11 Also this border goeth out unto the side of Ekron Northward: and this border draweth to Shicron, and goeth along to mount Baalah, and stretcheth unto Jabneel: and the ends of this coast are unto the [a]Sea.

12 And the West border is to the great sea: so this border shall be the bounds of the children of Judah round about, according to their families.

13 ¶ And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh did Joshua give a part among the children of Judah, as the Lord commanded him, even (A)Kirjath Arba of the father of Anak which is in Hebron.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 15:11 Meaning, toward Syria.

11 It went to the northern slope of Ekron,(A) turned toward Shikkeron, passed along to Mount Baalah(B) and reached Jabneel.(C) The boundary ended at the sea.

12 The western boundary is the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.(D)

These are the boundaries around the people of Judah by their clans.

13 In accordance with the Lord’s command to him, Joshua gave to Caleb(E) son of Jephunneh a portion in Judah—Kiriath Arba(F), that is, Hebron.(G) (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)(H)

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