Joshua 15:2
Good News Translation
This southern border ran from the south end of the Dead Sea,

New Revised Standard Version
And their south boundary ran from the end of the Dead Sea, from the bay that faces southward;

Contemporary English Version
Judah's southern border started at the south end of the Dead Sea.

New American Bible
Their southern boundary ran from the end of the Salt Sea, from the tongue of land that faces the Negeb,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Its beginning was from the top of the most salt sea, and from the bay thereof, that looketh to the south.

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Its beginning was from the top of the most salt sea, and from the bay thereof, that looketh to the south.

the salt sea

Joshua 3:16 The waters that came down from above stood in one place, and swelling up like a mountain, were seen afar off, from the city that is called Adom, to the place of Sarthan: but those that were beneath, ran down into the sea of the wilderness, (which now is called the Dead Sea) until they wholly failed.

Genesis 14:3 All these came together into the woodland vale, which now is the salt sea.

Numbers 34:3 The south side shall begin from the wilderness of Sin, which is by Edom: and shall have the most salt sea for its furthest limits eastward:

Ezekiel 47:8,18 And he said to me: These waters that issue forth toward the hillocks of sand to the east, and go down to the plains of the desert, shall go into the sea, and shall go out, and the waters shall be healed. . . .

bay [heb] tongue

Isaiah 11:15 And the Lord shall lay waste the tongue of the sea of Egypt, and shall lift up his hand over the river in the strength of his spirit: and he shall strike it in the seven streams, so that men may pass through it in their shoes.

Context
Judah's Inheritance
1Now the lot of the children of Juda by their kindreds was this: From the frontier of Edom, to the desert of Sin southward, and to the uttermost part of the south coast. 2Its beginning was from the top of the most salt sea, and from the bay thereof, that looketh to the south.3And it goeth out towards the ascent of the Scorpion, and passeth on to Sina: and ascendeth into Cadesbarne, and reacheth into Esron, going up to Addar, and compassing Carcaa.…
Cross References
Joshua 15:1
Now the lot of the children of Juda by their kindreds was this: From the frontier of Edom, to the desert of Sin southward, and to the uttermost part of the south coast.

Joshua 15:3
And it goeth out towards the ascent of the Scorpion, and passeth on to Sina: and ascendeth into Cadesbarne, and reacheth into Esron, going up to Addar, and compassing Carcaa.

Joshua 15:1
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