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Book of Joshua, Chapter 15

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Chapter 15 of Joshua—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And the lot1 of the tribe of the sons of Judah by their families came to be to the boundary of Eʹdom,2 the wilderness of Zin,3 to the Negʹeb4 at its southern end.
  2. And their southern boundary came to be from the extremity of the Salt Sea,5 from the bay that faces southward.
  3. And it went out southward to the ascent[a] of A·krabʹbim6 and passed over to Zin7 and went up from the south to Kaʹdesh-barʹne·a8 and passed over to Hezʹron and went up to Adʹdar and went around to Karʹka.
  4. And it passed on to Azʹmon9 and went out to the torrent valley of Egypt;10 and the boundary’s termination proved to be at the sea. This came to be their[b] southern boundary.
  5. ¶ And the eastern boundary was the Salt Sea up to the end[c] of the Jordan, and the boundary at the northern corner was at the bay of the sea, at the end of the Jordan.11
  6. And the boundary went up to Beth-hogʹlah12 and passed over at the north of Beth-arʹa·bah,13 and the boundary went up to the stone of Boʹhan14 the son of Reuʹben.
  7. And the boundary went up to Deʹbir at the low plain of Aʹchor15 and turning northward to Gilʹgal,16 which is in front of the ascent of A·dumʹmim, which is south of the torrent valley; and the boundary passed over to the waters of En-sheʹmesh,17 and its termination proved to be En-roʹgel.18
  8. And the boundary went up to the valley of the son of Hinʹnom19 to the slope of the Jebʹu·site20 at the south, that is to say, Jerusalem;21 and the boundary went up to the top of the mountain that faces the valley of Hinʹnom[d] to the west, which is at the extremity of the low plain of Rephʹa·im22 to the north.
  9. And the boundary was marked out from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Neph·toʹah,23 and went out to the cities of Mount Eʹphron; and the boundary was marked out to Baʹal·ah,24 that is to say, Kirʹi·ath-jeʹa·rim.25
  10. And the boundary went around from Baʹal·ah westward to Mount Seʹir and passed over to the slope of Mount Jeʹa·rim at the north, that is to say, Chesʹa·lon; and it went down to Beth-sheʹmesh26 and passed over to Timʹnah.27
  11. And the boundary went out to the slope of Ekʹron28 to the north, and the boundary was marked out to Shikʹke·ron and passed over to Mount Baʹal·ah and went out to Jabʹne·el; and the boundary’s termination proved to be at the sea.
  12. ¶ And the western boundary was at the Great Sea29 and its shoreland. This was the boundary all around, of the sons of Judah by their families.
  13. ¶ And to Caʹleb30 the son of Je·phunʹneh he gave a share in the midst of the sons of Judah at the order of Jehovah to Joshua, namely, Kirʹi·ath-arʹba ([said Arʹba being] the father of Aʹnak), that is to say, Heʹbron.31
  14. So Caʹleb drove away from there the three sons of Aʹnak,32 namely, Sheʹshai33 and A·hiʹman and Talʹmai,34 those born of Aʹnak.[e]35
  15. Then he went up from there to the inhabitants of Deʹbir.36 (Now the name of Deʹbir before that was Kirʹi·ath-seʹpher.)37
  16. And Caʹleb proceeded to say: “Whoever strikes Kirʹi·ath-seʹpher and does capture it, I shall certainly give him Achʹsah38 my daughter as a wife.”
  17. At that Othʹni·el39 the son of Keʹnaz,40 Caʹleb’s brother, captured it. Accordingly he gave him Achʹsah41 his daughter as a wife.
  18. And it came about that when she was going home, she kept inciting him to ask a field from her father. Then she clapped her hands while upon the ass.[f] At this Caʹleb said to her: “What do you want?”42
  19. So she said: “Do give me a blessing, for it is a piece of land to the south you have given me, and you must give me Gulʹloth-maʹim.”[g] Accordingly he gave her Upper Gulʹloth and Lower Gulʹloth.[h]43
  20. ¶ This was the inheritance44 of the tribe of the sons of Judah45 by their families.
  21. ¶ And the cities at the extremity of the tribe of the sons of Judah toward the boundary of Eʹdom46 in the south came to be Kabʹze·el47 and Eʹder and Jaʹgur,
  22. and Kiʹnah and Di·moʹnah and A·daʹdah,
  23. and Keʹdesh and Haʹzor and Ithʹnan,
  24. Ziph and Teʹlem48 and Be·aʹloth,
  25. and Haʹzor-ha·datʹtah and Keʹri·oth-hezʹron, that is to say, Haʹzor,
  26. Aʹmam and Sheʹma and Mo·laʹdah,49
  27. and Haʹzar-gadʹdah and Heshʹmon and Beth-pelʹet,50
  28. and Haʹzar-shuʹal51 and Beʹer-sheʹba52 and Biz·i·o·thiʹah,
  29. Baʹal·ah53 and Iʹim and Eʹzem,54
  30. and El·toʹlad and Cheʹsil and Horʹmah,55
  31. and Zikʹlag56 and Mad·manʹnah and San·sanʹnah,
  32. and Le·baʹoth and Shilʹhim and Aʹin57 and Rimʹmon;58 all the cities being twenty-nine, together with their settlements.
  33. ¶ In the She·pheʹlah59 there were Eshʹta·ol60 and Zoʹrah61 and Ashʹnah,
  34. and Za·noʹah62 and En-ganʹnim, Tapʹpu·ah and Eʹnam,
  35. Jarʹmuth63 and A·dulʹlam,64 Soʹcoh65 and A·zeʹkah,66
  36. and Shaʹa·raʹim67 and Ad·i·thaʹim and Ge·deʹrah and Ged·e·ro·thaʹim; fourteen cities and their settlements.
  37. ¶ Zeʹnan and Ha·dashʹah and Migʹdal-gad,
  38. and Diʹle·an and Mizʹpeh and Jokʹthe·el,
  39. Laʹchish68 and Bozʹkath69 and Egʹlon,70
  40. and Cabʹbon and Lahʹmam and Chitʹlish,
  41. and Ge·deʹroth, Beth-daʹgon and Naʹa·mah and Mak·keʹdah;71 sixteen cities and their settlements.
  42. ¶ Libʹnah72 and Eʹther73 and Aʹshan,
  43. and Iphʹtah and Ashʹnah and Neʹzib,
  44. and Keiʹlah74 and Achʹzib75 and Ma·reʹshah;76 nine cities and their settlements.
  45. ¶ Ekʹron77 and its dependent towns[i] and its settlements.
  46. From Ekʹron westward all that is alongside Ashʹdod and their settlements.
  47. ¶ Ashʹdod,78 its dependent towns and its settlements; Gaʹza,79 its dependent towns and its settlements, down to the torrent valley of Egypt, and the Great Sea[j] and the adjacent region.80
  48. ¶ And in the mountainous region Shaʹmir and Jatʹtir81 and Soʹcoh,
  49. and Danʹnah and Kirʹi·ath-sanʹnah, that is to say, Deʹbir,
  50. and Aʹnab and Eshʹte·moh82 and Aʹnim,
  51. and Goʹshen83 and Hoʹlon and Giʹloh;84 eleven cities and their settlements.
  52. ¶ Arab and Duʹmah and Eʹshan,
  53. and Jaʹnim and Beth-tapʹpu·ah and A·pheʹkah,
  54. and Humʹtah and Kirʹi·ath-arʹba, that is to say, Heʹbron,85 and Ziʹor; nine cities and their settlements.
  55. ¶ Maʹon,86 Carʹmel and Ziph87 and Jutʹtah,
  56. and Jezʹre·el and Jokʹde·am and Za·noʹah,
  57. Kaʹin, Gibʹe·ah and Timʹnah;88 ten cities and their settlements.
  58. ¶ Halʹhul, Beth-zur and Geʹdor,
  59. and Maʹa·rath and Beth-aʹnoth and Elʹte·kon; six cities and their settlements.
  60. ¶ Kirʹi·ath-baʹal,89 that is to say, Kirʹi·ath-jeʹa·rim,90 and Rabʹbah; two cities and their settlements.
  61. ¶ In the wilderness Beth-arʹa·bah,91 Midʹdin and Se·caʹcah,
  62. and Nibʹshan and the City of Salt and En-geʹdi;92 six cities and their settlements.
  63. ¶ As for the Jebʹu·sites93 who were dwelling in Jerusalem,94 the sons of Judah were not able to drive them away;95 and the Jebʹu·sites continue dwelling with the sons of Judah in Jerusalem down to this day.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “pass.”
  2. ^ “Their,” LXX; MSy, “your”; Vg omits.
  3. ^ Or, “mouth.”
  4. ^ “Valley of Hinnom.” Heb., gheh-Hin·nomʹ; LXXA(Gr.), phaʹrag·gos En·nomʹ; Lat., Ge·henʹnom. See App 4C.
  5. ^ See Nu 13:22 ftn.
  6. ^ Or, “Then she slid down (alighted) from off the ass.”
  7. ^ Meaning “Basin of Water.”
  8. ^ Or, “the upper basin and the lower basin.”
  9. ^ Lit., “its daughters.”
  10. ^ Lit., “the sea of the border; the bordering sea.” MmarginLXXSyVg, “the Great Sea.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Nu 26:55
  2. ^ Ge 36:19
  3. ^ Nu 33:36
  4. ^ De 1:7
  5. ^ Nu 34:3
  6. ^ Jg 1:36
  7. ^ Nu 34:4
  8. ^ Nu 32:8
  9. ^ Nu 34:5
  10. ^ Ge 15:18; Jos 13:3; 1Ki 8:65
  11. ^ Nu 34:12
  12. ^ Jos 18:19
  13. ^ Jos 18:22
  14. ^ Jos 18:17
  15. ^ Jos 7:26
  16. ^ Jos 4:19; 5:9
  17. ^ Jos 18:17
  18. ^ 1Ki 1:9
  19. ^ Jos 18:16; 2Ki 23:10; Je 7:31; Mt 5:22
  20. ^ Jos 18:28; Jg 1:21
  21. ^ Jg 19:10; 2Sa 5:6
  22. ^ Jos 18:16; 2Sa 5:18
  23. ^ Jos 18:15
  24. ^ 2Sa 6:2; 1Ch 13:6
  25. ^ Jos 9:17
  26. ^ Jos 21:16; 1Sa 6:12; 2Ki 14:11; 1Ch 6:59
  27. ^ Jos 19:43; Jg 14:2; 2Ch 28:18
  28. ^ Jos 19:43; 1Sa 5:10; 7:14; 2Ki 1:2
  29. ^ Nu 34:6; De 11:24; Jos 15:47
  30. ^ Nu 13:30; De 1:36; Jos 14:13; 21:12
  31. ^ Ge 23:2; 35:27; Jos 14:15; 20:7
  32. ^ Nu 13:33; Jos 11:21
  33. ^ Nu 13:22
  34. ^ Jg 1:10
  35. ^ Jg 1:20
  36. ^ Jos 10:39
  37. ^ Jg 1:11
  38. ^ Jg 1:13
  39. ^ Jg 3:9, 11
  40. ^ Jg 1:13; 1Ch 4:13
  41. ^ 1Ch 2:49
  42. ^ Jg 1:14
  43. ^ Jg 1:15
  44. ^ Nu 33:54
  45. ^ Ge 49:8; De 33:7
  46. ^ Nu 34:3; De 2:5
  47. ^ Ne 11:25
  48. ^ 1Sa 15:4
  49. ^ Jos 19:2; 1Ch 4:28
  50. ^ Ne 11:26
  51. ^ Jos 19:3; 1Ch 4:28
  52. ^ Ge 21:31; Jos 19:2
  53. ^ Jos 19:3
  54. ^ 1Ch 4:29
  55. ^ Nu 14:45; De 1:44; Jos 19:4; Jg 1:17
  56. ^ Jos 19:5; 1Sa 27:6; 1Ch 12:1
  57. ^ 1Ch 4:32
  58. ^ Jos 19:7; Ne 11:29
  59. ^ De 1:7; Jos 9:1; Jg 1:9
  60. ^ Jos 19:41; Jg 13:25; 16:31
  61. ^ Ne 11:29
  62. ^ Ne 11:30
  63. ^ Jos 10:3
  64. ^ Jos 12:15; 1Sa 22:1
  65. ^ 1Sa 17:1
  66. ^ Jos 10:10
  67. ^ 1Sa 17:52
  68. ^ Jos 10:3; 2Ki 18:14
  69. ^ 2Ki 22:1
  70. ^ Jos 10:3
  71. ^ Jos 10:28
  72. ^ Jos 10:29; 2Ki 8:22
  73. ^ Jos 19:7
  74. ^ 1Sa 23:1
  75. ^ Ge 38:5
  76. ^ Mc 1:15
  77. ^ Jos 13:3
  78. ^ 1Sa 5:1
  79. ^ Ge 10:19
  80. ^ Ge 15:18; Nu 34:5
  81. ^ Jos 21:14
  82. ^ 1Sa 30:28; 1Ch 6:57
  83. ^ Jos 10:41; 11:16
  84. ^ 2Sa 15:12
  85. ^ Ge 23:2; Jos 14:15; 15:13
  86. ^ 1Sa 23:25; 25:2
  87. ^ 1Sa 23:14
  88. ^ Ge 38:12
  89. ^ Jos 18:14
  90. ^ Jos 9:17; 1Sa 7:1
  91. ^ Jos 18:22
  92. ^ 1Sa 23:29; 2Ch 20:2
  93. ^ Ge 10:16; Jg 1:21
  94. ^ Jg 1:8; 1Ch 11:4
  95. ^ Ex 23:29; Nu 33:55; Jg 1:21; 2:23; 3:4; 19:11; 2Sa 5:6

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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