Joshua 15:12 The western boundary is the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea. These are the boundaries around the people of Judah by their clans.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
The western boundary is the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea. These are the boundaries around the people of Judah by their clans.

English Standard Version
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 American Standard Bible
The west border was at the Great Sea, even its coastline. This is the border around the sons of Judah according to their families.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now the western border was the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea. This was the boundary of the descendants of Judah around their clans.

International Standard Version
The western border was at the Mediterranean Sea coastline. This is the border that surrounded the territory of the descendants of Judah, according to their families.

American Standard Version
And the west border was to the great sea, and the border thereof . This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.

Douay-Rheims Bible
These are the borders round about of the children of Juda in their kindreds.

Darby Bible Translation
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.

Young's Literal Translation
And the west border is to the great sea, and its border; this is the border of the sons of Judah round about for their families.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

15:1-12 Joshua allotted to Judah, Ephraim, and the half of Manasseh, their inheritances before they left Gilgal. Afterwards removing to Shiloh, another survey was made, and the other tribes had their portion assigned. In due time all God's people are settled.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

7. Achor—(see on [194]Jos 7:26).

Adummim—a rising ground in the wilderness of Jericho, on the south of the little brook that flowed near Jericho (Jos 16:1).

En-shemesh—"the fountain of the sun"; "either the present well of the apostle, below Bethany, on the road to Jericho, or the fountain near to St. Saba" [Robinson].

En-rogel—"the fuller's fountain," on the southeast of Jerusalem, below the spot where the valleys of Jehoshaphat and Hinnom unite.