Paragraph: 15:61-62

This paragraph is a list of towns in the wilderness that were given to the tribe of Judah.

15:61

These were in the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah: The phrase the wilderness refers to the area near the Dead Sea, on its west side. This was a desert area.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

The towns in the wilderness were Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,
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The people of Judah also received towns in the wilderness ⌊near the Dead Sea⌋ . These were Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,

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