17 And compasseth from the North, and goeth forth to [a]En Shemesh, and stretcheth to Geliloth, which is toward the going up unto Adummim, and goeth down to the (A)stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

18 So it goeth along to the side over against the plain Northward, and goeth down into the plain.

19 After, this border goeth along to the side of Beth Hoglah Northward: and the ends thereof, that is, of the border, reach to the point of the salt Sea Northward, and to the [b]end of Jordan Southward: this is the South coast.

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  1. Joshua 18:17 Which is in the tribe of Ephraim.
  2. Joshua 18:19 To the very strait, where the river runneth into the salt sea.

17 It then curved north, went to En Shemesh, continued to Geliloth,(A) which faces the Pass of Adummim,(B) and ran down to the Stone of Bohan(C) son of Reuben. 18 It continued to the northern slope of Beth Arabah[a](D) and on down into the Arabah.(E) 19 It then went to the northern slope of Beth Hoglah(F) and came out at the northern bay of the Dead Sea,(G) at the mouth of the Jordan in the south. This was the southern boundary.

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  1. Joshua 18:18 Septuagint; Hebrew slope facing the Arabah