Exodus 23:31

23:31 I will set ¹  your boundaries from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River, ²  for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

Joshua 15:1-12

15:1 The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south. ³  15:2 Their southern border started at the southern tip of the Salt Sea, ⁴  15:3 extended ⁵  south of the Scorpion Ascent, ⁶  crossed to Zin, went up from the south to Kadesh Barnea, crossed to Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka. 15:4 It then crossed to Azmon, extended to the Stream of Egypt, ⁷  and ended at the sea. This was their ⁸  southern border.

15:5 The eastern border was the Salt Sea to the mouth ⁹  of the Jordan River. ¹⁰ 

The northern border started north of the Salt Sea at the mouth of the Jordan, ¹¹  15:6 went up to Beth Hoglah, crossed north of Beth Arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. 15:7 It then went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning northward to Gilgal (which is opposite the Pass ¹²  of Adummim south of the valley), crossed to the waters of En Shemesh and extended to En Rogel. 15:8 It then went up the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites on the south (that is, Jerusalem), ¹³  going up to the top of the hill opposite the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. 15:9 It then went from the top of the hill to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, extended to the cities of Mount Ephron, and went to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim). 15:10 It then turned from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, crossed to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north (that is Kesalon), descended to Beth Shemesh, and crossed to Timnah. 15:11 It then extended to the slope of Ekron to the north, went toward Shikkeron, crossed to Mount Baalah, extended to Jabneel, and ended at the sea.

15:12 The western border was the Mediterranean Sea. ¹⁴  These were the borders of the tribe of Judah and its clans. ¹⁵ 

Ezekiel 47:13

Boundaries for the Land

47:13 This is what the sovereign Lord says: “Here ¹⁶  are the borders ¹⁷  you will observe as you allot the land to the twelve tribes of Israel. (Joseph will have two portions.) ¹⁸ 

Ezekiel 47:19-23

47:19 On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, the river, ¹⁹  to the Great Sea. This is the south side. 47:20 On the west side the Great Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This is the west side.

47:21 “This is how you will divide this land for yourselves among the tribes of Israel. 47:22 You must allot it as an inheritance among yourselves and for the foreigners who reside among you, who have fathered sons among you. You must treat them as native-born among the people of Israel; they will be allotted an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. ²⁰  47:23 In whatever tribe the foreigner resides, there you will give him his inheritance,” declares the sovereign Lord.

[23:31]  ¹ tn The form is a perfect tense with vav consecutive.

[23:31]  ² tn In the Hebrew Bible “the River” usually refers to the Euphrates (cf. NASB, NCV, NRSV, TEV, CEV, NLT). There is some thought that it refers to a river Nahr el Kebir between Lebanon and Syria. See further W. C. Kaiser, Jr., “Exodus,” EBC 2:447; and G. W. Buchanan, The Consequences of the Covenant (NovTSup), 91-100.

[15:1]  ³ tn Heb “The lot was to the tribe of the sons of Judah by their clans to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin toward the south, southward.”

[15:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “Their southern border was from the end of the Salt Sea, from the tongue that faces to the south.”

[15:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “went out.”

[15:3]  ⁶ tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).

[15:4]  ⁷ tn Traditionally “the Brook of Egypt,” although a number of recent translations have “the Wadi of Egypt” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[15:4]  ⁸ tn The translation follows the LXX at this point. The MT reads, “This will be your southern border.”

[15:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “end.”

[15:5]  ¹⁰ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.

[15:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the border on the northern side was from the tongue of the sea, from the end of the Jordan.”

[15:7]  ¹² tn Or “ascent.”

[15:8]  ¹³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

[15:12]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “this was the border of the sons of Judah round about, by their clans.”

[47:13]  ¹⁶ tc This translation follows the reading זֶה (zeh) instead of גֵּה (geh), a nonexistent word, as supported by the LXX.

[47:13]  ¹⁷ tn Or “territory”; see D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:715.

[47:13]  ¹⁸ tc The grammar is awkward, though the presence of these words is supported by the versions. L. C. Allen (Ezekiel [WBC], 2:274) suggests that it is an explanatory gloss.

[47:19]  ¹⁹ tn Or “valley.” The syntax is difficult. Some translate “to the river,” others “from the river”; in either case the preposition is supplied for the sake of English.

[47:22]  ²⁰ sn A similar attitude toward non-Israelites is found in Isa 56:3-8.