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and the border goes up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and to the north, turning to Gilgal, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is south of the wadi;[a] and the border passes on to the waters of En Shemesh, and it ends at En Rogel. Then the border goes up by the Valley of Ben Hinnom[b] to the slope of the Jebusites[c] from the south (that is, Jerusalem); and the border goes up to the top of the mountain that lies opposite the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim to the north; then the border turns from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and continues[d] from there to the cities of Mount Ephron; the border then turns to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim);

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 15:7 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
  2. Joshua 15:8 Or “valley of the son of Hinnom”
  3. Joshua 15:8 Hebrew “Jebusite”
  4. Joshua 15:9 Hebrew “goes out”