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12 Their northern border began at the Jordan and went up to the slope of Jericho on the north and continued into the hill country to the west; it ends[a] at the wilderness of Beth Aven. 13 The border passes on from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel); then the border goes down to Ataroth Addar to the mountain that is south of Lower Beth-Horon. 14 Then the border changes direction and turns to the western side southward, from the mountain that is opposite[b] Beth-Horon to the south. It ends[c] at Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a town belonging to the descendants[d] of Judah. This is the western side.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 18:12 Literally “the goings out of it were”
  2. Joshua 18:14 Literally “against the face of”
  3. Joshua 18:14 Literally “the goings out of it were”
  4. Joshua 18:14 Or “sons”

12 On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan, passed the northern slope of Jericho and headed west into the hill country, coming out at the wilderness(A) of Beth Aven.(B) 13 From there it crossed to the south slope of Luz(C) (that is, Bethel(D)) and went down to Ataroth Addar(E) on the hill south of Lower Beth Horon.

14 From the hill facing Beth Horon(F) on the south the boundary turned south along the western side and came out at Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim),(G) a town of the people of Judah. This was the western side.

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