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Jos 15:1 — [This] then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; [even] to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward [was] the uttermost part of the south coast.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. 2561. B.C. 1443.
Entire Verse.		An. Ex. Is. 48.
This then was the lot		The geography of the sacred writings presents many difficulties, occasioned by the changes which Canaan has undergone, especially for the last 2,000 years. Many of the ancient towns and villages have had their names so totally changed that their former appellations are no longer discernible; several lie buried under their own ruins, and others have been so long destroyed that not a vestige of them remains. On these accounts it is very difficult to ascertain the precise situation of many places mentioned in these chapters; but this cannot in any measure affect the truth of the narrative. Jos 14:2; Num 26:55,56
even to the		Num 33:36,37; Num 34:3-5; Eze 47:19

Correlating Passages

This then was the lot

	Jos 14:2	By lot [was] their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and [for] the half tribe.
	Num 26:55	Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
	Num 26:56	According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

even to the

	Num 33:36	And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which [is] Kadesh.
	Num 33:37	And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
	Num 34:3	Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
	Num 34:4	And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:
	Num 34:5	And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
	Eze 47:19	And the south side southward, from Tamar [even] to the waters of strife [in] Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And [this is] the south side southward.

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Scott, Thomas. "Joshua 15:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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