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Jos 15:3 — And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Maaleh-acrabbim		or, the going up to Acrabbim. Num 34:4; Jdg 1:36
Zin		Gen 14:7; Num 20:1; Num 32:8
Adar		Probably the same as Hazar-addar, Num 34:4.
Karkaa		Supposed to be the Coracea of Ptolemy, in Arabia Petræa Eusebius places a castle called Carcaria at the distance of a day's journey from Petra.

Correlating Passages

Maaleh-acrabbim

	Num 34:4	And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:
	Jdg 1:36	And the coast of the Amorites [was] from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.

Zin

	Gen 14:7	And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
	Num 20:1	Then came the children of Israel, [even] the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
	Num 32:8	Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.

Adar

Num 34:4

And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:

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Scott, Thomas. "Joshua 15:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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