14 Then the border extended around the west side to the south, from the hill that lies before Beth Horon southward; and [a]it ended at (A)Kirjath Baal (which is Kirjath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the west side.

15 The south side began at the end of Kirjath Jearim, and the border extended on the west and went out to (B)the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. 16 Then the border came down to the end of the mountain that lies before (C)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is in the Valley of the [b]Rephaim on the north, descended to the Valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite city on the south, and descended to (D)En Rogel.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 18:14 Lit. its goings out were
  2. Joshua 18:16 Lit. Giants

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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