Joshua 15:1-12

International Standard Version

Allotments to Judah

15 Joshua said,^[a] “Now the allotment for the tribe of the descendants of Judah, allocated^[b] according to their families, will extend to the border of Edom, southward to the wilderness of Zin until land’s end, ² then from the southern end of the Dead Sea, that is, from the bay that orients toward the Negev,^{[c] 3} proceeding south to the ascent of Akrabbim, then continuing to Zin, and from there up along the south of Kadesh-barnea to Hezron, and from there up to Addar and then to Karka, ⁴ passing along to Azmon toward the Wadi^[d] of Egypt and ending at the sea. This will be your southern border.”

⁵ The eastern border was the Dead Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan River. The border of the north side extended from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan River ⁶ toward Beth-hoglah, and continuing on the north of Beth-arabah. The border ascended up to the boundary marker set up by Reuben’s son Bohan.

⁷ The boundary then went up to Debir from the Achor valley and turned north toward Gilgal opposite the ascent of Adummim in the southern part of the valley. Then the border continued to the waters of En-shemesh and terminated at En-rogel. ⁸ Then the border proceeded up the valley of Ben-hinnom to the southern ascent of the Jebusites (that is, to Jerusalem), and from there to the top of the mountain that faces the valley of Hinnom to the west at the end of the valley of Rephaim^[e] toward the north.

⁹ The border proceeded from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, then to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then the border curved toward Baalah (also known as Kiriath-jearim). ¹⁰ The border turned west from Baalah to Mount Seir,^[f] continuing to the top of Mount Jearim on the north (also known as Chesalon), and then proceeded to Beth-shemesh, continuing through Timnah.

¹¹ The border proceeded north to the edge of Ekron, then curved to Shikkeron and on to Mount Baalah, proceeding then to Jabneel, where the boundary ended at the sea. ¹² The western border was at the Mediterranean Sea coastline. This is the border that surrounded the territory of^[g] the descendants of Judah, according to their families.