And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
Parallel translations
- WEB Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;
- BSB Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,
- NKJV And their southern border began at the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that faces southward.
- NASB Their southern border was from the lower end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that turns to the south.
- NLT The southern boundary began at the south bay of the Dead Sea,
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Quick answer
Judah's southern boundary begins at the south end of the Salt (Dead) Sea. The text traces precise, real geography.
Overview
Scripture describes Judah's borders with concrete landmarks, anchoring God's promises in actual places rather than vague ideals. The Salt Sea and its southern bay mark the starting point of the boundary line. Such exactness testifies that the Lord keeps His covenant in the real world, giving His people a tangible inheritance.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Isa 11:15And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
- Gen 14:3All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
- Ezek 47:8Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
- Josh 3:16That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
- Num 34:3Then 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:
- Ezek 47:18And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
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