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and the going forth of the bound was to the sea: this shall be to you the south bound. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And the east bound, the salt sea, unto the end of Jordan: and the bound to the north side, from the tongue of the sea from the extremity of Jordan: <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the bound went up to the house of Hoglah, and passed over from the north of the house of Arabah; and the bound went up to the stone of Bohan, son of Reuben: <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the bound went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and north turned to Gilgal which is before the going up of Adummim, which is from the south of the torrent: and the bound passed over to the water of the fountain of the Sun, and its going forth to the fountain of Rogel. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the bound went up to the valley of the son of Hinnom to the shoulder of the Jebusite from the south; this is Jerusalem: and the bound went up to the head of the mountain which is upon the face of the valley of Hinnom to the sea, which is in the end of the valley of Rephaim to the north: <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the bound extended from the head of the mountain to the fountain of water of Nephtoah, and it went out to the city of mount Ephron; and the bound extended to Baalah; this is Kirjath-Jearim: <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the bound encompassed from Baalah to the sea to mount Seir, and passed over to the shoulder of Jearim from the north (this is Chesalon) and it went down to the House of the Sun, and passed over to Timnah: <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the bound went forth to the shoulder of Ekron north: and the bound extended to Shicron, and passed over to mount Baalah and went forth to Jabneel; and the goings out of the bound were to the sea. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the bound of the sea, the great sea: and this bound the bound of the sons of Judah round about according to their families.<p> <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">Caleb’s Portion and Conquest<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../judges/1.htm#11">Judges 1:8–26</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And to Caleb son of Jephunneh he gave a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah, according to the mouth of Jehovah to Joshua, the city of Arba the father of Anak, this is Hebron. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Caleb drove from thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman and Talmai, children of Anak. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he will go up from thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before, the City of the Book. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And Caleb will say, Who will smite the City of the Book and take it, and I gave to him Achsah my daughter for a wife. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Othniel, son of Kenaz will take it, the brother of Caleb, and he will give to him Achsah his daughter for a wife. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And it will be in her going forth she will stimulate him to ask from her father a field: and she will descend from the ass, and Caleb will say to her, What to thee? <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And she will say, Thou wilt give to me a blessing; for a south land thou gavest me, and give to me springs of water: and he will give to her the springs above and the springs beneath.<p> <A name="21"></a><p class="hdg">The Cities of Judah<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>This the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And the cities from the extremity to the tribe of the sons of Judah, to the bound of Edom in the south, will be Kabzeel and Eder, and Jagur, <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Kinah and Dinonah and Adadah, <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And Kedesh and Hazor and Ithnan, <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Ziph and Telem and Bealoth, <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And Hazor, Hadattah, and the city of Hezron (this is Hazor), <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Amam and Shema and Moladah, <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And Hazor-Gaddah, and Heshmon and the House of Escape, <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And Hazor-Shual and the Well of the Oath, and Bizjothjah, <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And Baalah and Iim and Azem, <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And Eltolad and Chesil and Hormah, <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And Ziklag and Madmannah, and Sansannah, <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon: all the cities twenty and nine and their enclosures:<p> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>In the plain Eshtaol and Zoreah, and Ashnah, <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And Zanoah and En-Gannim, Tappuah and Enam. <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Jarmuth and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, <A name="37"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities and their enclosures:<p> <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-Gad, <A name="39"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>Lachish and Bozkath and Eglon, <A name="41"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>And Cabbon and Lahmam and Kithlish, <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>And Gederoth, the House of Dagon, and Naamath and Makedah; sixteen cities and their enclosures:<p> <A name="43"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Libnah and Ether and Ashen, <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, <A name="45"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>And Keilah, and Achzib and Mareshah; nine cities and their enclosures:<p> <A name="46"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>Ekron and her daughters and her enclosures: <A name="47"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>From Ekron and the sea, all which was upon the hand of Ashdod, and their enclosures:<p> <A name="48"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>Ashdod, her daughters and her enclosures: Gaza, her daughters and her enclosures, even to the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea and the bound:<p> <A name="49"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>And in the mountain Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, <A name="50"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>And Dannah, and Kirjath-Sannah (this is Debir), <A name="51"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-50.htm"><b>50</b></a></span>And Anab and Eshtemoh and Anim, <A name="52"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-51.htm"><b>51</b></a></span>And Goshen and Holon and Giloh; eleven cities and their enclosures:<p> <A name="53"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-52.htm"><b>52</b></a></span>Arab, and Dumah and Eshean, <A name="54"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-53.htm"><b>53</b></a></span>And Janum, and the House of Tappuah, and Aphekah, <A name="55"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-54.htm"><b>54</b></a></span>And Humtah, and the Fourth City (this is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities and their enclosures:<p> <A name="56"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-55.htm"><b>55</b></a></span>Maon, Carmel, and Ziph and Juttah <A name="57"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-56.htm"><b>56</b></a></span>And Jezreel and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, <A name="58"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-57.htm"><b>57</b></a></span>Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities and their enclosures:<p> <A name="59"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-58.htm"><b>58</b></a></span>Halhnl, the House of Zur, and Gedor, <A name="60"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-59.htm"><b>59</b></a></span>And Maarath and the House of Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities and their enclosures:<p> <A name="61"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-60.htm"><b>60</b></a></span>The city of Baal, (this the City of Forests) and Rabbah; two cities and their enclosures:<p> <A name="62"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-61.htm"><b>61</b></a></span>In the desert, the House of Arabah, Middin, and Secacah, <A name="63"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-62.htm"><b>62</b></a></span>And Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and the Fountain of Engedi; six cities and their enclosures.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/15-63.htm"><b>63</b></a></span>And the Jebusites dwelling in Jerusalem, the sons of Judah will not be able to drive them out: and the Jebusites dwelt with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem even to this day.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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