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Joshua 15:1

EsauJudahEdomJudahZin
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 Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:

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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

    Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

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  • Ezekiel 47:19

    And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.

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  • Numbers 34:3–5

    Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:

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  • Numbers 33:36–37

    And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

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  • Joshua 14:2

    By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.

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