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Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
Joshua 15:23 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
  • KJV And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
  • NKJV Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
  • NASB Kedesh, Hazor, and Ithnan,
  • NLT Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,

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Quick answer

The list adds Kedesh, Hazor, and Ithnan. The southern cities of Judah continue to be recorded.

Overview

These towns, several sharing names common to other regions, dotted the southern frontier of Judah. The repetition of recording reflects the thoroughness with which the inheritance was apportioned. Every family knew its place in the land God had given.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 3

  • Num 33:37They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom.
  • Deut 1:19And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
  • Josh 12:22the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (3)

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Christ at the center

Joshua — the same name as Jesus, 'the LORD saves' — leads God's people into their inheritance, a shadow of the greater Joshua who brings us into the true rest and the promised land that remains.

How Joshua 15:23 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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