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Joshua 15:3

AddarAkrabbimHezronJudahKadesh-barneaKarkaZin

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.

2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:

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.

5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:

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BSB
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.
KJV
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:
WEB
and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh Barnea, and passed along by Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka;
ASV
and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;
DARBY
and it went out south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed on to Zin, and went up on the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed to Hezron, and went up toward Addar, and turned toward Karkaah,
BLB
And it went out to the southern side of the Ascent of Akrabbim, and passed over to Zin, and ascended from the Negev of Kadesh-barnea, and passed over to Hezron, and went up to Addar, and went around toward Karka.
ÅB
bøyde syd om Akrabbim-skaret, tok så over til Sin og oppetter i syd for Kades-Barnea, gikk så over til Hesron og opp til Adar; der svinget den bort til Karka,
OTB
gikk sør for Akrabbim-stigningen, fortsatte til Sin, og gikk opp sør for Kadesj-Barnea. Den passerte deretter Hesron, gikk opp til Addar, og vendte mot Karka.
B1930
bøide syd om Akrabbim-skaret, tok så over til Sin og opefter i syd for Kades-Barnea, gikk så over til Hesron og op til Adar; der svinget den bort til Karka,

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  • Numbers 34:4

    And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon:

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  • Judges 1:36

    And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.

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  • Genesis 14:7

    And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.

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  • Numbers 20:1

    Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

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  • Numbers 32:8

    Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.

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