KJV King James Version
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:
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Joshua 15:3
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
proceeded south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continued on to Zin, went over to the south of Kadesh-barnea, ran past Hezron up to Addar, and curved toward Karka.
WEB World English Bible
and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh Barnea, and passed along by Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;
ASV American Standard Version
and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and it hath gone out unto the south to Maaleh-Akrabbim, and passed over to Zin, and gone up on the south to Kadesh-Barnea, and passed over to Hezron, and gone up to Adar, and turned round to Karkaa,
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:
6 And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְ֠יָצָאH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מִנֶּ֜גֶבH5045 · ne.gevNegebלְמַעֲלֵ֤הH4608 · ma.a.lehascentעַקְרַבִּים֙H4610 · ma.a.leh aq.rab.bimAkrabbimוְעָ֣בַרH5674 · a.varto passצִ֔נָהH6790 · tsinZinוְעָלָ֥הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseמִנֶּ֖גֶבH5045 · ne.gevNegebלְקָדֵ֣שׁH6947 · qa.desh bar.ne.aKadesh-barneaבַּרְנֵ֑עַH6947 · qa.desh bar.ne.aKadesh-barneaוְעָבַ֤רH5674 · a.varto passחֶצְרוֹן֙H2696 · chets.ronHezronוְעָלָ֣הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseאַדָּ֔רָהH146 · ad.darAddarוְנָסַ֖בH5437 · sa.vavto turn: turnהַקַּרְקָֽעָה׃H7173 · qar.qaKarka
Cross-references
Numbers 34:4And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:Judges 1:36And the coast of the Amorites [was] from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.Genesis 14:7And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.Numbers 32:8Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.Numbers 20:1Then came the children of Israel, [even] the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
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