Discovery BoxJoshua 8:13 
Context8:13 The army was in position – the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into 1 the middle of the valley.
Joshua 15:5
Context15:5 The eastern border was the Salt Sea to the mouth 2 of the Jordan River. 3
The northern border started north of the Salt Sea at the mouth of the Jordan, 4
Joshua 15:10
Context15:10 It then turned from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, crossed to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north (that is Kesalon), descended to Beth Shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.
Joshua 17:9
Context17:9 The border then descended southward to the Valley of Kanah. Ephraim was assigned cities there among the cities of Manasseh, 5 but the border of Manasseh was north of the valley and ended at the sea.
Joshua 18:12
Context18:12 Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho 6 on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the desert of Beth Aven.
Joshua 18:19
Context18:19 It then crossed to the slope of Beth Hoglah to the north and ended at the northern tip of the Salt Sea 7 at the mouth of the Jordan River. 8 This was the southern border.
1 tn Some Hebrew
2 tn Heb “end.”
3 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.
4 tn Heb “the border on the northern side was from the tongue of the sea, from the end of the Jordan.”
5 tn Heb “these cities belonged to Ephraim in the midst of the cities of Manasseh.”
6 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
7 sn The Salt Sea is another name for the Dead Sea.
8 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).
