Joshua 15:1

15:1 The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south. ¹ 

Joshua 15:47

15:47 Ashdod with its surrounding towns and settlements, and Gaza with its surrounding towns and settlements, as far as the Stream of Egypt ²  and the border at the Mediterranean Sea. ³ 

Joshua 16:5

16:5 The territory of the tribe of Ephraim by its clans included the following: ⁴  The border of their assigned land to the east was Ataroth Addar as far as upper Beth Horon.

Joshua 17:10

17:10 Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s to the north. The sea was Manasseh’s ⁵  western border and their territory ⁶  touched Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.

Joshua 18:12

18:12 Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho ⁷  on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the desert of Beth Aven.

Joshua 18:14

18:14 It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe ⁸  of Judah. This is the western border. ⁹ 

Joshua 18:19

18:19 It then crossed to the slope of Beth Hoglah to the north and ended at the northern tip of the Salt Sea ¹⁰  at the mouth of the Jordan River. ¹¹  This was the southern border.

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¹ tn Heb “The lot was to the tribe of the sons of Judah by their clans to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin toward the south, southward.”

² tn See the note on this place name in 15:4.

³ tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

⁴ tn Heb “The territory of the sons of Ephraim was for their clans.”

⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (their territory) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁸ tn Heb “sons,” here referring to the tribe.

⁹ tn Or “side.”

¹⁰ sn The Salt Sea is another name for the Dead Sea.

¹¹ tn Heb “to the tongue of the Salt Sea to the north, to the end of the Jordan to the south.” The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity (also in the following verse).