^3 (A)Your southern border shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom; then your southern border shall extend eastward to the end of ^(B)the Salt Sea;

³ All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim ^(A)(that is, the Salt Sea).

Borders of the Land^(A)

¹³ Thus says the Lord God: “These are the ^(B)borders by which you shall divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel. ^(C)Joseph shall have two portions.

¹⁸ “On the east side you shall mark out the border from between Hauran and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land of Israel, along the Jordan, and along the eastern side of the sea. This is the east side.

¹⁹ “The south side, toward the ^[a]South, shall be from Tamar to ^(A)the waters of ^[b]Meribah by Kadesh, along the brook to the Great Sea. This is the south side, toward the South.

²⁰ “The west side shall be the Great Sea, from the southern boundary until one comes to a point opposite Hamath. This is the west side.

²¹ “Thus you shall ^(B)divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. ²² It shall be that you will divide it by ^(C)lot as an inheritance for yourselves, ^(D)and for the strangers who dwell among you and who bear children among you. ^(E)They shall be to you as native-born among the children of Israel; they shall have an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. ²³ And it shall be that in whatever tribe the stranger dwells, there you shall give him his inheritance,” says the Lord God.

⁸ Then he said to me: “This water flows toward the eastern region, goes down into the ^[a]valley, and enters the sea. When it reaches the sea, its waters are healed.

The Land of Judah

15 So this was the ^[a]lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families:

^(A)The border of Edom at the ^(B)Wilderness of Zin southward was the extreme southern boundary. ² And their ^(C)southern border began at the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward. ³ Then it went out to the southern side of ^(D)the Ascent of Akrabbim, passed along to Zin, ascended on the south side of Kadesh Barnea, passed along to Hezron, went up to Adar, and went around to Karkaa. ⁴ From there it passed ^(E)toward Azmon and went out to the Brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your southern border.

⁵ The east border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.

And the ^(F)border on the northern quarter began at the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan. ⁶ The border went up to ^(G)Beth Hoglah and passed north of Beth Arabah; and the border went up ^(H)to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. ⁷ Then the border went up toward ^(I)Debir from ^(J)the Valley of Achor, and it turned northward toward Gilgal, which is before the Ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley. The border continued toward the waters of En Shemesh and ended at ^(K)En Rogel. ⁸ And the border went up ^(L)by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the ^(M)Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley ^(N)of ^[b]Rephaim northward. ⁹ Then the border went around from the top of the hill to ^(O)the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and extended to the cities of Mount Ephron. And the border went around ^(P)to Baalah (which is ^(Q)Kirjath Jearim). ¹⁰ Then the border ^[c]turned westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (which is Chesalon), went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed on to ^(R)Timnah. ¹¹ And the border went out to the side of ^(S)Ekron northward. Then the border went around to Shicron, passed along to Mount Baalah, and extended to Jabneel; and the border ended at the sea.

¹² The west border was ^(T)the coastline of the Great Sea. This is the boundary of the children of Judah all around according to their families.

¹⁶ that the waters which came down from upstream stood still, and rose in a heap very far away ^[a]at Adam, the city that is beside ^(A)Zaretan. So the waters that went down ^(B)into the Sea of the Arabah, ^(C)the Salt Sea, failed, and were cut off; and the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

³¹ And ^(A)I will set your ^[a]bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the ^[b]River. For I will ^(B)deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.