Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 13:3:
- Kupsabiny: “That country of the Philistines is part of the country of the Caananites. It starts from the river Shihor which is the border to Egypt and goes north to the city of Ekron. That land includes these cities: Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron. It also includes the area of the Avvites in the South.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “then from the Shihor river east of Egypt up to the territory of Ekron to the north, all of this is said to be an area of Canaan, the area of the five Philistine kings — Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron. And territory of the Avvites” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “which (are) part-of-the-territory of the Canaanhon. This (is) from the river of Shihor to the east of Egipto, up-to/until the border of Ekron in the north, and including the five cities of the Filistinhon: Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gat and Ekron, and the land of the Avimnon” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “the area where the Canaan people-group live, from the Shihor River in the south at the eastern border of Egypt, to Ekron city in the north; the rulers of the five cities of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron; the area where the Avva people-group live,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
