1 The families of the tribe of Judah received a part of the land described as follows:The land reached south to the southernmost point of the wilderness of Zin, at the border of Edom.
2 This southern border ran from the south end of the Dead Sea,
3 went southwards from the Akrabbim Pass and on to Zin. It ran south of Kadesh Barnea, past Hezron and up to Addar, turned towards Karka,
4 went on to Azmon, and followed the stream on the border of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea, where the border ended. That was the southern border of Judah.
5 The eastern border was the Dead Sea, all the way up to the inlet where the Jordan empties into it.The northern border began there,