Bible Strands
Joshua 15:1
Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua records the territorial distribution to the Israelite tribes immediately following the conquest of Canaan, marking the initial phase of inheritance assignment. The words — The text foregrounds גּוֹרָל (goral), meaning "the lot," and גְּבֻל (gevul), meaning "the border," establishing the method and physical limit of the land grant. The thread — The lot-distribution principle appears in Numbers 26:55, and the southern boundary extending to Edom and the Wilderness of Zin matches the geographic markers outlined in Numbers 34:3. Why it lands — The passage demands recognition that Judah's inheritance is fixed by divine allocation rather than human conquest, requiring readers to accept the stated limits as the complete and final assignment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Numbers 26:55 Indeed, the land must be divided by lot; they shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
- Numbers 33:36 They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
- Numbers 34:3 Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,
- Joshua 14:2 Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
- Ezekiel 47:19 On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.