Joshua 15
1 And the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah, for their families, is to the border of Edom; the wilderness of Zin southward, at the extremity of the south;
Now the part of the land marked out for the children of Judah by families, went up to the edge of Edom, as far as the waste land of Zin to the south, to the farthest point of it on the south.
2 and to them the south border is at the extremity of the Salt Sea, from the bay which is looking southward;
Their south limit was from the farthest part of the Salt Sea, from the inlet looking to the south:
3 and it has gone out to the south to Maaleh-Akrabbim, and passed over to Zin, and gone up on the south to Kadesh-Barnea, and passed over [to] Hezron, and gone up to Adar, and turned around to Karkaa,
From there it goes south of the slope up to Akrabbim, and on to Zin, then south past Kadesh-barnea, and on by Hezron and up to Addar, turning in the direction of Karka:
4 and passed over [to] Azmon, and gone out [at] the Brook of Egypt, and the outgoings of the border have been at the sea; this is the south border to you.
Then on to Azmon, ending at the stream of Egypt: and the end of the limit is at the sea; this will be your limit on the south.
5 And the east border [is] the Salt Sea, to the extremity of the Jordan, and the border at the north quarter [is] from the bay of the sea, at the extremity of the Jordan;
And the east limit is the Salt Sea as far as the end of Jordan. And the limit of the north part of the land is from the inlet of the sea at the end of Jordan:
6 and the border has gone up [to] Beth-Hoglah, and passed over on the north of Beth-Arabah, and the border has gone up [to] the stone of Bohan son of Reuben:
Then the line goes up to Beth-hoglah, past the north of Beth-arabah, and up to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben;
7 and the border has gone up toward Debir from the Valley of Achor, and northward looking to Gilgal, which [is] opposite the ascent of Adummim, which [is] on the south of the brook, and the border has passed over to the waters of En-Shemesh, and its outgoings have been to En-Rogel;
Then the line goes up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so to the north, in the direction of Gilgal, which is opposite the slope up to Adummim, on the south side of the river: and the line goes on to the waters of En-shemesh, ending at En-rogel:
8 and the border has gone up the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite on the south (it [is] Jerusalem), and the border has gone up to the top of the hill-country which [is] on the front of the Valley of Hinnom westward, which [is] in the extremity of the Valley of the Rephaim northward;
Then the line goes up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the south side of the Jebusite (which is Jerusalem): then up to the top of the mountain in front of the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the farthest point of the valley of Rephaim on the north:
9 and the border has been marked out, from the top of the hill-country to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and has gone out to the cities of Mount Ephron, and the border has been marked out [to] Ba‘alah (it [is] Kirjath-Jearim);
And the limit is marked out from the top of the mountain to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and out to the towns of Mount Ephron, as far as Baalah (which is Kiriath-jearim):
10 and the border has gone around from Ba‘alah westward, to Mount Seir, and passed over to the side of Mount Jearim (it [is] Chesalon), on the north, and gone down [to] Beth-Shemesh, and passed over to Timnah;
Then turning west, the line goes from Baalah to Mount Seir, and on to the side of Mount Jearim (which is Chesalon) on the north, then down to Beth-shemesh, and on past Timnah:
11 and the border has gone out to the side of Ekron northward, and the border has been marked out [to] Shicron, and has passed over to Mount Ba‘alah, and gone out [to] Jabneel; and the outgoings of the border have been at the sea.
And out to the side of Ekron to the north: then it is marked out to Shikkeron and on to Mount Baalah, ending at Jabneel; the end of the line is at the sea.
12 And the west border [is] to the Great Sea, and [its] border; this [is] the border of the sons of Judah all around for their families.
And the limit on the west is the edge of the Great Sea. This is the line going round the land marked out for the children of Judah, by their families.
13 And to Caleb son of Jephunneh he has given a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah, according to the command of YHWH to Joshua, [even] the city of Arba, father of Anak—it [is] Hebron.
And to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he gave a part among the children of Judah, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua, that is, Kiriath-arba, named after Arba, the father of Anak which is Hebron.
14 And Caleb is dispossessing there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, children of Anak,
And the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak, were forced out from there by Caleb.
15 and he goes up there to the inhabitants of Debir; and the name of Debir [was] formerly Kirjath-Sepher.
From there he went up against the people of Debir: (now the name of Debir before that was Kiriath-sepher.)
16 And Caleb says, “He who strikes Kirjath-Sephar, and has captured it—I have given my daughter Achsah to him for a wife.”
And Caleb said, I will give Achsah, my daughter, as wife to the man who overcomes Kiriath-sepher and takes it.
17 And Othniel son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, captures it, and he gives his daughter Achsah to him for a wife.
And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, took it: so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife.
18 And it comes to pass, in her coming in, that she persuades him to ask [for] a field from her father, and she comes down off the donkey, and Caleb says to her, “What do you [want]?”
Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?
19 And she says, “Give a blessing to me; when you have given me the land of the south, then you have given springs of waters to me”; and he gives the upper springs and the lower springs to her.
And she said, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So he gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.
20 This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah, for their families.
This is the heritage of the tribe of Judah, by their families.
21 And the cities at the extremity of the tribe of the sons of Judah are to the border of Edom in the south, Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
The farthest towns of the tribe of Judah in the direction of the limits of Edom to the south, were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur;
22 and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah;
23 and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan;
24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth;
25 and Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, Hezron (it [is] Hazor),
And Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-hezron (which is Hazor);
26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
Amam, and Shema, and Moladah;
27 and Hazar-Gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-Palet,
And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet;
28 and Hazar-Shual, and Beer-Sheba, and Bizjothjah,
And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah;
29 Ba‘alah, and Iim, and Azem,
Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem;
30 and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah;
31 and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah;
32 and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the cities [are] twenty-nine, and their villages.
And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the towns are twenty-nine, with their unwalled places.
33 In the low country: Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah;
34 and Zanoah, and En-Gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam;
35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah;
36 and Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities and their villages.
And Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen towns with their unwalled places.
37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-Gad,
Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad;
38 and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
And Dilan, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel;
39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon;
40 and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
And Cabbon, and Lahmas, and Chithlish;
41 and Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities and their villages.
And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen towns with their unwalled places.
42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan;
43 and Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
And Iphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib;
44 and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities and their villages.
And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine towns with their unwalled places.
45 Ekron and its towns and its villages,
Ekron, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places;
46 from Ekron and westward, all that [are] by the side of Ashdod, and their villages.
From Ekron to the sea, all the towns by the side of Ashdod, with their unwalled places.
47 Ashdod, its towns and its villages, Gaza, its towns and its villages, to the Brook of Egypt, and the Great Sea, and [its] border.
Ashdod, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places; Gaza, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places, to the stream of Egypt, with the Great Sea as a limit.
48 And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
And in the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh;
49 and Dannah, and Kirjath-Sannah (it [is] Debir),
And Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (which is Debir);
50 and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim;
51 and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities and their villages.
And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven towns with their unwalled places.
52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan;
53 and Janum, and Beth-Tappuah, and Aphekah,
And Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah;
54 and Humtah, and Kirjath-Arba (it [is] Hebron), and Zior; nine cities and their villages.
And Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron), and Zior; nine towns with their unwalled places.
55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah;
56 and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah;
57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities and their villages.
Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten towns with their unwalled places.
58 Halhul, Beth-Zur, and Gedor,
Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor;
59 and Maarath, and Beth-Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities and their villages.
And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six towns with their unwalled places.
60 Kirjath-Ba‘al (it [is] Kirjath-Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities and their villages.
Kiriath-baal (which is Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two towns with their unwalled places.
61 In the wilderness: Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
In the waste land, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah;
62 and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-Gedi; six cities and their villages.
And Nibshan, and the Town of Salt, and En-gedi; six towns with their unwalled places.
63 As for the Jebusites, inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah have not been able to dispossess them, and the Jebusite dwells with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.
And as for the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, the children of Judah were unable to make them go out; but the Jebusites are living with the children of Judah at Jerusalem, to this day.
