Discovery BoxJoshua 15:3-4 
Context15:3 extended 1 south of the Scorpion Ascent, 2 crossed to Zin, went up from the south to Kadesh Barnea, crossed to Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka. 15:4 It then crossed to Azmon, extended to the Stream of Egypt, 3 and ended at the sea. This was their 4 southern border.
1 tn Heb “went out.”
2 tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).
3 tn Traditionally “the Brook of Egypt,” although a number of recent translations have “the Wadi of Egypt” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV).
4 tn The translation follows the LXX at this point. The MT reads, “This will be your southern border.”
