2Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,a 3proceeded south of the Ascent of Akrabbim,b continued on to Zin, went over to the south of Kadesh-barnea, ran past Hezron up to Addar, and curved toward Karka. 4It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea.c This was theird southern border.
5The eastern border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.
The northern border started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan, 6went up to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. 7Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel. 8From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim. 9From the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim). 10The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah. 11Then it went out to the northern slope of Ekron, curved toward Shikkeron, proceeded to Mount Baalah, went on to Jabneel, and ended at the Sea.
12And the western border was the coastline of the Great Sea.
These are the boundaries around the clans of the descendants of Judah.
“All this may seem tedious to us, but it certainly was not tedious to those who would possess this land.” (Guzik)
Boundaries and Borders
We all have them, spiritually, physically, mentally and the Lord has set them just as He set them with Judah. Without them we would have chaos and no purpose to life itself.
From the very beginning the Lord set boundaries!
Genesis 2: 16And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden, 17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
Some people say, he has a free spirit, she is a free thinker, they are a free this or that. Everything has a price! When we step outside the boundaries that the Lord has set we are sinning! We may get away scot-free for now but the Boundary Maker will judge us for disobedience!
Are you testing the Lords boundaries today?
Blessings
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