Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. A. 2561 B.C. 1443 2000 years. Many of the ancient towns and villages have had their names so totally changed that their former appellations are no longer discernible; several lie buried under their own ruins, and others have been so long destroyed that not a vestige of them remains. On these accounts it is very difficult to ascertain the precise situation of many places mentioned in these chapters; but this cannot in any measure affect the truth of the narrative. Joshua 14:2 Dividing all by lot, as the Lord had commanded the hand of Moses, to the nine tribes, and the half tribe. Numbers 26:55,56 Yet so that by lot the land be divided to the tribe and families. . . . even to the Numbers 33:36,37 They removed from thence and came into the desert of Sin, which is Cades. . . . Numbers 34:3-5 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 47:19 And the south side southward is, from Thamar even to the waters of contradiction of Cades: and, the torrent even to the great sea: and this is the south side southward. Context Judah's Inheritance1Now 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.… Cross References Mark 3:8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea and from beyond the Jordan. And they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing the things which he did, came to him. Numbers 20:16 And how we cried to the Lord, and he heard us, and sent an angel, who hath brought us out of Egypt. Lo, we are now in the city of Cades, which is in the uttermost of thy borders, 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: Numbers 34:4 Which limits shall go round on the south side by the ascent of the Scorpion and so into Senna, and reach toward the south as far as Cadesbarne, from whence the frontiers shall go out to the town called Adar, and shall reach as far as Asemona. Deuteronomy 32:51 Because you trespassed against me in the midst of the children of Israel, at the waters of contradiction, in Cades of the desert of Sin: and you did not sanctify me among the children of Israel. Joshua 15:2 Its beginning was from the top of the most salt sea, and from the bay thereof, that looketh to the south. Joshua 18:5 Divide to yourselves the land into seven parts: let Juda be in his bounds on the south side, and the house of Joseph on the north. Ezekiel 48:7 And by the border of Ruben, from the east side even to the side of the sea, one portion for Juda. Lexicon Now the allotmentהַגּוֹרָ֗ל (hag·gō·w·rāl) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1486: Lot -- a lot (for casting) for the clans לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם (lə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯām) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people of the tribe לְמַטֵּ֛ה (lə·maṭ·ṭêh) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe of Judah יְהוּדָ֖ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites extended וַיְהִ֣י (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the border גְּב֨וּל (gə·ḇūl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1366: A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed of Edom, אֱד֧וֹם (’ĕ·ḏō·wm) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 123: The name of a condiment to the Wilderness מִדְבַּר־ (miḏ·bar-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech of Zin צִ֛ן (ṣin) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6790: Zin -- a desert area which included Kadesh-barnea at the extreme מִקְצֵ֥ה (miq·ṣêh) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7097: End, extremity southern boundary: תֵימָֽן׃ (ṯê·mān) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8486: South, south wind Additional Translations Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. And the lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was unto the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south. And the borders of the tribe of Juda according to their families were from the borders of Idumea from the wilderness of sin, as far as Cades southward. And the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was: to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin, southward, in the extreme south. And the lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was unto the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south. This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south border. The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south. And the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah, for their families, is unto the border of Edom; the wilderness of Zin southward, at the extremity of the south; Jump to Previous Allotment Border Boundary Children Clan Coast Desert Edge Edom Extended Extreme Extremity Judah Lot Marked Part Point Reached South Southward Territory Tribe Uttermost Waste Wilderness ZinJump to Next Allotment Border Boundary Children Clan Coast Desert Edge Edom Extended Extreme Extremity Judah Lot Marked Part Point Reached South Southward Territory Tribe Uttermost Waste Wilderness ZinLinks Joshua 15:1 NIVJoshua 15:1 NLT Joshua 15:1 ESV Joshua 15:1 NASB Joshua 15:1 KJV Joshua 15:1 Bible Apps Joshua 15:1 Biblia Paralela Joshua 15:1 Chinese Bible Joshua 15:1 French Bible Joshua 15:1 German Bible Alphabetical: according allotment at border by clan Desert down Edom extended extreme families for in Judah lot Now of reached sons south southward territory The their to tribe wilderness Zin OT History: Joshua 15:1 The lot for the tribe (Josh. 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