1 The allotment for the tribe of Judah, by their clans, stretches southward to the border of Edom, to the Zin wilderness in the south.
2 Their southern border runs from the southern tip of the Salt Sea,
3 to south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, crosses to Zin, rises south of Kadesh Barnea, crosses to Hezron, then rises to Addar, turns toward Karka,
4 then crosses to Azmon, goes out to the Brook of Egypt, and then to the sea. This is your southern border.
5 The eastern border is the Salt Sea up to the mouth of the Jordan.The northern border runs from the northern extremity of the Dead Sea at the mouth of the Jordan River,
6 then rises to Beth Hoglah, crosses north of Beth Arabah, rises to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben,
7 and rises to Debir from the Achor Valley, turns northward to Gilgal opposite the Ascent of Adummim south of the valley, and crosses to the waters of En Shemesh and onward to En Rogel.