Numbers 34:12

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The boundary will then follow down the Jordan River and end at the Salt Sea. This will define the land with its borders on all sides.

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  • Num 34:3 : 3 Your southern boundary will begin at the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom, and from the eastern end of the Salt Sea.
  • Gen 13:10 : 10 Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the entire plain of the Jordan was well watered everywhere—this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar.
  • Gen 14:3 : 3 All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
  • Gen 19:24-26 : 24 Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens. 25 Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land. 26 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

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  • Num 34:2-11
    10 verses
    86%

    2Command the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance—the land of Canaan with its boundaries:

    3Your southern boundary will begin at the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom, and from the eastern end of the Salt Sea.

    4Then the boundary will turn south to the ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and extend southward to Kadesh-barnea. It will then go out to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon.

    5From Azmon, the boundary will turn to the Wadi of Egypt and end at the Mediterranean Sea.

    6Your western boundary will be the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea; this will be your boundary to the west.

    7Your northern boundary will run from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor.

    8From Mount Hor, you will mark out the boundary to the entrance of Hamath, and the boundary will end at Zedad.

    9The boundary will then go out to Ziphron and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your northern boundary.

    10For your eastern boundary, you are to draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham.

    11The boundary will descend from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue downward along the slopes eastward to the Sea of Galilee.

  • Josh 15:2-5
    4 verses
    82%

    2Their southern border began at the edge of the Salt Sea, from the southern bay of the sea.

    3The boundary moved southward to the ascent of Akrabbim, passed through Zin, went up from the south to Kadesh-barnea, passed to Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karkaa.

    4It then passed to Azmon and continued to the Brook of Egypt, with its boundary reaching the Mediterranean Sea. This was the southern boundary.

    5The eastern boundary was the Salt Sea, up to the mouth of the Jordan. The northern boundary started from the northern bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.

  • Josh 1:4
    81%

    4Your territory will stretch from the wilderness and this Lebanon to the great river, the Euphrates River—all the land of the Hittites—and westward to the Great Sea, where the sun sets.

  • Deut 34:2-3
    2 verses
    80%

    2all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea,

    3the Negev and the whole region of the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.

  • Deut 3:17
    79%

    17The Arabah, the Jordan, and its border, from Chinnereth to the east side of the Dead Sea (the Sea of the Arabah), beneath the slopes of Pisgah, was also included.

  • Josh 18:19-20
    2 verses
    79%

    19The boundary passed along to the northern slope of Beth-hoglah and ended at the northern bay of the Salt Sea at the southern end of the Jordan. This was the southern boundary.

    20The Jordan formed its eastern boundary. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Benjamin, according to its boundaries and clans.

  • Josh 12:3
    78%

    3He also ruled over the Arabah to the east, from the Sea of Kinnereth to the Salt Sea, eastward along the way to Beth Jeshimoth, and to the south at the base of the slopes of the Pisgah.

  • Ezek 47:17-21
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    17The boundary will extend from the sea to Hazar Enan, along the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.

    18On the eastern side, the boundary will run from Hauran and Damascus along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, down to the eastern sea as far as Tamar. This will be the eastern boundary.

    19On the southern side, it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribah Kadesh, along the Wadi of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.

    20On the western side, the boundary will be the Great Sea, from the southern border to a point opposite Lebo Hamath. This will be the western boundary.

    21You are to divide this land among the tribes of Israel.

  • Josh 13:27
    77%

    27In the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon—the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, along with the Jordan and its boundary, reaching as far as the edge of the Sea of Kinnereth on the eastern side of the Jordan.

  • Num 34:13
    77%

    13Moses commanded the Israelites, saying: This is the land you are to inherit by lot, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes.

  • Josh 19:34
    76%

    34The border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, continued to Hukkok, touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrise.

  • Deut 11:24
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    24Every place where you set your foot will be yours: Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.

  • Ezek 47:15
    76%

    15This will be the boundary of the land: On the northern side, it will extend from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Zedad.

  • Josh 15:12
    76%

    12The western boundary was the coastline of the Great Sea. This was the boundary around the clans of the descendants of Judah.

  • Josh 23:4
    76%

    4See, I have allotted to you these remaining nations as an inheritance for your tribes, along with all the nations I have destroyed—from the Jordan to the Great Sea in the west.

  • Num 34:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, toward the sunrise.

    16The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Deut 11:31
    75%

    31For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you. You will take possession of it and live in it.

  • Josh 13:32
    75%

    32These are the portions of land that Moses distributed as inheritances on the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan east of Jericho.

  • Num 33:50-51
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    75%

    50The LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, saying:

    51'Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

  • Ezek 48:28-29
    2 verses
    75%

    28Next to the territory of Gad, toward the southern boundary, shall be the area from Tamar to the waters of Meribah at Kadesh, along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea.

    29This is the land you shall divide as an inheritance for the tribes of Israel, and these shall be their portions, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Josh 16:7
    75%

    7It descended from Janohah to Ataroth and Naarah, reached Jericho, and ended at the Jordan.

  • Ezek 47:13
    74%

    13This is what the Lord GOD says: 'This will be the boundary by which you shall divide the land as an inheritance for the twelve tribes of Israel, with Joseph receiving two portions.'

  • Num 35:10
    74%

    10Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

  • Num 32:19
    74%

    19For we will not inherit any land with them beyond the Jordan, because our inheritance is on the east side of the Jordan.

  • Num 32:32
    74%

    32We will cross over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, but the possession of our inheritance will be on this side of the Jordan."

  • Num 35:1
    73%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan at Jericho, saying:

  • Exod 23:31
    73%

    31I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the inhabitants of the land, and you will drive them out before you.

  • Deut 1:7
    73%

    7Turn and set out on your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all their neighbors—the Arabah, the hill country, the lowlands, the Negev, and the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the River Euphrates.

  • Josh 18:12
    73%

    12Their northern boundary began at the Jordan, ascended to the northern slope of Jericho, went up to the hill country westward, and ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven.