Joshua 15:5

5 And the east border [was] the salt-sea, [even] to the end of Jordan: and [their] border in the north quarter [was] from the bay of the sea, at the uttermost part of Jordan:

Joshua 15:5 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:5

And the east border [was] the salt sea, [even] unto the end of
Jordan
To the place where Jordan fell into it; so that this border was the whole length of the salt sea, which Josephus says ^F25 was five hundred eighty furlongs; and, according to Pliny ^F26, an hundred miles:

and [their] border in the north quarter [was] from the bay of the sea,
at the uttermost part of Jordan;
this northern border began where the eastern ended, at the bay or creek of the sea, where Jordan fell into it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 De Bello Jud. l. 4. c. 8. sect. 4.
F26 Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 16.

Joshua 15:5 In-Context

3 And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended on the south side to Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:

4 [From thence] it passed towards Azmon, and went out to the river of Egypt; and the limits of that border were at the sea: this shall be your south limit.

5 And the east border [was] the salt-sea, [even] to 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 to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:

7 And the border went up towards Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward looking towards Gilgal, that [is] before the going up to Adummim, which [is] on the south side of the river: and the border passed towards the waters of En-shemesh, and the borders of it were at En-rogel: