Joshua 15:3

_AND IT WENT OUT TO THE SOUTH SIDE TO MA'ALEH-ACRABBIM, AND PASSED ALONG TO ZIN, AND ASCENDED UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE UNTO KADESH-BARNEA, AND PASSED ALONG TO HEZRON, AND WENT UP TO ADAR, AND FETCHED A COMPASS TO KARKAA:_ And it went out (i:e., from the Salt Sea) to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim - cliff of scorpions, which form an irregular curve, sweeping across the Ghor, and extending obliquely from northwest to southeast (Robinson, 'Biblical Researches,' 2:, p. 501). AND PASSED ALONG [ _ `AABAR_ (H5674 ), OVER] TO ZIN, AND ASCENDED UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE UNTO KADESH-BARNEA, AND PASSED ALONG [ _ Wª`AABAR_ (H5674 ), AND WENT OVER] TO HEZRON, AND WENT UP TO ADAR (or Hazar-addar, Numbers 34:4; now 'Ain el-Kudeirat or Adeirat). AND FETCHED A COMPASS, х naacab

1-12 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. In due time all God's people are settled....

Verse Joshua 15:3. _MAALEH-ACRABBIM_] The ascent of the Mount of Scorpions, probably so called from the multitude of those animals found in that place. _KADESH-BARNEA_] This place was called _Enmishpat_, Genesis 14:7. It was on the edge of the wilderness of Paran, and about twenty-four miles from Hebron. Here Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron, died; and here Moses and Aaron rebelled against the Lord; hence the place was called _Meribah-Kadesh_, or _the contention of Kadesh_. _KARKAA_] Supposed to be the _Coracea_ of Ptolemy, in Arabia Petraea. - _Calmet_....

EXPOSITION THE LOT OF JUDAH. JOSHUA 15:1 THE LOT OF THE TRIBE OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH. The first twelve verses of this chapter define the boundaries of Judah. With it compare Numbers 34:3, which gives the southern border of the Israelitish territory, corresponding closely with this account of the southern border of Judah. The word _tribe _here is, as might be expected from the context מַטֶה and not שֶּׁבֶט. EVEN TO THE BORDER OF EDOM. The literal translation, which makes the passage clearer, is, "the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin towards the dry region (נֶגְבָּה) from the extreme limit of the south תֵימָן. The latter of these words, derived from יָמִי

AND IT WENT OUT TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF MAALEHACRABBIM,.... Or the ascent of Akrabbim, as it is called, Numbers 34:4: AND PASSED ALONG TO ZIN, AND ASCENDED UPON THE SOUTH SIDE UNTO KADESHBARNEA; which perfectly agrees with the southern border of the land, as described in Numbers 34:4; AND PASSED ALONG TO HEZRON, AND WENT UP TO ADAR; which two places being near to one another, as is very likely, are put together, as if one place, and called Hazaraddar, Numbers 34:4; and mention is made of Hezron, which is Hazor, Joshua 15:25; but not of Adar: AND FETCHED A COMPASS TO KARKAA; which Jerom w c

3. THE PORTION OF JUDAH CHAPTER 15 _ 1. The south-border of Judah's portion (Joshua 15:1)_ 2. The eastern and northern border (Joshua 15:5) 3. The western border (Joshua 15:12) 4. Caleb's conquest (Joshua 15:13) 5. Inheritance according to families (Joshua 15:20) This is a chapter which contains many names; nearly one hundred and fifty are recorded. With the help of a good concordance, or dictionary of Hebrew names, the English meaning may be ascertained. However, many of these names may be derived from

JOSHUA 15:1 reads rather confusedly. The statement is made that the following is the inheritance of Israel a late writer, wishing to be more exact, says the 9½ tribes, and then proceeds to point out how the number 9½ was obtained....

FETCHED. COMPASS. English idiom. Hebrew turned about. Compare Acts 28:13....

_and it went out to the south_ From this point the border ran in a tolerably direct course towards the south side of Maaleh-acrabbim, "_the ascent of scorpions_," "the stiyinge vp of Scorpion," Wyclif; "the going up to Akrabbim," as it is given in Numbers 34:4; Judges 1:36, a pass in "the bald mountain" (Joshua 11:17; Joshua 12:7), which "goeth up to Seir." De Saulcy suggests it was the _Wâdy Zouara_, and testifies to "the scorpions" there found under every pebble. _S. and P_. 113, n. _and passed along to Zin_ Thence it passed along to Zin, i.e. a certain spot in the desert of Zin not far from Kadesh-barnea, and passed over t

_Borders of Judah Joshua 15:1-12_ This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. 2 And their south border was from the shore of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looketh southward: 3 And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: 4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. 5 And the east border was the Salt Sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: 6 And the border went up