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Joshua 15:4 KJV
Joshua · chapter 15 · verse 4
From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.Joshua 15:4 · King James Version
Joshua 15:4 in context
2And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
3And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
4From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.
5And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
6And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- passedʻâbarto cross overH5674 →
- AzmonʻAtsmôwnAtsmon, a place near PalestineH6111 →
- rivernachala stream, especially a winter torrentH5158 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- coastgᵉbûwlproperly, a cordH1366 →
- southnegebthe southH5045 →
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Judah and Joseph were the two sons of Jacob on whom Reuben's forfeited birth-right devolved. Judah had the dominion entailed on him, and Joseph the double portion, and therefore these two tribes were first seated, Judah in the southern part of the land of Canaan and Joseph in the northern part, and on them the other…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12