Yosua 15:2-4

15:2 Their southern border started at the southern tip of the Salt Sea, ¹  15:3 extended ²  south of the Scorpion Ascent, ³  crossed to Zin, went up from the south to Kadesh Barnea, crossed to Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka. 15:4 It then crossed to Azmon, extended to the Stream of Egypt, ⁴  and ended at the sea. This was their ⁵  southern border.

[15:2]  ¹ tn Heb “Their southern border was from the end of the Salt Sea, from the tongue that faces to the south.”

[15:2]  sn The Salt Sea is another name for the Dead Sea (also in v. 5).

[15:3]  ² tn Heb “went out.”

[15:3]  ³ tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).

[15:4]  ⁴ tn Traditionally “the Brook of Egypt,” although a number of recent translations have “the Wadi of Egypt” (cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[15:4]  ⁵ tn The translation follows the LXX at this point. The MT reads, “This will be your southern border.”