Joshua 15
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
1 Ref Now the part of the land marked out for the children of Judah by families, went up to the edge of Edom, as far as the waste land of Zin to the south, to the farthest point of it on the south.
2 Ref Their south limit was from the farthest part of the Salt Sea, from the inlet looking to the south:
3 Ref From there it goes south of the slope up to Akrabbim, and on to Zin, then south past Kadesh-barnea, and on by Hezron and up to Addar, turning in the direction of Karka:
4 Ref Then on to Azmon, ending at the stream of Egypt: and the end of the limit is at the sea; this will be your limit on the south.
5 Ref And the east limit is the Salt Sea as far as the end of Jordan. And the limit of the north part of the land is from the inlet of the sea at the end of Jordan:
6 Ref Then the line goes up to Beth-hoglah, past the north of Beth-arabah, and up to the stone of Bohan, the son of Reuben;
7 Ref Then the line goes up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so to the north, in the direction of Gilgal, which is opposite the slope up to Adummim, on the south side of the river: and the line goes on to the waters of En-shemesh, ending at En-rogel:
8 Ref Then the line goes up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the south side of the Jebusite (which is Jerusalem): then up to the top of the mountain in front of the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the farthest point of the valley of Rephaim on the north:
9 Ref And the limit is marked out from the top of the mountain to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and out to the towns of Mount Ephron, as far as Baalah (which is Kiriath-jearim):
10 Ref Then turning west, the line goes from Baalah to Mount Seir, and on to the side of Mount Jearim (which is Chesalon) on the north, then down to Beth-shemesh, and on past Timnah:
11 Ref And out to the side of Ekron to the north: then it is marked out to Shikkeron and on to Mount Baalah, ending at Jabneel; the end of the line is at the sea.
12 Ref And the limit on the west is the edge of the Great Sea. This is the line going round the land marked out for the children of Judah, by their families.
13 Ref And to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he gave a part among the children of Judah, as the Lord had given orders to Joshua, that is, Kiriath-arba, named after Arba, the father of Anak which is Hebron.
14 Ref And the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak, were forced out from there by Caleb.
15 Ref From there he went up against the people of Debir: (now the name of Debir before that was Kiriath-sepher.)
16 Ref And Caleb said, I will give Achsah, my daughter, as wife to the man who overcomes Kiriath-sepher and takes it.
17 Ref And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, took it: so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife.
18 Ref Now when she came to him, he put into her mind the idea of requesting a field from her father: and she got down from her ass; and Caleb said to her, What is it?
19 Ref And she said, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So he gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.
20 Ref This is the heritage of the tribe of Judah, by their families.
21 Ref The farthest towns of the tribe of Judah in the direction of the limits of Edom to the south, were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur;
22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah;
23 Ref And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan;
24 Ref Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth;
25 And Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-hezron (which is Hazor);
26 Ref Amam, and Shema, and Moladah;
27 Ref And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet;
28 Ref And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah;
29 Ref Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem;
30 Ref And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah;
31 Ref And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah;
32 Ref And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the towns are twenty-nine, with their unwalled places.
33 Ref In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah;
34 Ref And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam;
35 Ref Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah;
36 Ref And Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen towns with their unwalled places.
37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad;
38 Ref And Dilan, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel;
39 Ref Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon;
40 And Cabbon, and Lahmas, and Chithlish;
41 Ref And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen towns with their unwalled places.
42 Ref Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan;
43 And Iphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib;
44 Ref And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine towns with their unwalled places.
45 Ref Ekron, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places;
46 Ref From Ekron to the sea, all the towns by the side of Ashdod, with their unwalled places.
47 Ref Ashdod, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places; Gaza, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places, to the stream of Egypt, with the Great Sea as a limit.
48 Ref And in the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh;
49 Ref And Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (which is Debir);
50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim;
51 Ref And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven towns with their unwalled places.
52 Ref Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan;
53 And Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah;
54 Ref And Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron), and Zior; nine towns with their unwalled places.
55 Ref Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah;
56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah;
57 Ref Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten towns with their unwalled places.
58 Ref Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor;
59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six towns with their unwalled places.
60 Ref Kiriath-baal (which is Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two towns with their unwalled places.
61 Ref In the waste land, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah;
62 Ref And Nibshan, and the Town of Salt, and En-gedi; six towns with their unwalled places.
63 Ref And as for the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, the children of Judah were unable to make them go out; but the Jebusites are living with the children of Judah at Jerusalem, to this day.
World English Bible (WEB)
1 Ref The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.
2 Ref Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;
3 Ref and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;
4 Ref and it passed along to Azmon, and went out at the brook of Egypt; and the goings out of the border were at the sea: this shall be your south border.
5 Ref The east border was the Salt Sea, even to the end of the Jordan. The border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan;
6 Ref and the border went up to Beth Hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth Arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben;
7 Ref and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river; and the border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and the goings out of it were at En Rogel;
8 Ref and the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the side of the Jebusite southward (the same is Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the uttermost part of the valley of Rephaim northward;
9 Ref and the border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath Jearim);
10 Ref and the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;
11 Ref and the border went out to the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to Mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
12 Ref The west border was to the great sea, and the border [of it]. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
13 Ref To Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).
14 Ref Caleb drove out there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
15 Ref He went up there against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.
16 Ref Caleb said, He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.
17 Ref Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
18 Ref It happened, when she came [to him], that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her donkey; and Caleb said, What would you?
19 Ref She said, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. He gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
20 Ref This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
21 Ref The uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
22 and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
23 Ref and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
24 Ref Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
25 Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth, Hezron (the same is Hazor),
26 Ref Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
27 Ref and Hazar Gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth Pelet,
28 Ref and Hazar Shual, and Beersheba, and Biziothiah,
29 Ref Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem,
30 Ref and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
31 Ref and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
32 Ref and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty-nine, with their villages.
33 Ref In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,
34 Ref and Zanoah, and En Gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
35 Ref Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
36 Ref and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.
37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,
38 Ref and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
39 Ref Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
40 and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Chitlish,
41 Ref and Gederoth, Beth Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
42 Ref Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
43 and Iphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
44 Ref and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
45 Ref Ekron, with its towns and its villages;
46 Ref from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
47 Ref Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border [of it].
48 Ref In the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
49 Ref and Dannah, and Kiriath Sannah (the same is Debir),
50 and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
51 Ref and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.
52 Ref Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan,
53 and Janim, and Beth Tappuah, and Aphekah,
54 Ref and Humtah, and Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
55 Ref Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,
56 and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
57 Ref Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.
58 Ref Halhul, Beth Zur, and Gedor,
59 and Maarath, and Beth Anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
60 Ref Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
61 Ref In the wilderness, Beth Arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
62 Ref and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En Gedi; six cities with their villages.
63 Ref As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah couldn't drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
American Standard-ASV1901 (ASV)
1 Ref And the lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was unto the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south.
2 Ref And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looketh southward;
3 Ref and it went out southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka;
4 Ref and it passed along to Azmon, and went out at the brook of Egypt; and the goings out of the border were at the sea: this shall be your south border.
5 Ref 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;
6 Ref and the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben;
7 Ref and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river; and the border passed along to the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel;
8 Ref and the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the side of the Jebusite southward (the same is Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the uttermost part of the vale of Rephaim northward;
9 Ref and the border extended from the top of the mountain unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath-jearim);
10 Ref and the border turned about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;
11 Ref and the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
12 Ref And the west border was to the great sea, and the border `thereof'. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
13 Ref And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba, `which Arba was' the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).
14 Ref And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
15 Ref And he went up thence against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.
16 Ref And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
17 Ref And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
18 Ref And it came to pass, when she came `unto him', that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said, What wouldest thou?
19 Ref And she said, Give me a blessing; for that thou hast set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.
20 Ref This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
21 Ref And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
22 and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
23 Ref and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
24 Ref Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
25 and Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-hezron (the same is Hazor),
26 Ref Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
27 Ref and Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet,
28 Ref and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah,
29 Ref Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem,
30 Ref and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
31 Ref and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
32 Ref and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages.
33 Ref In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,
34 Ref and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
35 Ref Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
36 Ref and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.
37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,
38 Ref and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
39 Ref Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
40 and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Chitlish,
41 Ref and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
42 Ref Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
43 and Iphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
44 Ref and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
45 Ref Ekron, with its towns and its villages;
46 Ref from Ekron even unto the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages.
47 Ref Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border `thereof'.
48 Ref And in the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
49 Ref and Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (the same is Debir),
50 and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
51 Ref and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages.
52 Ref Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan,
53 and Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,
54 Ref and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
55 Ref Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,
56 and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
57 Ref Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.
58 Ref Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
59 and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages.
60 Ref Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
61 Ref In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
62 Ref and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.
63 Ref And as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
