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The Book of Joshua, Chapter 15
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This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by
their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin
southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.
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And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from
the bay that looketh southward:
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And 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:
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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.
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And 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:
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And 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:
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And the border
went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward,
looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which
is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the
waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:
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And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the
south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went
up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom
westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
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And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the
fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount
Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:
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And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir,
and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on
the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
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And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and
the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and
went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the
sea.
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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.
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And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the
children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua,
even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
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And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and
Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
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And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name
of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.
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And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to
him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
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And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and
he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
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And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to
ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said
unto her, What wouldest thou?
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Who answered, Give me a blessing;
for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water.
And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
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This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah
according to their families.
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And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah
toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
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And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
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And Kedesh, and Hazor,and Ithnan,
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Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
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And Hazor,Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,
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Amam, and
Shema, and Moladah,
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And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet,
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And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,
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Baalah, andIim, and Azem,
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And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
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AndZiklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
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And Lebaoth, and Shilhim,
and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their
villages:
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And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
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And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
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Jarmuth, andAdullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
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And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and
Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:
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Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,
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And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and
Joktheel,
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Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
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And Cabbon, andLahmam, and Kithlish,
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And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and
Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
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Libnah, and Ether,
and Ashan,
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And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
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And Keilah,and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
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Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
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From Ekron even unto the
sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
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Ashdod with
her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto
the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
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And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
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And Dannah,
and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir,
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And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and
Anim,
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And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their
villages:
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Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
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And Janum, andBethtappuah, and Aphekah,
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And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is
Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:
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Maon, Carmel,
and Ziph, and Juttah,
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And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
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Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
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Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor,
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And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and
Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
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Kirjathbaal, which is
Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
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In
the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,
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And Nibshan,
and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.
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As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children
of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the
children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
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