Joshua 18:11-28

Evangelical Heritage Version

Then the border ascends to the slope of Jericho on the north.

Then it ascends westward through the hill country.

It ends at the Wilderness of Beth Aven.

¹³ The border crosses over from there to Luz, to the slope on the south side of Luz (Luz is Bethel).

Then the border descends to Ataroth Addar on the mountain that is south of Lower Beth Horon.

From the mountain that is facing the south side of Beth Horon, the border bends and curves around toward the south. It ends at Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city of the descendants of Judah.

This is the western side.

Then the border goes out toward the sea and goes out to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah.

¹⁶ Then the border descends to the edge of the mountain that faces the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is north of the Valley of Rephaim.

Then it descends through the Valley of Hinnom to the southern slope of the Jebusite city and descends to En Rogel.

¹⁷ Then it bends north and goes out to En Shemesh.

Then it goes out to Geliloth, which is opposite the Ascent of Adummim, and descends to the Stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben.

¹⁸ Then it passes northward to the slope facing the Arabah and descends into the Arabah.

¹⁹ The border then passes on to the northern slope of Beth Hoglah, and the border ends at the northern bay of the Dead Sea at the southern end of the Jordan.

This is the southern border.

Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz, ²² Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, ²³ Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, ²⁴ Kephar Ha’ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities and their villages.

²⁵ Gibeon, Ramah, Be’eroth, ²⁶ Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah, ²⁷ Rekem, Irpe’el, Taralah, ²⁸ Zela, Ha’eleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeath, Kiriath—fourteen cities and their villages.