which formed the western border. Within these borders lived the people of the families of Judah.
“The western boundary is formed by the Mediterranean and runs north to a point west of Hamath Pass.
All the ground that you march over will be yours. Your territory will extend from the desert in the south to the Lebanon Mountains in the north, and from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
The border then went out to the hill north of Ekron, turned toward Shikkeron, past Mount Baalah, and on to Jamnia. It ended at the Mediterranean Sea,
There were Ashdod and Gaza, with their towns and villages, reaching to the stream on the border of Egypt and the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
The land will be divided among them in seven parts; Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and Joseph in its territory in the north.