Joshua 15:1-12

Lexham English Bible

The Allotment of Judah

15 The allotment for the tribe of the descendants^[a] of Judah according to their families reached to the border of Edom, to the wilderness of Zin, to the far south.^{[b] 2} Their southern border was from the end of the Salt Sea,^[c] from the bay facing southward; ³ it continues^[d] to the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, passes along to Zin, it goes up south of Kadesh Barnea, passes along Hezron, goes up to Addar, and makes a turn to Karka; ⁴ it passes on^[e] to Azmon, continues^[f] by the wadi of Egypt, and it ends^[g] at the sea. This will be your southern border. ⁵ The eastern border is the Salt Sea^[h] up to the mouth^[i] of the Jordan. The border on the northern side runs from the bay of the sea at the mouth^[j] of the Jordan; ⁶ the border goes up to Beth-hoglah and passes along north of Beth Arabah; and the border goes up the stone of Bohan son of Reuben; ⁷ and the border goes up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and to the north, turning to Gilgal, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is south of the wadi;^[k] and the border passes on to the waters of En Shemesh, and it ends at En Rogel. ⁸ Then the border goes up by the Valley of Ben Hinnom^[l] to the slope of the Jebusites^[m] from the south (that is, Jerusalem); and the border goes up to the top of the mountain that lies opposite the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim to the north; ⁹ then the border turns from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and continues^[n] from there to the cities of Mount Ephron; the border then turns to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim); ¹⁰ and the border goes around from Baalah to the west, to Mount Seir, and passes on to the slope of Mount Jearim from the north (that is, Kesalon), and goes down to Beth Shemesh, and passes along by Timnah. ¹¹ The border continues^[o] to the slope of Ekron to the north, then bends around to Shikkeron, it passes on to Mount Baalah and continues to Jabneel; and the border ends^[p] at the sea. ¹² And the western border is to the Great Sea^[q] and its coast. This is the border surrounding the descendants^[r] of Judah according to their families.