<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;And for a western border<n id="1" /> you will have the Great Sea.<n id="2" /> This will be your western border.p>

<p class="bodytext">The western border was the Mediterranean Sea.<n id="1" /> These were the borders of the tribe of Judah and its clans.<n id="2" />p>

The border of Amorite territory ran from the Scorpion Ascent<n id="1" /> to Sela and on up.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The eastern border was the Salt Sea to the mouth<n id="1" /> of the Jordan River.<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">The northern border started north of the Salt Sea at the mouth of the Jordan,<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">The territory of King Og of Bashan, one of the few remaining Rephaites,<n id="1" /> who lived<n id="2" /> in Ashtaroth and Edrei

Their territory also included<n id="1" /> Gilead, Geshurite and Maacathite territory, all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah &#8211;

The border of the tribe of Reuben was the Jordan. The land allotted to the tribe of Reuben by its clans included these cities and their towns.<n id="1" />p>

Ashdod with its surrounding towns and settlements, and Gaza with its surrounding towns and settlements, as far as the Stream of Egypt<n id="1" /> and the border at the Mediterranean Sea.<n id="2" />p>

There was a barrier in front of the alcoves, 1¾ feet<n id="1" /> on either side; the alcoves were 10½ feet<n id="2" /> on either side.

The border will run from the sea to Hazar-enan, at the border of Damascus, and on the north is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.

The border then descended southward to the Valley of Kanah. Ephraim was assigned cities there among the cities of Manasseh,<n id="1" /> but the border of Manasseh was north of the valley and ended at the sea.

The <sc>Lordsc> made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8217;<n id="1" /> In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.