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The lot for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their families reached southward to the boundary of Edom ,
to the wilderness of Zin at the farthest south .
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And their south boundary ran from the end of the Salt Sea ,
from the bay that faces southward ;
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it goes out southward of the ascent of Akrab '
bim ,
passes along to Zin ,
and goes up south of Ka '
desh-bar '
nea ,
along by Hezron ,
up to Addar ,
turns about to Karka ,
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passes along to Azmon ,
goes out by the Brook of Egypt ,
and comes to its end at the sea .
This shall be your south boundary .
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And the east boundary is the Salt Sea ,
to the mouth of the Jordan .
And the boundary on the north side runs from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan ;
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and the boundary goes up to Beth-hoglah ,
and passes along north of Beth-arabah ;
and the boundary goes up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben ;
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and the boundary goes up to Debir from the Valley of Achor ,
and so northward ,
turning toward Gilgal ,
which is opposite the ascent of Adum '
mim ,
which is on the south side of the valley ;
and the boundary passes along to the waters of En-she '
mesh ,
and ends at En-ro '
gel ;
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then the boundary goes up by the valley of the son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jeb '
usite (
that is ,
Jerusalem );
and the boundary goes up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the valley of Hinnom ,
on the west ,
at the northern end of the valley of Reph '
aim ;
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then the boundary extends from the top of the mountain to the spring of the Waters of Nephto '
ah ,
and from there to the cities of Mount Ephron ;
then the boundary bends round to Ba '
alah (
that is ,
Kir '
iath-je '
arim );
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and the boundary circles west of Ba '
alah to Mount Se '
ir ,
passes along to the northern shoulder of Mount Je '
arim (
that is ,
Ches '
alon ),
and goes down to Beth-she '
mesh ,
and passes along by Timnah ;
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the boundary goes out to the shoulder of the hill north of Ekron ,
then the boundary bends round to Shik '
keron ,
and passes along to Mount Ba '
alah ,
and goes out to Jabneel ;
then the boundary comes to an end at the sea .
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And the west boundary was the Great Sea with its coast-line .
This is the boundary round about the people of Judah according to their families .