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3:16	To the Reubenites and Gaddites, I gave [the territory] between the Gilead and the Arnon Gorge, including the interior of the gorge and its boundary. [The territory extended] as far as the gorge of the Jabbok, the border of the Ammonites. Vela-Re'uveni vela-Gadi natati min-haGil'ad ve'ad-nachal Arnon toch hanachal ugvul ve'ad Yabok hanachal gvul beney Amon.
3:17	[It also included] the Aravah, the Jordan, and its boundary, from the Kinnereth as far as the Aravah Sea, which is [the portion of] the Dead Sea under the rapids on the cliff to the east. Veha'Aravah vehaYarden ugvul miKineret ve'ad yam ha'Aravah Yam haMelach tachat ashdot haPisgah mizrachah.

Commentary:

its boundary
(Saadia). Or, 'far bank' (Rashi).

Jabbok
See Genesis 32:23, Numbers 21:24. The Jabbok formed the northwest border of Ammon.

Aravah
See Deuteronomy 1:1.

Kinnereth
See Numbers 34:11.

Aravah Sea
See Deuteronomy 4:49, Joshua 3:16, 12:3, 2 Kings 14:25. This may be the small bay at the north end of the Dead Sea, just to the west of the point where the Jordan flows into it.

rapids
Or, 'waterfall,' ashdoth in Hebrew. See Numbers 21:15.

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