Bible Strands
Joshua 15:27
Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua records the southern boundary markers of Judah's tribal allotment during the post-conquest land distribution. The narrator lists specific towns to finalize the territorial inheritance.
The words — The text preserves חֲצַר (ḥāṣar, "enclosure" or "walled settlement") and בֵּית (bêt, "house" or "settlement of") as structural prefixes for Hazar-gaddah and Beth-pelet. These terms operate as geographic identifiers rather than narrative descriptions.
The thread — Joshua 15:27 lists Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, and Beth-pelet as contiguous southern towns. Beth-pelet reappears in Nehemiah 11:26 among the families resettled in Judah after the exile.
Why it lands — The verse requires a reader to track how tribal inheritance was documented through exact toponyms. It demands attention to the precise mapping that accompanied the allocation of land.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Hazar–gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth–palet,
Cross-references
- Nehemiah 11:26 in Jeshua, Moladah, and Beth-pelet;