Joshua 15:2

15:2 Their southern border started at the southern tip of the Salt Sea, ¹ 

Joshua 17:10

17:10 Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s to the north. The sea was Manasseh’s ²  western border and their territory ³  touched Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.

Joshua 18:14

18:14 It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe ⁴  of Judah. This is the western border. ⁵ 

Joshua 15:1

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. ⁶ 

Joshua 18:15

18:15 The southern side started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and extended westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah.

Joshua 17:9

17:9 The border then descended southward to the Valley of Kanah. Ephraim was assigned cities there among the cities of Manasseh, ⁷  but the border of Manasseh was north of the valley and ended at the sea.

Joshua 18:13

18:13 It then crossed from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel), ⁸  and descended to Ataroth Addar located on the hill that is south of lower Beth Horon.

Joshua 18:16

18:16 The border then descended to the edge of the hill country near the Valley of Ben Hinnom located in the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. It descended through the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites to the south and then down to En Rogel.

Joshua 18:19

18:19 It then crossed to the slope of Beth Hoglah to the north and ended at the northern tip of the Salt Sea ⁹  at the mouth of the Jordan River. ¹⁰  This was the southern border.

[15:2]  ¹ tn Heb “Their southern border was from the end of the Salt Sea, from the tongue that faces to the south.”

[17:10]  ² tn Heb “his”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:10]  ³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (their territory) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:14]  ³ tn Heb “sons,” here referring to the tribe.

[18:14]  ⁴ tn Or “side.”

[15:1]  ⁴ 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.”

[17:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “these cities belonged to Ephraim in the midst of the cities of Manasseh.”

[18:13]  ⁶ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[18:19]  ⁷ sn The Salt Sea is another name for the Dead Sea.

[18:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “to the tongue of the Salt Sea to the north, to the end of the Jordan to the south.” The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity (also in the following verse).