YuēShūyàjì 18:12

12 Tāmende bĕi jiè shì cóng Yuēdànhé qǐ , wǎng shàng tiē jìn Yēlìgē de bĕibiān . yòu wǎng xī tōng guō shān dì , zhídào bǎi yà wén de kuàngyĕ .

YuēShūyàjì 18:12 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 18:12

And their border on the north side was from Jordan
Which was the eastern boundary of the tribe, and hence proceeded from east to west, and formed its northern border, which is described in like manner as the lot of the children of Joseph, ( Joshua 16:1 Joshua 16:2 ) ;

and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side;
from Jordan it went to the north of Jericho, and so took in that place, which was within the tribe of Benjamin, ( Joshua 18:21 ) ;

and went up through the mountains westward;
the mountains that were on the north of Jericho; for, as Strabo says ^F9, Jericho was surrounded with mountains, see ( Joshua 2:16 Joshua 2:22 ) ; through these mountains the coast went on towards the western border of the tribe:

and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven:
a place near Bethel and Ai, to which there was a wilderness adjoining, see ( Joshua 7:2 ) ( 8:20 ) ; here ended the northern border.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Geograph. l. 16. p. 525.

YuēShūyàjì 18:12 In-Context

10 Yuēshūyà jiù zaì Shìluó , Yēhéhuá miànqián , wèi tāmen niānjiū . Yuēshūyà zaì nàli , àn zhe Yǐsèliè rén de zhīpaì , jiāng dì fēn gĕi tāmen .

11 Biànyǎmǐn zhīpaì , àn zhe zōngzú niānjiū suǒ dé zhī dì , shì zaì Yóudà , Yūesè zǐsūn zhōngjiān .

12 Tāmende bĕi jiè shì cóng Yuēdànhé qǐ , wǎng shàng tiē jìn Yēlìgē de bĕibiān . yòu wǎng xī tōng guō shān dì , zhídào bǎi yà wén de kuàngyĕ .

13 Cóng nàli wǎng nán jiē lián dào Lùsī , tiē jìn Lùsī ( Lùsī jiù shì Bótèlì ) , yòu xià dào yà tā lǜ Yàdá , kàojìn xià Bǎihélún nánbiān de shān .

14 Cóng nàli wǎng xī , yòu zhuǎn xiàng nán , cóng Bǎihélún nán duìmiàn de shān , zhí dádào Yóudà rén de chéng Jīliè bā lì ( Jīliè bā lì jiù shì Jīliè Yélín ) . zhè shì xī jiè .