And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
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Interpretation
Joshua allotted to Judah, Ephraim, and the half of Manasseh, their inheritances before they left Gilgal. Afterwards removing to Shiloh, another survey was made, and the other tribes had their portion assigned.
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This thought runs through Joshua 15:1-5.
Glossary
- Addar Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Ein Qedeis.
- Akrabbim Place
- Biblical mountain pass. Modern identification: Ma’ale Akrabbim.
- Hezron Place
- Enclosed. (1. ) One of the sons of Reuben ( Gen. 46:9 ; Ex. 6:14 ). (2. ) The older of the two sons of Pharez ( Gen. 46:12 ). (3. ) A plain in the south of Judah, west of Kadesh-barnea ( Josh. 15:3 ). Modern identification: Ain el Qudeirat.
- Kadesh-barnea Place
- Holy, or Kadesh-Barnea, sacred desert of wandering, a place on the south-eastern border of Palestine, about 165 miles from Horeb. It lay in the “wilderness” or “desert of Zin”. Modern identification: Ain el Qudeirat.
- Karka Place
- A floor; bottom, a place between Adar and Azmon, about midway between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea ( Josh. 15:3 ). Modern identification: Ain Qoseimeh.
- Zin Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Zin Desert.