Northern unconquered territory — And the Avvim, on the south; and all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah of the Sidonians, as far as Aphek, to the boundary of the Amorites. The Avvim (a southern Philistine-area people) and the Canaanites north of Philistia remain unconquered. Sidon, the major Phoenician city, is explicitly acknowledged as outside Israel's control. The specification of geographic boundaries—Mearah of the Sidonians to Aphek—establishes the northern limit of remaining Canaanite territory.

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