约书亚记 15:9

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

又從山頂轉到尼弗多亞的水泉，伸展到以弗崙山的眾城；又轉到巴拉，巴拉就是基列．耶琳；

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
又 从 山 顶 延 到 尼 弗 多 亚 的 水 源 ， 通 到 以 弗 仑 山 的 城 邑 ， 又 延 到 巴 拉 （ 巴 拉 就 是 基 列 耶 琳 ） ；

Contextual Overview

¹ The land that was given to the tribe of Judah was divided among all the family groups. It went all the way to the Desert of Zin in the far south, at the border of Edom. ² The southern border of Judah's land started at the south end of the Dead Sea ³ and went south of Scorpion Pass to Zin. From there it passed to the south of Kadesh Barnea and continued past Hezron to Addar. From Addar it turned and went to Karka. ⁴ It continued to Azmon, the brook of Egypt, and then to the Mediterranean Sea. This was the southern border. ⁵ The eastern border was the shore of the Dead Sea, as far as the mouth of the Jordan River. The northern border started at the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan River. ⁶ Then it went to Beth Hoglah and continued north of Beth Arabah to the stone of Bohan son of Reuben. ⁷ Then the northern border went through the Valley of Achor to Debir where it turned toward the north and went to Gilgal. Gilgal is across from the road that goes through Adummim Pass, on the south side of the ravine. The border continued to the waters of En Shemesh and stopped at En Rogel. ⁸ Then it went through the Valley of Ben Hinnom, next to the southern side of the Jebusite city (which is called Jerusalem). There the border went to the top of the hill on the west side of Hinnom Valley, at the northern end of the Valley of Giants. ⁹ From there it went to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and then it went to the cities near Mount Ephron. There it turned and went toward Baalah, which is called Kiriath Jearim. ¹⁰ At Baalah the border turned west and went toward Mount Seir. It continued along the north side of Mount Jearim (also called Kesalon) and came to Beth Shemesh. From there it went past Timnah

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Nephtoah: Joshua 18:15

Baalah: A city near Bethshemesh, and, according to Eusebius, nine miles from Jerusalem, in going towards Diospolis. 2 Samuel 6:2, 1 Chronicles 13:6

Kirjathjearim: Joshua 9:17, Judges 18:12

Reciprocal: Joshua 15:29 - Baalah Joshua 17:18 - the mountain Joshua 18:14 - Kirjathbaal Judges 17:1 - mount 1 Chronicles 2:50 - Kirjathjearim 2 Chronicles 13:19 - Ephrain John 11:54 - Ephraim

Cross-References

Genesis 22:13
Then Abraham looked up and saw a male sheep caught in a bush by its horns. So Abraham went and took the sheep and killed it. He offered it as a whole burnt offering to God, and his son was saved.

Leviticus 1:3
"‘If the offering is a whole burnt offering from the herd, it must be a male that has nothing wrong with it. The person must take the animal to the entrance of the Meeting Tent so that the Lord will accept the offering.

Leviticus 1:10
"‘If the burnt offering is a sheep or a goat from the flock, it must be a male that has nothing wrong with it.

Leviticus 1:14
"‘If the whole burnt offering for the Lord is a bird, it must be a dove or a young pigeon.

Leviticus 3:1
"‘If a person's fellowship offering to the Lord is from the herd, it may be a male or female, but it must have nothing wrong with it.

Leviticus 3:6
"‘If a person's fellowship offering to the Lord is a lamb or a goat, it may be a male or female, but it must have nothing wrong with it.

Leviticus 9:2
He said to Aaron, "Take a bull calf and a male sheep that have nothing wrong with them, and offer them to the Lord . The calf will be a sin offering, and the male sheep will be a whole burnt offering.

Leviticus 9:4
Also take a bull and a male sheep for fellowship offerings, along with a grain offering mixed with oil. Offer all these things to the Lord , because the Lord will appear to you today.'"

Leviticus 12:8
"‘If she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering. In this way the priest will make her clean so she will belong to the Lord again, and she will be clean.'"

Leviticus 14:22
and two doves or two young pigeons, which he can afford. One bird is for a sin offering and the other for a whole burnt offering.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the border was drawn from the top of the hill,.... Mount Moriah, and went round in a circuit, so Jarchi and Kimchi:

unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah; which lay at the bottom of it; which, according to the Jewish writers, is the same with the fountain of Etam, from whence a stream flowed to the dipping room in the water gate of the temple, where the high priest for the first time dipped himself on the day of atonement p;

and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; Jerom q speaks of an Ephron in the tribe of Judah, which was a very large village in his time, and went by the name of Ephraea, and was twenty miles from Aelia or Jerusalem to the north; and which Eusebius better places eight miles from it; and Jarchi observes, that the line went to the north side, and the border enlarged to this place; near to this mountain were cities, and it is not improbable that one of them might have its name from it; but whether this, or what mountain is here meant, is uncertain: some have thought of Ephraim, with its towns, mentioned in 2 Chronicles 13:19; which seems to have been in the tribe of Ephraim; though Reland r places it in the tribe of Benjamin:

and the border was drawn to Baalah, which [is] Kirjathjearim; called Kirjathbaal, or the city of Baal, Joshua 15:60; where it is probable there was a temple of Baal; and when it came into the hands of the Israelites, they changed its name to Kirjathjearim, or the city of the woods, because of the great number of trees which grew about it; for which reason it might have been pitched upon by the Heathens for their idolatrous service; it was one of the cities of the Gibeonites, Joshua 9:17; and, according to Eusebius and Jerom s, it was nine or ten miles from Jerusalem, as you go to Lydda; it is also called Baalah in 1 Chronicles 13:6; and Baale of Judah, 2 Samuel 6:2.

p T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 31. 1. & Gloss. in ib. & T. Bab. Zebachim, fol. 54. 2. Kimchi in loc. q De loc. Heb. fol. 91. A. r Palestin. Illustrat. tom. 2. p. 765. s Apud ib. tom. 1. p. 488.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nephtoab is probably the modern “Ain Lifta”, two miles and a half northwestward of Jerusalem: and Mount Ephron is conjecturally connected with the city Ephrain 2 Chronicles 13:19 or Ophrah Joshua 18:23.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 15:9. Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim — This place was rendered famous in Scripture, in consequence of its being the residence of the ark, for twenty years after it was sent back by the Philistines; see 1 Samuel 5:1-7.