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Joshua 15:12

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Joshua 15:12 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the west border was to the great sea, and the border [thereof]. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the west border was to the great sea, and the border [thereof]. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
Joshua 15:12 — American Standard Version

Context — Joshua 15

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
9and the border extended from the top of the mountain unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath-jearim);
10and the border turned about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;
11and the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
12And the west border was to the great sea, and the border [thereof]. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
13And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).
14And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
15And he went up thence against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the west border [was] to the great sea, and the coast [thereof], etc.] The western border of the tribe of Judah went along by the Mediterranean sea, which lay west to the land of Canaan; and this border reached from Jabneel to the river of Egypt, where the southern border ended, (<061504>Joshua 15:4); this [is] the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families; but being too large, some part of it was afterwards given to Simeon, and some particular cities of it were given to Dan and Benjamin: it was bounded on the west by the tribes of Simeon and Dan towards the Mediterranean sea, and by the tribe of Benjamin on the north, and by the wilderness of Paran on the…”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“15:12 These were the boundaries of Judah when the settlement process began. Later, the tribes of Simeon and Dan received their allotments from some of Judah’s southern and western territories, and within a few decades the Philistines came from the Greek islands, settling all the southern coastal plain allotted to Judah (see study note on 13:2).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“the great sea: Jos 15:47; Num 34:6, Num 34:7; Deu 11:24; Eze 47:20 Joshua 15:13”
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