Joshua
Chapter 15
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1The lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah, by their clans, was to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin, southward, at the far south.
2Their south border was from the end of the Salt Sea, from the tongue that turns southward.
3It went out south of the ascent of Akrabbim, passed on to Zin, went up south of Kadesh-barnea, passed Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned to the Karka.
4It passed Azmon and went out to the A stream bed that keeps water, or runs when the rain comes. of Egypt, and the ends of the border was at the sea. This shall be your south border.
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The written verb is והיה, singular, “was.” The Masoretic reading is והיו, plural. The noun “ends” is plural. The written singular verb is printed.
5The east border was the Salt Sea, as far as the end of the Jordan. The border on the north side was from the tongue of the sea, at the end of the Jordan.
6The border went up to Beth-hoglah, passed north of Beth-arabah, and the border went up to the stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
7The border went up toward Debir from the Valley of Achor and turned north to Gilgal, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is south of the A stream bed that keeps water, or runs when the rain comes.. The border passed to the waters of En-shemesh, and its ends were at En-rogel.
8The border went up the valley of Ben-hinnom to the shoulder of the Jebusite on the south, that is Jerusalem, and the border went up to the top of the hill that faces the valley of Hinnom on the west, which is at the north end of the Valley of Rephaim.
9The border bent from the top of the hill to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, went out to the cities of Mount Ephron, and the border bent to Baalah, that is Kiriath-jearim.
10The border turned from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, passed the shoulder of Mount Jearim on the north, that is Kesalon, went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed Timnah.
11The border went out to the shoulder of Ekron on the north. The border bent to Shikkeron, passed Mount Baalah, went out to Jabneel, and the ends of the border were at the sea.
12The west border was the Great Sea and the coast. This is the border of the sons of Judah all around, by their clans.
13To Caleb son of Jephunneh he gave a share among the sons of Judah, by the mouth of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. to Joshua: Kiriath-arba, the father of Anak, that is Hebron.
14Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
15He went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir. The name of Debir was formerly Kiriath-sepher.
16Caleb said, Whoever strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him Achsah my daughter as a wife.
17Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, captured it, and he gave him Achsah his daughter as a wife.
18When she came, she urged him to ask her father for a field. She got down from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, What is the matter with you?
19She said, Give me a blessing. Since you have given me land in the The dry country in the south., give me springs of water too. He gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
20This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah, by their clans.
21The cities at the far end, for the tribe of the sons of Judah, toward the border of Edom in the The dry country in the south., were Kabzeel, Eder, and Jagur,
22Kinah, Dimonah, and Adadah,
23Kedesh, Hazor, and Ithnan,
24Ziph, Telem, and Bealoth,
25Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-hezron, that is Hazor,
26Amam, Shema, and Moladah,
27Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, and Beth-pelet,
28Hazar-shual, Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah,
29Baalah, Iim, and Ezem,
30Eltolad, Kesil, and Hormah,
31Ziklag, Madmannah, and Sansannah,
32Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities, twenty-nine, and their villages.
33In the Shephelah: Eshtaol, Zorah, and Ashnah,
34Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
35Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
36Shaaraim, Adithaim, the Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteen cities and their villages.
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The verse names Shaaraim, Adithaim, the Gederah, and Gederothaim, and it also says fourteen cities for the Shephelah group. Both the names and the number are printed as written. No city is dropped to make the count match.
37Zenan, Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,
38Dilan, the Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
39Lachish, Bozkath, and Eglon,
40Kabbon, Lahmas, and Kitlish,
41Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities and their villages.
42Libnah, Ether, and Ashan,
43Iphtah, Ashnah, and Nezib,
44Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities and their villages.
45Ekron, its daughter towns, and its villages.
46From Ekron westward, everything that is beside Ashdod, and their villages.
47Ashdod, its daughter towns and its villages, Gaza, its daughter towns and its villages, as far as the A stream bed that keeps water, or runs when the rain comes. of Egypt, and the sea, the border, and the border.
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The written consonants are הגבול, “the border.” The Masoretic reading is הגדול, “the great,” which would make the phrase “the Great Sea.” The written “the border” is printed.
48In the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, and Socoh,
49Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah, that is Debir,
50Anab, Eshtemoh, and Anim,
51Goshen, Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities and their villages.
52Arab, Rumah, and Eshan,
53Janim, Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,
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The written consonants are וינים, Janim. The Masoretic reading is וינום, Janum. The written Janim is printed.
54Humtah, Kiriath-arba, that is Hebron, and Zior: nine cities and their villages.
55Maon, Carmel, Ziph, and Juttah,
56Jezreel, Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
57the Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah: ten cities and their villages.
58Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
59Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon: six cities and their villages.
60Kiriath-baal, that is Kiriath-jearim, and Rabbah: two cities and their villages.
61In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
62Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi: six cities and their villages.
63The Jebusite, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah are not able to drive out. The Jebusite has lived with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.
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The written form is יוכלו, “are not able.” The Masoretic reading is יכלו, “were not able.” The written “are not able” is printed.