Joshua 15:5 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 15:5

The eastern border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.

BSB

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ASV

And the east border was the Salt Sea, even unto the end of the Jordan. And the border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan;

KJV

And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan,.... To the place where Jordan fell into it; so that this border was the whole length of the salt sea, which Josephus says (y) was five hundred eighty furlongs; and, according to Pliny (z), an hundred miles: and their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea, at the uttermost part of Jordan; this northern border began where the eastern ended, at the bay or creek of the sea, where Jordan fell into it. (y) De Bello Jud. l. 4. c.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּגְב֥וּל	u.ge.Vul	and [the] border	H1366 →
קֵ֙דְמָה֙	ke.de.mah	east -ward	H6924 →
יָ֣ם	yam	[is] [the] Sea of	H3220 →
הַמֶּ֔לַח	ha.Me.lach	<the> Salt	H4417 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
קְצֵ֖ה	ke.Tzeh	[the] end of	H7097 →
הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן	hai.yar.Den	the Jordan	H3383 →
וּגְב֞וּל	u.ge.Vul	and [the] border	H1366 →
לִפְאַ֤ת	lif.'At	of [the] side of	H6285 →
צָפ֙וֹנָה֙	tza.Fo.nah	north -ward	H6828 →
מִלְּשׁ֣וֹן	mi.le.Shon	[is] from [the] bay of	H3956 →
הַיָּ֔ם	hai.Yam	the sea	H3220 →
מִקְצֵ֖ה	mik.Tzeh	from [the] end of	H7097 →
הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃	hai.yar.Den	the Jordan	H3383 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Numbers 34:12
Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”
leads to
- Numbers 34:3
  Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,
- Genesis 14:3
  The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
- Genesis 13:10
  And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was…
- Genesis 19:24–26
  Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

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Where the connections lead

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