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Joshua 15:2

Salt Sea

1 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.

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:

4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.

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BSB
Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,
KJV
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
WEB
Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;
ASV
And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looketh southward;
DARBY
And their southern border was from the end of the salt sea, from the tongue that turns southward;
BLB
And their southern border began at the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.
ÅB
Og deres grense mot syd gikk ut fra enden av Salthavet, fra den bukt som vender mot syd,
OTB
Deres sørlige grense begynte ved bukten ved den sørlige enden av Saltsjøen,
B1930
Og deres grense mot syd gikk ut fra enden av Salthavet, fra den bukt som vender mot syd,

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 11:15

    And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.

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  • Ezekiel 47:8

    Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.

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  • Genesis 14:3

    All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

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  • Ezekiel 47:18

    And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.

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  • Numbers 34:3

    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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  • Joshua 3:16

    That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

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