Joshua 15:1-4

Allotment for Judah

1 The allotment for the tribe of Judah, according to its clans, extended down to the territory of Edom, to the Desert of Zin in the extreme south.

2 Their southern boundary started from the bay at the southern end of the Dead Sea,

3 crossed south of Scorpion Pass, continued on to Zin and went over to the south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it ran past Hezron up to Addar and curved around to Karka.

4 It then passed along to Azmon and joined the Wadi of Egypt, ending at the Mediterranean Sea. This is their^[a] southern boundary.

Joshua 15:1-4 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 15

In this chapter are related the boundaries of the lot of the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:1-12; and the assignment of Hebron to Caleb, from whence he drove out the giants, and of Debir, which was taken by Othniel his brother, to whom, on that account, he gave his daughter in marriage, who made a further request to her father, which was granted, Jos 15:13-19; and then follows an account of the several cities by name, which fell to the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:20-63.

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 34:3
• 2. S Numbers 13:21; Numbers 33:36
• 3. Joshua 18:5
• 4. S Genesis 14:3
• 5. S Numbers 34:4
• 6. S Deuteronomy 1:2
• 7. Numbers 34:4; Numbers 34:5
• 8. S Genesis 15:18

Footnotes

• [a]. Septuagint; Hebrew "your"