KJV King James Version
[This] then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; [even] to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward [was] the uttermost part of the south coast.
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Joshua 15:1
[This] then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; [even] to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward [was] the uttermost part of the south coast.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:
WEB World English Bible
The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.
ASV American Standard Version
And the lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was unto the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah, for their families, is unto the border of Edom; the wilderness of Zin southward, at the extremity of the south;
Surrounding context — Joshua 15
1 [This] then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; [even] to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward [was] the uttermost part of the south coast.
2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
3 And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
4 [From thence] it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.
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וַיְהִ֣יH1961 · ha.yahto beהַגּוֹרָ֗לH1486 · go.ralallottedלְמַטֵּ֛הH4294 · mat.tehtribe: rodבְּנֵ֥יH1121 · benson: childיְהוּדָ֖הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahלְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑םH4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)גְּב֨וּלH1366 · ge.vulborder: boundaryאֱד֧וֹםH123 · e.domEdomמִדְבַּר־H4057 · mid.barmouthצִ֛ןH6790 · tsinZinנֶ֖גְבָּהH5045 · ne.gevNegebמִקְצֵ֥הH7097 · qa.tsehendתֵימָֽן׃H8486 · te.mansouth
Cross-references
Numbers 26:55-56Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.Numbers 34:3-5Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:Ezekiel 47:19And the south side southward, from Tamar [even] to the waters of strife [in] Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And [this is] the south side southward.Joshua 14:2By lot [was] their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and [for] the half tribe.Numbers 33:36-37And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which [is] Kadesh.
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