Joshua 15:12 “And the western border was the coastline of the Great Sea. These are t…”

Joshua 15:12

And the western border was the coastline of the Great Sea. These are the boundaries around the clans of the descendants of Judah.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The west border was to the shore of the great sea. This is the border of the children 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Westborder is to the great Sea: so this border shalbe the bounds of the children of Iudah round about, according to their families.

Darby 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.

Bible in Basic English

And the limit on the west is the edge of the Great Sea. This is the line going round the land marked out for the children of Judah, by their families.

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Cross references

“the great sea”

Ezekiel 47:20 Joshua 15:47 Deuteronomy 11:24 Numbers 34:6 Numbers 34:7

Ezekiel 47:20 · BSB

And on the west side, the Great Sea will be the boundary up to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This will be the western boundary.

Joshua 15:47 · BSB

Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.

Deuteronomy 11:24 · BSB

Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.

Numbers 34:6 · BSB

Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.

Numbers 34:7 · BSB

Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Then it went out to the northern slope of Ekron, curved toward Shikkeron, proceeded to Mount Baalah, went on to Jabneel, and ended at the Sea.

13According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)

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