Joshua 15:12

And the west boundary was by the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the boundary of the children of Judah round about according to their families.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.

In Context

11And the boundary went out unto the side of 'Ekron northward; and the boundary extended to Shikron, and passed along to the mount of Ba'alah, and went out unto Yabneel; and the terminations of the boundary were at the sea.

13And unto Caleb the son of Yephunneh he gave as a portion among the children of Judah, according to the order of the Lord to Joshua, Kiryath-arba' the father of 'Anak, which is Hebron.

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Cross References

Numbers 34:6And as the western border, shall ye have the Great Sea for a border: this shall be your western border.

Joshua 15:47Ashdod with its towns and its villages, Gazzah, with its towns and its villages, up to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and its territory.

Ezekiel 47:20And the west side shall be the great sea from the [southern] boundary, as far as straight up to Chamath. This is the west side.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 15:2-13

The Lot of Judah. ( b. c. 1444.) 1 This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. 2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: 3 And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass… Read the whole commentary →

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