Bible Strands
Joshua 15:4
It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua addresses the Israelite leaders while concluding the description of the southern boundary allocated to Judah. The verse marks the final geographic endpoint before the text shifts to the eastern border.
The words — נַחַל מִצְרַ֔יִם (nachal mitzrayim) literally means "wadi of Egypt," and תֹּצְא֥וֹת הַ/גְּב֖וּל (to'tzeot ha'geVul) translates to "extremities of the territory."
The thread — The identical boundary markers appear in Numbers 34:5, while Joshua 13:3 references a different waterway near Egypt, and Exodus 23:31 expands the border concept to the Red Sea and Euphrates.
Why it lands — The text establishes a concrete geographic limit for Judah's inheritance, requiring the reader to recognize how specific landmarks define tribal allotments.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Numbers 34:5 where it will turn from Azmon, join the Brook of Egypt, and end at the Sea.
- Joshua 13:3 from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;
- Exodus 23:31 And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
- Genesis 15:18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—