Joshua 15:5

Joshua 15:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
• New International Version (NIV)The eastern boundary is the Dead Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan. The northern boundary started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the east boundary is the Salt Sea, to the mouth of the Jordan. And the boundary on the north side runs from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The east border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan. And the border on the northern quarter began at the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.

Context of Joshua 15:5

3and it went out south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed on to Zin, and went up on the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed to Hezron, and went up toward Addar, and turned toward Karkaah, 4and passed on to Azmon, and went out by the torrent of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. That shall be your border southward. — And the eastern border was the salt sea as far as the end of the Jordan. — And the border on the north side was from the tongue of the salt sea, at the end of the Jordan; 6and the border went up toward Beth-hoglah, and passed north of Beth-Arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben; 7and the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and turned northward to Gilgal, which is opposite to the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the torrent; and the border passed to the waters of En-shemesh, and ended at En-rogel;

Joshua 15:5 word by word

וּגְב֥וּל קֵ֙דְמָה֙ יָ֣ם הַמֶּ֔לַח עַד־קְצֵ֖ה הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן וּגְב֞וּל לִפְאַ֤ת צָפ֙וֹנָה֙ מִלְּשׁ֣וֹן הַיָּ֔ם מִקְצֵ֖ה הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃Read the interlinear

• borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• saltמֶ֫לַחmelach · Salt (Sea)H4417
• seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• endקָצֶהqâtseh qêtseh · endH7097
• Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
• northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• sideפֵּאָהpê'âh · sideH6285
• tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• saltמֶ֫לַחmelach · Salt (Sea)H4417

Cross-references for Joshua 15:5

• Numbers 34:12and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and shall end at the salt sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.

Commentaries on Joshua 15:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The east border was the Salt Sea - The Salt Sea is the same as the Dead Sea, lake Asphaltites, etc. And here it is intimated that the eastern border of the tribe of Judah extended along the Dead Sea, from its lowest extremity to the end of Jordan, i.e., to the place where Jordan falls into this sea.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-11Although Judah’s northern boundary is described in great detail, some sections of this border cannot be determined with certainty.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. the end--that is, the mouth of the Jordan.Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 15:5

• Jordan

In the dictionaries

• Jordan
• Salt Sea
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Bay
• Joktheel
• Judah, Tribe of
• Bay (2)
• Beth-Hoglah
• Criticism
• Dead Sea, the

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