Joshua 18:19
Good News Translation
passing north of the ridge of Beth Hoglah, and ended at the northern inlet on the Dead Sea, where the Jordan River empties into it. This was the southern border.

New Revised Standard Version
then the boundary passes on to the north of the slope of Beth-hoglah; and the boundary ends at the northern bay of the Dead Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this is the southern border.

Contemporary English Version
Inside the valley it went south as far as the northern hillside of Beth-Hoglah. The last section of the border went from there to the northern end of the Dead Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan River.

New American Bible
From there the boundary continued across the northern flank of Beth-hoglah and extended northward to the tongue of the Salt Sea, toward the southern end of the Jordan. This was the southern boundary.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it passeth by Bethhagla northward: and the outgoings thereof are towards the north of the most salt sea at the south end of the Jordan.

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And it passeth by Bethhagla northward: and the outgoings thereof are towards the north of the most salt sea at the south end of the Jordan.

bay [heb] tongue

Joshua 15:2 Its beginning was from the top of the most salt sea, and from the bay thereof, that looketh to the south.

Isaiah 11:15 And the Lord shall lay waste the tongue of the sea of Egypt, and shall lift up his hand over the river in the strength of his spirit: and he shall strike it in the seven streams, so that men may pass through it in their shoes.

the salt

Joshua 3:16 The waters that came down from above stood in one place, and swelling up like a mountain, were seen afar off, from the city that is called Adom, to the place of Sarthan: but those that were beneath, ran down into the sea of the wilderness, (which now is called the Dead Sea) until they wholly failed.

Joshua 12:3 And from the wilderness, to the sea of Ceneroth towards the east, and to the sea of the wilderness, which is the most salt sea, on the east side by the way that leadeth to Bethsimoth: and on the south side that lieth under Asedoth, Phasga.

Genesis 14:3 All these came together into the woodland vale, which now is the salt sea.

Genesis 19:25 And he destroyed these cities, and all the country about, all the inhabitants of the cities, and all things that spring from the earth.

Numbers 34:3 The south side shall begin from the wilderness of Sin, which is by Edom: and shall have the most salt sea for its furthest limits eastward:

Deuteronomy 3:17 And the plain of the wilderness, and the Jordan, and the borders of Cenereth unto the sea of the desert, which is the most salt sea, to the foot of mount Phasga eastward.

this was the.

Joshua 15:1-12 Now the lot of the children of Juda by their kindreds was this: From the frontier of Edom, to the desert of Sin southward, and to the uttermost part of the south coast. . . .

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Joshua 15:16 And Caleb said: He that shall smite Cariath-Sepher, and take it, I will give him Axa my daughter to wife.

) As the inheritance of Benjamin did not extend to the Mediterranean sea, and no other sea or lake is know to have been in those parts, perhaps this depression, `compassed the corner of the sea southward,' (ver

Joshua 15:14 And Caleb destroyed out of it the three sons of Enac, Sesai and Ahiman, and Tholmai of the race of Enac.

) should be rendered, ` made a circuit on the side next the sea towards the south;' for it seems to connect the northern border, in the preceding verses, with the southern which follows.

Context
Benjamin's Inheritance
18And It passeth along to the hills that are over against the ascent of Adommim: and it goeth down to Abenboen, that is, the stone of Boen the son of Ruben: and it passeth on the north side to the champaign countries; and goeth down Into the plain, 19And it passeth by Bethhagla northward: and the outgoings thereof are towards the north of the most salt sea at the south end of the Jordan.20Which is the border of it on the east side. This is the possession of the children of Benjamin by their borders round about, and their families.…
Cross References
Joshua 18:18
And It passeth along to the hills that are over against the ascent of Adommim: and it goeth down to Abenboen, that is, the stone of Boen the son of Ruben: and it passeth on the north side to the champaign countries; and goeth down Into the plain,

Joshua 18:20
Which is the border of it on the east side. This is the possession of the children of Benjamin by their borders round about, and their families.

Joshua 18:18
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