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17 At Enrogel the border curved north and went to Enshemesh and on east to Geliloth,[a] which is across the valley from Adummim Pass. Then it went down to the Monument of Bohan,[b] who belonged to the Reuben tribe. 18 The border ran along the hillside north of Beth-Arabah,[c] then down into the Jordan River valley. 19 Inside the valley it went south as far as the northern hillside of Beth-Hoglah. The last section of the border went from there to the northern end of the Dead Sea,[d] at the mouth of the Jordan River.

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Footnotes

  1. 18.17 Geliloth: Probably another name for Gilgal.
  2. 18.17 Monument of Bohan: See the note at 15.6.
  3. 18.18 hillside north of Beth-Arabah: One ancient translation (see also the border description in 15.6); Hebrew “the northern hillside overlooking the Jordan River valley.”
  4. 18.19 northern … Dead Sea: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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