JOSHUA 18:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth–horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath–baal, which is Kirjath–jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.”
Then the border goes in another direction, turning on the west side southward from the mountain that lies to the south of Beth-horon. And it ends at Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), a city of the people of Judah. This is the west side — The border's complexity and the repeated geographical details (mountain, Beth-horon, Kiriath-jearim) show the scrupulosity of covenant land division. Kiriath-jearim, which will later house the ark before David brings it to Jerusalem, holds sacred significance even at its naming. The notation 'a city of the people of Judah' clarifies that territorial boundaries are fixed and known.
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