Joshua 15:61
in Joshua 15These were in the wilderness:
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
KJV
In the wilderness, Beth–arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
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This verse in Joshua 15
Commentary
2 notes on this verseIn the wilderness,.... The wilderness of Judea, which was not a desert and uninhabited but had many cities and villages in it, those that follow: Betharabah; the first of these seems to be in the borders of Judah and Benjamin, and so is ascribed to both; see Jos 15:6, Middin, and Secacah; of the two last we read nowhere else, only in Jdg 5:10; what we translate "ye that sit in judgment", Kimchi interprets, "ye that dwell by Middin", and says it is the name of a place in Joshua, and mentions this passage.
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And when this was done there was a more equal dividend (either in quantity or quality) of the remainder among the seven tribes. And this, probably, was intended in that general rule which was given concerning this partition ( Num. xxxiii.
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The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר | bamidbar | in the wilderness | H4057 → | 270 times |
| בֵּ֚ית | beit | Beth | H1026 → | 6 times |
| הָעֲרָבָ֔ה | haaravah | Arabah | H1026 → | 6 times |
| מִדִּ֖ין | midin | Middin | H4081 → | |
| וּסְכָכָֽה׃ | usekhakhah | and Secacah | H5527 → |
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑רin the wilderness
bamidbarH4057 →270 times
בֵּ֚יתBeth
beitH1026 →6 times
הָעֲרָבָ֔הArabah
haaravahH1026 →6 times
מִדִּ֖יןMiddin
midinH4081 →
וּסְכָכָֽה׃and Secacah
usekhakhahH5527 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 15:6The northern border started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan, went up to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of…
it leads to
- Joshua 18:17
From there it curved northward and proceeded to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
- Joshua 18:19–21
The border continued to the northern slope of Beth-hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan. This was the southern border.
- Joshua 18:17
Through
Joshua 18:18Then it went on to the northern slope of Beth-arabah and went down into the valley.
it leads to
- Joshua 15:6
The northern border started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan, went up to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of…
- Joshua 15:6
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.