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Joshua 15:21
These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator catalogs the territorial inheritance allocated to Judah's clans during the formal distribution of the Promised Land. This enumeration follows the initial conquest records and precedes the detailed listing of neighboring tribal allotments.
The words — The Hebrew phrase מִקְצֵה לְמַטֵּה בְנֵי־יְהוּדָה (miqṣeh le-maṭṭeh bənê-Yehudah) literally means "from the end toward the tribe of the descendants of Judah." It functions as a geographical marker delineating the southern limit of the assigned territory.
The thread — The city of Eder reappears in Genesis 35:21 as a landmark near Jacob's family encampment, while Jekabzeel is recorded among Judah's resettled communities in Nehemiah 11:25. These references anchor the tribal geography across Israel's historical narrative.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to track the concrete fulfillment of territorial promises to Judah through precise place names. It establishes inherited boundaries as historical fact rather than symbolic geography.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
Cross-references
- Genesis 35:21 Israel again set out and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.
- Nehemiah 11:25 As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, Jekabzeel, and their villages;