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Lexicon :: Strong's H1366 - gᵊḇûl

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גְּבוּל
Transliteration
gᵊḇûl
Pronunciation
gheb-ool'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 307a

Strong’s Definitions

גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl, gheb-ool'; or גְּבֻל gᵉbul; (shortened) from H1379; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed:—border, bound, coast, × great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 241x

The KJV translates Strong's H1366 in the following manner: border (158x), coast (69x), bound (5x), landmark (4x), space (2x), limit (1x), quarters (1x), non translated variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 241x
The KJV translates Strong's H1366 in the following manner: border (158x), coast (69x), bound (5x), landmark (4x), space (2x), limit (1x), quarters (1x), non translated variant (1x).

  1. border, territory

    1. border

    2. territory (enclosed within boundary)

    3. region, territory (of darkness) (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl, gheb-ool'; or גְּבֻל gᵉbul; (shortened) from H1379; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed:—border, bound, coast, × great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
STRONGS H1366: Abbreviations
גבול(ח) Joshua 15:47 Kt; read הַגָּדוֺל Vrss. Manuscripts compare Joshua 15:12.

גְּבוּל 240 noun masculineNumbers 34 border, boundary, territory (Late Hebrew id., Punic gubulim (plural, PlautPoen. i. 9) — גָּבוּל Genesis 10:19 + 168 times + Joshua 15:47 Kt (but read Qr גָּדוֺל); גְּבֻל Numbers 21:13 + 9 times; (both, in absolute & construct, e.g. absolute Numbers 22:36; Numbers 34:8, construct Genesis 10:19; 2 Samuel 21:5); suffix גְּבוּלִי 1 Chronicles 4:10, גְּבוּלְךָ Exodus 7:27, גְבֻלְךָ Exodus 23:31 + 3 times, etc.; plural (8 times) only suffix גְּבוּלֶיךָ Jeremiah 15:13; Jeremiah 17:3, etc.; —
1. border, boundary,
a. of a land or people: Canaanites Genesis 10:19 (J), Edom Numbers 20:23; Joshua 15:1, 21 (all P) compare Obadiah 7, Amorites Numbers 21:13 (E) Joshua 13:4 (D) compare Joshua 12:5 (D) Judges 1:36, Moab Numbers 21:13, 15; Numbers 22:36 (E) Numbers 33:44 (P) Deuteronomy 2:18; Judges 11:18 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 3:21; Isaiah 15:8, Ammon Numbers 21:24 (E) Deuteronomy 3:16; Joshua 12:2; Joshua 13:10 (all D) Amos 1:3, Bashan Joshua 12:4 (D), Egypt 1 Kings 5:1 = 2 Chronicles 9:26; Isaiah 19:19; especially of promised land Exodus 23:31; Exodus 34:24 (JE) Numbers 34:3+ + 13 times Numbers 34 (all P) Deuteronomy 11:24; Deuteronomy 12:20; Deuteronomy 16:4; Joshua 1:4 (D), compare Ezekiel 45:1 + 10 times Ezekiel 45-48; also of Israel 2 Kings 14:25; Amos 6:2; Malachi 1:5.
b. boundary of smaller divisions, e.g. Geshurites Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 12:5; Joshua 13:11 (all D), compare Joshua 16:2, 3(J) Joshua 19:12 (P); especially of tribes of Israel Deuteronomy 3:16, 17; Joshua 13:30 (all D) Joshua 13:16 + 60 times Joshua 13-19 (P); — Joshua 15:47 read גדול see above; Joshua 22:25 (P) & Joshua 17:8; Joshua 18:11; Joshua 24:30 (JE), compare 1 Chronicles 6:39; 1 Chronicles 6:51; 2 Chronicles 11:13; Ezekiel 48:1 + 15 times Ezekiel 48 (including Ezekiel 48:22; Ezekiel 48:22 q. strike out Co); — in 1 Samuel 13:18 read for גְּבוּל, הַגֶּבַע Greek Version of the LXX We Dr.
†c. boundary of territory belonging to an individual, — of field, piece of ground, etc. Genesis 23:17 (P) Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17; Joshua 24:30 (E) = Judges 2:9; 1 Chronicles 4:10; Proverbs 15:25; Proverbs 22:28; Proverbs 23:10; Hosea 5:10.
†d. border of stream Numbers 22:36.
†e. limit to waters of deep Psalm 104:9 compare Jeremiah 5:22.
†f. a concrete object marking limit,
(α) barrier in Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:12 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Co) Ezekiel 40:12;
(β) border of altar Ezekiel 43:13, 17, 20;
(γ) surrounding wall of restored Zion Isaiah 54:12 (so Greek Version of the LXX Ew Kn Che; De Brd territory, Di undecided).
†2. territory (enclosed within boundary),
a. of land or people Genesis 47:21 (J) Exodus 7:27 (P) Exodus 10:4, 14 (|| ארץ) Exodus 10:19; Exodus 13:7 (all J), Numbers 20:16, 17, 21; Numbers 21:22 (E; || ארץ) = Judges 11:20; Numbers 21:23 (E) Deuteronomy 2:4; Deuteronomy 19:3 (אַרְצְךָ גּ׳) Deuteronomy 19:8; Deuteronomy 28:40; Joshua 18:5 (twice in verse) (E) Judges 11:22; Judges 19:29; 2 Samuel 21:5; 1 Kings 1:3; 2 Kings 10:32; 1 Chronicles 21:12 (|| ארץ) Psalm 105:31 (= ארץ in || Ezekiel 8:16, 17) Psalm 8:33; Psalm 147:14; Jeremiah 31:17; Ezekiel 11:10, 11; Joel 3:6; Zephaniah 2:8.
b. territory of a city (or limit of such territory) Numbers 35:26, 27; Joshua 13:26; Judges 1:18 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 47:16 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 47:17 (twice in verse) (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co) Ezekiel 48:1; Amos 6:2.
†c. territory about Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 43:12.
†d. plural in like sense (only use of plural), of land Micah 5:5; Isaiah 60:18 (|| ארץ) Jeremiah 15:13; Jeremiah 17:13, of city 1 Samuel 5:6; 2 Kings 15:16; 2 Kings 18:8; so Ezekiel 27:4 of Tyre.
†e. figurative territory (region) of darkness Job 38:20; territory of wickedness Malachi 1:4 (of Edom); territory of his holiness Psalm 78:54 (of Canaan).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:19; 10:19; 10:19; 23:17; 47:21

Exodus

10:4; 10:14; 10:19; 13:7; 23:31; 23:31; 34:24

Numbers

20:16; 20:17; 20:21; 20:23; 21:13; 21:13; 21:13; 21:15; 21:22; 21:23; 21:24; 22:36; 22:36; 22:36; 33:44; 34; 34; 34:3; 34:8; 35:26; 35:27

Deuteronomy

2:4; 2:18; 3:14; 3:16; 3:16; 3:17; 11:24; 12:20; 16:4; 19:3; 19:8; 19:14; 27:17; 28:40

Joshua

1:4; 12:2; 12:4; 12:5; 12:5; 13; 13:4; 13:10; 13:11; 13:16; 13:26; 13:30; 14; 15; 15:1; 15:12; 15:21; 15:47; 15:47; 15:47; 16; 16:2; 16:3; 17; 17:8; 18; 18:5; 18:11; 19; 19:12; 22:25; 24:30; 24:30

Judges

1:18; 1:36; 2:9; 11:18; 11:20; 11:22; 19:29

1 Samuel

5:6; 13:18

2 Samuel

21:5; 21:5

1 Kings

1:3; 5:1

2 Kings

3:21; 10:32; 14:25; 15:16; 18:8

1 Chronicles

4:10; 4:10; 6:39; 6:51; 21:12

2 Chronicles

9:26; 11:13

Job

38:20

Psalms

78:54; 104:9; 105:31; 147:14

Proverbs

15:25; 22:28; 23:10

Isaiah

15:8; 19:19; 54:12; 60:18

Jeremiah

5:22; 15:13; 15:13; 17:3; 17:13; 31:17

Ezekiel

8:16; 8:17; 11:10; 11:11; 27:4; 40:12; 40:12; 43:12; 43:13; 43:17; 43:20; 45; 45:1; 46; 47; 47:16; 47:17; 48; 48; 48:1; 48:1; 48:22; 48:22

Hosea

5:10

Joel

3:6

Amos

1:3; 6:2; 6:2

Obadiah

1:7

Micah

5:5

Zephaniah

2:8

Malachi

1:4; 1:5

H1366

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Strong's Number H1366 matches the Hebrew גְּבוּל (gᵊḇûl),
which occurs 241 times in 196 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (Jos 13:3–Jos 19:34)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:3 - from the Shihor which is [fn]east of Egypt, even as far as the border H1366 of Ekron to the north (it is counted as Canaanite); the five lords of the Philistines: the Gazite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, the Ekronite; and the Avvite

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:4 - [fn]to the south, all the land of the Canaanite, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, as far as Aphek, to the border H1366 of the Amorite;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:10 - and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border H1366 of the sons of Ammon;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:11 - and Gilead, and the [fn]territory H1366 of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:16 - And their [fn]territory H1366 was from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, with the city which is in the middle of the valley and all the plain by Medeba;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:23 - And the border H1366 of the sons of Reuben was the [fn]Jordan. This was the inheritance of the sons of Reuben according to their families, the cities and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:25 - And their territory H1366 was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the sons of Ammon, as far as Aroer which is before Rabbah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:26 - and from Heshbon as far as Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim as far as the border H1366 of [fn]Debir;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:27 - and in the valley, Beth-haram and Beth-nimrah and Succoth and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, with the Jordan [fn]as a border H1366, as far as the lower end of the Sea of [fn]Chinnereth beyond the Jordan to the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:30 - And their territory H1366 was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all of [fn]Havvoth-jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 -

Now the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families [fn]reached the border H1366 of Edom, southward to the wilderness of Zin at the far end toward the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2 - And their south border H1366 was from the lower end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that turns to the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:4 - And it passed on to Azmon and went out to the [fn]brook of Egypt, and the [fn]border H1366 ended at the sea. This shall be your south border H1366.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:5 - And the east border H1366 was the Salt Sea, as far as the [fn]mouth of the Jordan. And the border H1366 of the north side was from the bay of the sea at the [fn]mouth of the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:6 - Then the border H1366 went up to Beth-hoglah and passed by on the north of Beth-arabah; and the border H1366 went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7 - Then the border H1366 went up to Debir from the valley of Achor and turned northward toward Gilgal which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south of the valley; and the border H1366 continued to the waters of En-shemesh and [fn]it ended at En-rogel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - Then the border H1366 went up the valley of Ben-hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite on the south (that is, Jerusalem); and the border H1366 went up to the top of the mountain which is before the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim toward the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - From the top of the mountain the border H1366 curved to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron; then the border H1366 curved to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10 - Then the border H1366 turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir and continued to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north (that is, Chesalon) and went down to Beth-shemesh and continued through Timnah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:11 - Then the border H1366 went out to the side of Ekron northward. Then the border H1366 curved to Shikkeron and passed on to Mount Baalah and went out to Jabneel, and the [fn]border H1366 ended at the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:12 - And the west border H1366 was at the Great Sea, even its [fn]coastline H1366. This is the border H1366 around the sons of Judah according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:21 -

Now the cities at the far end of the tribe of the sons of Judah toward the border H1366 of Edom in the south were Kabzeel and Eder and Jagur,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:47 -

Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; as far as the [fn]brook of Egypt and the Great Sea, even its [fn]coastline H1366.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:2 - And it went out from Bethel to Luz and passed on to the border H1366 of the Archites at Ataroth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:3 - Then it went down westward to the territory H1366 of the Japhletites, as far as the territory H1366 of lower Beth-horon even to Gezer, and [fn]it ended at the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5 - Now this was the territory H1366 of the sons of Ephraim according to their families: the border H1366 of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth-addar, as far as upper Beth-horon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:6 - Then the border H1366 went westward at Michmethath on the north, and the border H1366 turned about eastward to Taanath-shiloh and passed on beyond it to the east of Janoah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8 - From Tappuah the border H1366 continued westward to the [fn]brook of Kanah, and [fn]it ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:7 -

And the border H1366 of Manasseh [fn]ran from Asher to Michmethath which was east of Shechem; then the border H1366 went [fn]southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:8 - The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah on the border H1366 of Manasseh belonged to the sons of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9 - And the border H1366 went down to the [fn]brook of Kanah, southward of the [fn]brook (these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh), and the border H1366 of Manasseh was on the north side of the [fn]brook, and [fn]it ended at the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:10 - The south side belonged to Ephraim and the north side to Manasseh, and the sea was [fn]their border H1366; and they reached to Asher on the north and to Issachar on the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:5 - “And they shall divide it into seven portions; Judah shall stay in its territory H1366 on the south, and the house of Joseph shall stay in their territory H1366 on the north.

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Now the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory H1366 of their lot [fn]lay between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:12 - And their border H1366 on the north side was from the Jordan; then the border H1366 went up to the side of Jericho on the north and went up through the hill country westward, and [fn]it ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13 - From there the border H1366 passed on to Luz, to the side of Luz (that is, Bethel) southward; and the border H1366 went down to Ataroth-addar, near the hill which lies on the south of lower Beth-horon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14 - Then the border H1366 curved from there and turned round on the west side southward, from the hill which lies before Beth-horon southward; and [fn]it ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the west side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:15 - Then the south side was from the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the border H1366 went out westward and went out to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:16 - Then the border H1366 went down to the edge of the hill which is in the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the slope of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:19 - And the border H1366 passed on to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the [fn]border H1366 ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the south border H1366.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:10 -

Now the third lot came up for the sons of Zebulun according to their families. And the territory H1366 of their inheritance was as far as Sarid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:11 - Then their border H1366 went up to the west and to Maralah; it then reached Dabbesheth and reached the [fn]brook that is before Jokneam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:12 - Then it turned from Sarid to the east toward the sunrise as far as the border H1366 of Chisloth-tabor, and it went out to Daberath and [fn]up to Japhia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:14 - And the border H1366 circled around it on the north to Hannathon, and [fn]it ended at the valley of Iphtahel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:18 - And their territory H1366 included Jezreel and Chesulloth and Shunem,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:22 - And the border H1366 reached to Tabor and Shahazumah and Beth-shemesh, and [fn]their border H1366 ended at the Jordan; sixteen cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:25 - And their territory H1366 was Helkath and Hali and Beten and Achshaph,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:29 - Then the border H1366 turned to Ramah and to the fortified city of Tyre; then the border H1366 turned to Hosah, and [fn]it ended at the sea by the region of Achzib.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:33 - And their border H1366 was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim and Adami-nekeb and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum, and [fn]it ended at the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:34 - Then the border H1366 turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and went out from there to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south and reached to Asher on the west and to Judah at the Jordan to the east toward the sunrise.

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