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Joshua 15:12
12— And the west border is the great sea and [its] coast. This is the border of the children of Judah round about, according to their families.
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
10and the border turned from Baalah westwards toward mount Seir, and passed toward the side of Har-jearim, that is, Chesalon, northwards, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed Timnah. 11And the border went out to the side of Ekron northwards, and the border reached along toward Shicron, and passed mount Baalah, and went toward Jabneel; and the border ended at the sea. — And the west border is the great sea and [its] coast. This is the border of the children of Judah round about, according to their families. 13And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, the city of Arba, the father of Anak, that is, Hebron. 14And thence Caleb dispossessed the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, who were born of Anak.
Read all of Joshua 15Joshua 15:12 word by word
וּגְב֣וּל יָ֔ם הַיָּ֥מָּה הַגָּד֖וֹל וּגְב֑וּל זֶ֠ה גְּב֧וּל בְּנֵֽי־יְהוּדָ֛ה סָבִ֖יב לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Joshua 15:12
- Joshua 15:47Ashdod, its dependent villages and its hamlets; Gazah, its dependent villages and its hamlets, as far as the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea and [its] coast.
- Numbers 34:6And as west border ye shall have the great sea, and [its] coast. This shall be your west border.
- Deuteronomy 11:24Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours; from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the hinder sea shall your border be.
- Ezekiel 47:20— And the west side shall be the great sea from the border, as far as over against the entering into Hamath: 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
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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
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