1. The families of the tribe of Judah received a part of the land described as follows:The land reached south to the southernmost point of the wilderness of Zin, at the border of Edom.
2. This southern border ran from the south end of the Dead Sea,
3. went southwards from the Akrabbim Pass and on to Zin. It ran south of Kadesh Barnea, past Hezron and up to Addar, turned towards Karka,
4. went on to Azmon, and followed the stream on the border of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea, where the border ended. That was the southern border of Judah.
5. The eastern border was the Dead Sea, all the way up to the inlet where the Jordan empties into it.The northern border began there,