Joshua 15:12

Joshua 15:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The western boundary is the coastlpine of the Mediterranean Sea. These are the boundaries around the people of Judah by their clans.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the west boundary was the Great Sea with its coastline. This is the boundary around the people of Judah according to their clans.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The west border was the coastline of the Great Sea. This is the boundary of the children of Judah all around according to their families.

Context of Joshua 15:12

10The border went around west from Baalah to Mount Seir, and passed along to the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh and then continued on through Timnah. 11The border proceeded to the slope [of the hill] of Ekron northward, then curved to Shikkeron and continued to Mount Baalah and proceeded to Jabneel. Then the border ended at the [Mediterranean] sea. The western border was at the Great Sea, with its coastline. This is the border around the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families. 13Now to Caleb the son of Jephunneh Joshua gave a portion among the sons of Judah, as the Lord commanded him, namely, Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron). 14So Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak.

Joshua 15:12 word by word

וּגְב֣וּל יָ֔ם הַיָּ֥מָּה הַגָּד֖וֹל וּגְב֑וּל זֶ֠ה גְּב֧וּל בְּנֵֽי־יְהוּדָ֛ה סָבִ֖יב לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the westיָםyâm · sea: westH3220
• borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• to the greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · Great (Sea)H1419
• seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• of the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• according to their familiesמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940

Cross-references for Joshua 15:12

• Joshua 15:47Ashdod, with its towns and its villages; Gaza, with its towns and its villages; as far as the Brook of Egypt (Wadi el-Arish) and the Great [Mediterranean] Sea with its coastline.
• Numbers 34:6‘As the western boundary you shall have the Great [Mediterranean] Sea and its coastline. This shall be your western boundary.
• Deuteronomy 11:24Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall become yours; your territory shall be from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the river, the river Euphrates, as far as the western sea (the Mediterranean).
• Ezekiel 47:20“The west side shall be the Great [Mediterranean] Sea, from the south border to a point opposite Lebo-hamath [north of Mount Hermon]. This is the west side.

Commentaries on Joshua 15:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The great sea - The Mediterranean.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12These were Judah's boundaries when the settlement process started. Later, the tribes of Simeon and Dan received land from Judah's southern and western territories. Within a few decades, the Philistines arrived from the Greek islands and settled the entire southern coastal plain given to Judah (see study note on 13:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-121. This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah--In what manner the lot was drawn on this occasion the sacred historian does not say; but it is probable that the method adopted was similar to that described in Jos 18:10. Though the general survey of the country had not been completed, some rough draft or delineation of the first conquered part must have been made, and satisfactory evidence obtained that it was large enough to furnish three…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 15:12

• Mediterranean Sea

In the dictionaries

• Judah
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Joktheel
• Judah, Tribe of
• Criticism
• Joshua (2)
• Joshua, Book of
• Judah, Territory of

Commentaries on Joshua 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings