Now the lotfor the tribeof the sonsof Judahaccording to their familiesreachedthe borderof Edom,southwardto the wildernessof Zinat the extremesouth.
the sonsof Leah:Reuben,Jacob'sfirstborn,then Simeonand Leviand Judahand Issacharand Zebulun;
So Solomonobservedthe feastat that time,and allIsraelwith him, a greatassemblyfrom the entranceof Hamathto the brookof Egypt,beforethe LORDour God,for sevendaysand seven[more] days,[even] fourteendays.
"The southsidetoward the south[shall extend] from Tamaras faras the watersof Meribath-kadesh,to the brook[of Egypt and] to the GreatSea.This is the southsidetoward the south.
"Besidethe borderof Reuben,from the eastsideto the westside,Judah,one[portion].
But when we criedout to the LORD,He heardour voiceand sentan angeland broughtus out from Egypt;now behold,we are at Kadesh,a townon the edgeof your territory.
and from Jerusalem,and from Idumea,and beyondthe Jordan,and the vicinityof Tyreand Sidon,a greatnumber of peopleheardof allthat He was doingand cameto Him.
becauseyou brokefaithwith Me in the midstof the sonsof Israelat the watersof Meribah-kadesh,in the wildernessof Zin,becauseyou did not treatMe as holyin the midstof the sonsof Israel.
by the lotof their inheritance,as the LORDcommandedthroughMoses,for the ninetribesand the half-tribe.
Their southborderwas from the lower endof the SaltSea,from the baythat turnsto the south.
"They shall divideit into sevenportions;Judahshall stayin its territoryon the south,and the houseof Josephshall stayin their territoryon the north.
