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Joshua 15:1

EsauJudahEdomJudahZin
Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:

2 Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,

3 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.

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BSB
Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:
KJV
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.
WEB
The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.
ASV
And the lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was unto the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.
DARBY
And the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was: to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin, southward, in the extreme south.
BLB
And the lot of the tribe of the sons of Judah by their clans was unto the border of Edom, the Wilderness of Zin southward from the end of the south:
ÅB
Det lodd som tilfalt Judas barns stamme etter deres slekter, strakte seg bortimot Edoms landemerke, til ørkenen Sin, lengst mot syd.
OTB
Loddet for Juda stamme, etter deres familier, nådde ned til grensen av Edom, og strakte seg til ørkenen Sin i det ytterste sør.
B1930
Den lodd som tilfalt Judas barns stamme efter deres ætter, strakte sig bortimot Edoms landemerke, til ørkenen Sin, lengst mot syd.

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  • Numbers 26:55–56

    Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

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  • Ezekiel 47:19

    On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.

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  • Numbers 34:3–5

    Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,

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  • Numbers 33:36–37

    They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.

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  • Joshua 14:2

    Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

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