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Judah’s Inheritance

Joshua 15:12

In 11 translations

BSB
And the western border was the coastline of the Great Sea. These are the boundaries around the clans of the descendants of Judah.
KJV
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.
WEB
The west border was to the shore of the great sea. This is the border of the children of Judah according to their families.
ASV
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.
LSV
And the west border [is] to the Great Sea, and [its] border; this [is] the border of the sons of Judah all around for their families.
YLT
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.
DBY
— 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.
DRC
These are the borders round about of the children of Juda in their kindreds.
GNV
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.
JPS
And as for the west border, the Great Sea was the border thereof. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
LXXE
These are the borders of the children of Juda round about according to their families.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּגְב֣וּל יָ֔ם הַיָּ֥מָּה הַגָּד֖וֹל וּגְב֑וּל זֶ֠ה גְּב֧וּל בְּנֵֽי־יְהוּדָ֛ה סָבִ֖יב לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ τὰ ὅρια αὐτῶν ἀπὸ θαλάσσης, ἡ θάλασσα ἡ μεγάλη ὁριεῖ. Ταῦτα τὰ ὅρια υἱῶν Ἰούδα κύκλῳ κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν.

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  • Ezekiel 47:20And 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 15:47Ashdod, 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.
  • Numbers 34:6–7Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west. Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,
  • Deuteronomy 11:24Every 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.

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