsion entirely. Yet divine mercy granted them sufficient land to dwell in, proving His decree faithful despite their misconduct.
AI summary
The Hittites occupied the southern extremities and were the dominant tribe of Canaan, Assyrian and Egyptian inscriptions attest their superior power and vast dominions. Joshua and his fearful people are assured they shall possess all the land of this gigantic race: what encouragement that must have given them.
AI summary
From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. (b) Of Zin, called Kadesh and Paran. (c) Meaning, the whole land of Canaan. (d) Called Mediterranean.