Joshua 15:3

and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh Barnea, and passed along by Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka;

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In The King James Version

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 to Karkaa:

In Context

2Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;

4and it passed along to Azmon, went out at the brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your south border.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:7They returned, and came to En Mishpat (also called Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.

Numbers 32:8Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.

Judges 1:36The border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.

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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