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JOSHUA 15
Scorpion Pass* into the wilderness of Zin,
and then went south of Kadesh-barnea to
Hezron. Then it went up to Addar, where
it turned toward Karka. 4 From there it
passed to Azmon until it finally reached
the Brook of Egypt, which it followed to
the Mediterranean Sea.* This was their*
southern boundary.
5 The eastern boundary extended along
the Dead Sea to the mouth of the Jordan
River.
The northern boundary began at the
bay where the Jordan River empties into
the Dead Sea, 6 went up from there to
Beth-hoglah, then proceeded north of
Beth-arabah to the Stone of Bohan. (Bohan
was Reuben’s son.) 7 From that point it
went through the valley of Achor to Debir,
turning north toward Gilgal, which is across
from the slopes of Adummim on the south
side of the valley. From there the boundary
extended to the springs at En-shemesh and
on to En-rogel. 8 The boundary then passed
through the valley of Ben-Hinnom, along
the southern slopes of the Jebusites, where
the city of Jerusalem is located. Then it went
west to the top of the mountain above the
valley of Hinnom, and on up to the northern
end of the valley of Rephaim. 9 From there
the boundary extended from the top of the
mountain to the spring at the waters of
Nephtoah,* and from there to the towns
on Mount Ephron. Then it turned toward
Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim). 10 The
boundary circled west of Baalah to Mount
Seir, passed along to the town of Kesalon
on the northern slope of Mount Jearim,
and went down to Beth-shemesh and on to
Timnah. 11 The boundary then proceeded to
the slope of the hill north of Ekron, where
it turned toward Shikkeron and Mount
Baalah. It passed Jabneel and ended at the
Mediterranean Sea.
12 The western boundary was the shoreline
of the Mediterranean Sea.*
These are the boundaries for the clans of the
tribe of Judah.
The Land Given to Caleb
13 The Lord commanded Joshua to assign some
of Judah’s territory to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
So Caleb was given the town of Kiriath-arba
(that is, Hebron), which had been named after
Anak’s ancestor. 14 Caleb drove out the three
groups of Anakites—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the sons of Anak.
15 From there he went to fight against the
people living in the town of Debir (formerly
called Kiriath-sepher). 16 Caleb said, “I will give
my daughter Acsah in marriage to the one who
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attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher.” 17 Othniel,
the son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz, was the one who
conquered it, so Acsah became Othniel’s wife.
18 When Acsah married Othniel, she urged
him* to ask her father for a field. As she got
down off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What’s
the matter?”
19 She said, “Give me another gift. You have
already given me land in the Negev; now please
give me springs of water, too.” So Caleb gave her
the upper and lower springs.
The Towns Allotted to Judah
20 This was the homeland allocated to the clans
of the tribe of Judah.
21 The towns of Judah situated along
the borders of Edom in the extreme
south were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
22 Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, 23 Kedesh,
Hazor, Ithnan, 24 Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
25 Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that
is, Hazor), 26 Amam, Shema, Moladah,
27 Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet,
28 Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,
29 Baalah, Iim, Ezem, 30 Eltolad, Kesil,
Hormah, 31 Ziklag, Madmannah,
Sansannah, 32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain,
and Rimmon—twenty-nine towns with
their surrounding villages.
33 The following towns situated in the
western foothills* were also given to
Judah: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, 34 Zanoah,
En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam, 35 Jarmuth,
Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, 36 Shaaraim,
Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim—
fourteen towns with their surrounding
villages.
37 Also included were Zenan, Hadashah,
Migdal-gad, 38 Dilean, Mizpeh, Joktheel,
39 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, 40 Cabbon,
Lahmam, Kitlish, 41 Gederoth, Beth-dagon,
Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen towns
with their surrounding villages.
42 Besides these, there were Libnah, Ether,
Ashan, 43 Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, 44 Keilah,
Aczib, and Mareshah—nine towns with their
surrounding villages.
45 The territory of the tribe of Judah
also included Ekron and its surrounding
settlements and villages. 46 From Ekron the
boundary extended west and included the
towns near Ashdod with their surrounding
villages. 47 It also included Ashdod with its
surrounding settlements and villages and
Gaza with its settlements and villages, as
far as the Brook of Egypt and along the
coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
15:3 Hebrew Akrabbim. 15:4a Hebrew the sea; also in 15:11.
15:4b Hebrew your. 15:9 Or the spring at Me-nephtoah.
15:12 Hebrew the Great Sea; also in 15:47. 15:18 Some Greek
manuscripts read he urged her. 15:33 Hebrew the Shephelah.