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Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
Joshua 15:30 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
  • KJV And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
  • NKJV Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah,
  • NASB Eltolad, Chesil, and Hormah,
  • NLT Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah,

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Quick answer

Eltolad, Chesil, and Hormah are listed. More southern cities are recorded.

Overview

Hormah recalls both Israel's earlier defeat there and later victory, a place whose name means destruction (Numbers 14:45; 21:3). Now it sits peacefully within Judah's inheritance. The Lord turns places of past judgment into possessions of His settled people.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 4

  • Josh 19:4Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
  • Deut 1:44Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
  • Judg 1:17Then the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.
  • Num 14:45Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

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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 15:30 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.

Original language

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