1. Joshua 15:5–11 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why is the northern boundary described in so much more detail than the others?

Joshua 15:5–11 (ESV)

5 And the east boundary is the Salt Sea, to the mouth of the Jordan. And the boundary on the north side runs from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.

The northern boundary is described in the most detail because it was shared with the tribes of Dan and Benjamin. The three different tribes needed to know exactly which land belonged to whom.1