KJV King James Version
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
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Joshua 15:2
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,
WEB World English Bible
Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;
ASV American Standard Version
And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looketh southward;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea, from the bay which is looking southward;
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.
5 And the east border [was] the salt sea, [even] unto the end of Jordan. And [their] border in the north quarter [was] from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
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Genesis 14:3All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.Ezekiel 47:8Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: [which being] brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.Isaiah 11:15And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make [men] go over dryshod.Joshua 3:16That the waters which came down from above stood [and] rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that [is] beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea, failed, [and] were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.Numbers 34:3Then 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 47:18And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel [by] Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And [this is] the east side.
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