Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox

Keil and Delitzsch <strong>Commentary</strong> on the Old Testament
Joshua 15:1-12
This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to
the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the
south coast.
Verse 1-12. - Boundaries of the inheritance of the tribe of Judah. - V. 1. Its
situation in the land. "And there was (i.e., fell, or came out; cf. Josh 16:1; 19:1) the
lot to the tribe of Judah according to its families to the frontier of Edom (see at Num
34:3), to the desert of Zin southward, against the extreme south" ( lit. from the end or
extremity of the south), i.e., its inheritance fell to it, so that it reached to the territory
of Edom and the desert of Zin, in which Kadesh was situated (see at Num 13:21), on
the extreme south of Canaan.
Verse 2-4. The southern boundary. This was also the southern boundary of the land
of Israel generally, and coincided with the southern boundary of Canaan as described
in Num 34:3-5. It went out "from the end of the
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