Joshua 15:47 meaning and explanation
Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.
Joshua 15:47, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse falls within the list of cities assigned to Judah in the coastal plain, the lowland between the hill country and the Mediterranean. Ashdod and Gaza were major Philistine centers, and the boundary marker “the Brook of Egypt” names the seasonal stream that marked the southwestern edge of the land, while “the Great Sea” is the Mediterranean.
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