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

10It went round Baalah towards the hills of Edom. It went north of Jearim mountain (also called Kesalon) down to Beth Shemesh, and it continued on past Timnah. 11Then it went out to the hills north of Ekron, and on towards Shikkeron. It went past Baalah mountain, as far as Jabneel. Judah's north border ended at the sea. The west border of Judah's land was the Mediterranean Sea. Those were the borders of the land which Judah's tribe and its clans received. 13The Lord had told Joshua to give Kiriath Arba to Caleb, Jephunneh's son. That was the part of Judah's land that Caleb received. Arba was the father of Anak. Kiriath Arba was now called Hebron. 14Caleb chased out the three sons of Anak from Hebron. Their names were Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai.

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 15:47And he gave them Ashdod and Gaza with their houses and villages. They had the land as far as the Stream of Egypt, and to the Mediterranean Sea.
• Numbers 34:6The west border of your land will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
• Deuteronomy 11:24Every piece of ground that you walk on will belong to you. The borders of your land will go from the desert in the south as far as Lebanon in the north. They will go from the Euphrates river in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
• Ezekiel 47:20On the west side, the Mediterranean Sea is the border of your land. It goes north to a place on the west side of Lebo-Hamath. That is the north border of your land.

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