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18 and passing on to the north of the slope of Arabah, it descended down to the Arabah.[a] 19 The boundary then went north of the slope of Beth-hoglah and ended at the northern bay of the Dead Sea where the Jordan empties into the sea. This was the southern border. 20 On the eastern side, the Jordan formed its boundary.

This, then, was the inheritance of the people of Benjamin, clan by clan, boundary by boundary.

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  1. 18:18 Hebrew manuscripts read “facing the Arabah.”

18 It continued to the northern slope of Beth Arabah[a](A) and on down into the Arabah.(B) 19 It then went to the northern slope of Beth Hoglah(C) and came out at the northern bay of the Dead Sea,(D) at the mouth of the Jordan in the south. This was the southern boundary.

20 The Jordan formed the boundary on the eastern side.

These were the boundaries that marked out the inheritance of the clans of Benjamin on all sides.(E)

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  1. Joshua 18:18 Septuagint; Hebrew slope facing the Arabah