14 Then the boundary goes in another direction, turning on the (A)western side southward from the mountain that lies to the south, opposite Beth-horon, and it ends at Kiriath-baal ((B)that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city belonging to the people of Judah. This forms the western side. 15 And the southern side begins at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim. And the boundary goes from there to Ephron,[a] (C)to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. 16 Then the boundary goes down to the border of the mountain that overlooks (D)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is at the north end of the Valley of (E)Rephaim. And it then goes down the (F)Valley of Hinnom, south of the shoulder of the Jebusites, and downward to (G)En-rogel.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 18:15 See 15:9; Hebrew westward

14 From the hill facing Beth Horon(A) on the south the boundary turned south along the western side and came out at Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim),(B) a town of the people of Judah. This was the western side.

15 The southern side began at the outskirts of Kiriath Jearim on the west, and the boundary came out at the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.(C) 16 The boundary went down to the foot of the hill facing the Valley of Ben Hinnom, north of the Valley of Rephaim.(D) It continued down the Hinnom Valley(E) along the southern slope of the Jebusite city and so to En Rogel.(F)

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