The Daily Audio Bible

15 The territory chosen by lot for the tribe of the descendants of Y’hudah according to their families extended to the border of Edom in the Tzin Desert, toward the Negev in the far south.

² Their southern border began at the far shore of the Dead Sea, from the bay facing southward, ³ and went out south of the Scorpion Ascent, passed toward Tzin, went up south of Kadesh-Barnea, passed Hetzron, went up toward Adar, turned toward Karka, ⁴ passed toward ‘Atzmon, and went out at the Vadi of Egypt, with the border ending at the sea; this will be your southern border.

⁵ The eastern border was the Dead Sea to where the Yarden entered it.

The northern border began at the bay of the sea at the end of the Yarden; ⁶ then the border went up to Beit-Hoglah and passed north of Beit-‘Aravah; next the border went up to the Stone of Bohan the son of Re’uven; ⁷ then the border went up to D’vir from the Akhor Valley, then northward facing Gilgal (that is, across from Ma‘alei-Adumim, which is on the south side of the vadi); next the border passed to the ‘Ein-Shemesh Spring and went out at ‘Ein-Rogel. ⁸ Then the border went up the Ben-Hinnom Valley to the south side of the Y’vusi (that is, Yerushalayim), and the border continued up to the top of the hill in front of the Hinnom Valley on the west (which is also at the northernmost end of the Refa’im Valley) ⁹ From this hilltop the border was drawn to the source of the Neftoach Spring and continued out to the cities of Mount ‘Efron; next the border was drawn to Ba‘alah (that is, Kiryat-Ye‘arim). ¹⁰ Then the border turned from Ba‘al westward to Mount Se‘ir, passed the spur of Mount Ye‘arim (also called K’salon) on the north, went down to Beit-Shemesh and passed Timnah. ¹¹ Next the border went out toward the side of ‘Ekron northward; and finally, the border was drawn to Shikron, passed Mount Ba‘alah, and went out at Yavne’el, with the border ending at the sea.

¹² As for the west border, the Great Sea was its border. These were the borders of the territory of the descendants of Y’hudah, by clans.

¹³ To Kalev the son of Y’funeh he gave a portion with the descendants of Y’hudah, as Adonai had ordered Y’hoshua, namely, Kiryat-Arba (Arba was the father of the ‘Anak), also called Hevron. ¹⁴ Kalev expelled from there three descendants of ‘Anak — Sheshai, Achiman and Talmai, children of ‘Anak. ¹⁵ From there he went up to fight the inhabitants of D’vir (D’vir was formerly called Kiryat-Sefer). ¹⁶ Kalev said, “To whoever overpowers Kiryat-Sefer and captures it I will give my daughter Akhsah as his wife.” ¹⁷ ‘Otni’el the son of K’naz, Kalev’s brother, captured it; so he gave him ‘Akhsah his daughter as his wife. ¹⁸ After becoming his wife, she persuaded him to ask her father to give them a field; when she got off her donkey, Kalev asked her, “What do you want?” ¹⁹ She said to him: “Give me a blessing: since you gave me land in the Negev, also give me sources of water.” So Kalev gave her the Upper Springs and the Lower Springs.

²⁰ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Y’hudah, by clans.

²¹ The cities at the outer part of the tribe of Y’hudah toward the border with Edom in the south were: Kavtze’el, ‘Eder, Yagur, ²² Kinah, Dimonah, ‘Ad‘adah, ²³ Kedesh, Hatzor, Yitnan, ²⁴ Zif, Telem, Be‘alot, ²⁵ Hatzor, Hadatah, K’riot, Hetzron (which is Hatzor), ²⁶ Amam, Sh’ma, Moladah, ²⁷ Hatzar-Gadah, Heshmon, Beit-Pelet, ²⁸ Hatzar-Shu‘al, Be’er-Sheva, Bizyot-Yah, ²⁹ Ba‘alah, ‘Iyim, ‘Etzem, ³⁰ El-Tolad, K’sil, Hormah, ³¹ Ziklag, Madmanah, Sansanah, ³² L’va’ot, Shilchim, ‘Ayin and Rimmon — twenty-nine cities in all, together with their villages.

³³ In the Sh’felah: Eshta’ol, Tzor‘ah, Ashnah, ³⁴ Zanoach, ‘Ein-Ganim, Tapuach, ‘Enam, ³⁵ Yarmut, ‘Adulam, Sokhoh, ‘Azekah, ³⁶ Sh’arim, ‘Aditayim, G’derah and G’derotayim — fourteen cities, together with their villages. ³⁷ Tz’nan, Hadashah, Migdal-Gad, ³⁸ Dil‘an, Mitzpeh, Yokte’el, ³⁹ Lakhish, Bozkat, ‘Eglon, ⁴⁰ Kabon, Lachmas, Kitlish, ⁴¹ G’derot, Beit-Dagon, Na‘amah and Makkedah — sixteen cities, together with their villages. ⁴² Livnah, ‘Eter, ‘Ashan, ⁴³ Yiftach, Ashnah, N’tziv, ⁴⁴ Ke‘ilah, Akhziv and Mareshah — nine cities, together with their villages. ⁴⁵ ‘Ekron, with its towns and villages — ⁴⁶ from ‘Ekron to the sea; all those near Ashdod, with their villages; ⁴⁷ Ashdod, with its towns and villages; ‘Azah, with its towns and villages, to the Vadi of Egypt, with the Great Sea as its border.

⁴⁸ In the hills: Shamir, Yatir, Sokhoh, ⁴⁹ Danah, Kiryat-Sanna (that is, D’vir), ⁵⁰ ‘Anav, Esht’moh, ‘Anim, ⁵¹ Goshen, Holon and Giloh — eleven cities, together with their villages. ⁵² Arav, Dumah, Esh’an, ⁵³ Yanum, Beit-Tapuach, Afekah, ⁵⁴ Humtah, Kiryat-Arba (that is, Hevron) and Tzi‘or — nine cities, together with their villages. ⁵⁵ Ma‘on, Karmel, Zif, Yutah, ⁵⁶ Yizre‘el, Yokde‘am, Zanoach, ⁵⁷ Kayin, Giv‘ah and Timnah — ten cities, together with their villages. ⁵⁸ Halchul, Beit-Tzur, G’dor, ⁵⁹ Ma‘arat, Beit-‘Anot, Elt’kon — six cities, together with their villages. ⁶⁰ Kiryat-Ba‘al (that is, Kiryat-Ye‘arim) and Rabbah — two cities, together with their villages.

⁶¹ In the desert: Beit-‘Aravah, Middin, S’khakhah, ⁶² Nivshan, ‘Ir-Hamelach and ‘Ein-Gedi — six cities, together with their villages.

⁶³ As for the Y’vusi, who lived in Yerushalayim, the descendants of Y’hudah could not drive them out; so the Y’vusi live with the descendants of Y’hudah in Yerushalayim to this day.

¹⁸ One of the leaders asked him, “Good rabbi, what should I do to obtain eternal life?” ¹⁹ Yeshua said to him, “Why are you calling me good? No one is good but God! ²⁰ You know the mitzvot — ‘Don’t commit adultery, don’t murder, don’t steal, don’t give false testimony, honor your father and mother, . . .’”^{[a] 21} He replied, “I have kept all these since I was a boy.” ²² On hearing this Yeshua said to him, “There is one thing you still lack. Sell whatever you have, distribute the proceeds to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come, follow me!” ²³ But when the man heard this, he became very sad, because he was very rich.

²⁴ Yeshua looked at him and said, “How hard it is for people with wealth to enter the Kingdom of God! ²⁵ It’s easier for a camel to pass through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God!” ²⁶ Those who heard this asked, “Then who can be saved?” ²⁷ He said, “What is impossible humanly is possible with God.”

²⁸ Kefa said, “Look, we have left our homes and followed you.” ²⁹ Yeshua answered them, “Yes! I tell you that everyone who has left house, wife, brothers, parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, ³⁰ will receive many times as much in the ‘olam hazeh, and in the ‘olam haba eternal life.”

³¹ Then, taking the Twelve, Yeshua said to them, “We are now going up to Yerushalayim, where everything written through the prophets about the Son of Man will come true. ³² For he will be handed over to the Goyim and be ridiculed, insulted and spat upon. ³³ Then, after they have beaten him, they will kill him. But on the third day he will rise.” ³⁴ However, they understood none of this; its meaning had been hidden from them, and they had no idea what he was talking about.

³⁵ As Yeshua approached Yericho, a blind man was sitting by the road, begging. ³⁶ When he heard the crowd going past, he asked what it was all about; ³⁷ and they told him, “Yeshua from Natzeret is passing by.” ³⁸ He called out, “Yeshua! Son of David! Have pity on me!” ³⁹ Those in front scolded him in order to get him to shut up, but he shouted all the louder, “Son of David! Have pity on me!” ⁴⁰ Yeshua stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he had come, Yeshua asked him, ⁴¹ “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said, “Lord, let me be able to see.” ⁴² Yeshua said to him, “See again! your trust has healed you!” ⁴³ Instantly he received his sight and began following him, glorifying God; and when all the people saw it, they too praised God.