18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram(A) and said, “To your descendants I give this land,(B) from the Wadi[a] of Egypt(C) to the great river, the Euphrates(D) 19 the land of the Kenites,(E) Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 20 Hittites,(F) Perizzites,(G) Rephaites,(H)

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  1. Genesis 15:18 Or river

“‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin(A) along the border of Edom. Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea,(B) cross south of Scorpion Pass,(C) continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea.(D) Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon,(E) where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt(F) and end at the Mediterranean Sea.

“‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.(G) This will be your boundary on the west.(H)

“‘For your northern boundary,(I) run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor(J) and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath.(K) Then the boundary will go to Zedad, continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.

10 “‘For your eastern boundary,(L) run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. 11 The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah(M) on the east side of Ain(N) and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee.[a](O) 12 Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea.

“‘This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.’”

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  1. Numbers 34:11 Hebrew Kinnereth

The Lord our God said to us(A) at Horeb,(B) “You have stayed long enough(C) at this mountain. Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites;(D) go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah,(E) in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev(F) and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites(G) and to Lebanon,(H) as far as the great river, the Euphrates.(I) See, I have given you this land(J).(K) Go in and take possession of the land the Lord swore(L) he would give to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—and to their descendants after them.”

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24 Every place where you set your foot will be yours:(A) Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River(B) to the Mediterranean Sea.

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I will give you every place where you set your foot,(A) as I promised Moses.(B) Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon,(C) and from the great river, the Euphrates(D)—all the Hittite(E) country—to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.(F)

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43 So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors,(A) and they took possession(B) of it and settled there.(C)

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21 And Solomon ruled(A) over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River(B) to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.(C) These countries brought tribute(D) and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.

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12 In that day the Lord will thresh(A) from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt,(B) and you, Israel, will be gathered(C) up one by one.

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The Boundaries of the Land

13 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “These are the boundaries(A) of the land that you will divide among the twelve tribes of Israel as their inheritance, with two portions for Joseph.(B) 14 You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with uplifted hand to give it to your ancestors, this land will become your inheritance.(C)

15 “This is to be the boundary of the land:(D)

“On the north side it will run from the Mediterranean Sea(E) by the Hethlon road(F) past Lebo Hamath to Zedad, 16 Berothah[a](G) and Sibraim (which lies on the border between Damascus and Hamath),(H) as far as Hazer Hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran. 17 The boundary will extend from the sea to Hazar Enan,[b] along the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.(I)

18 “On the east side the boundary will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Dead Sea and as far as Tamar.[c] This will be the eastern boundary.(J)

19 “On the south side it will run from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribah Kadesh,(K) then along the Wadi of Egypt(L) to the Mediterranean Sea.(M) This will be the southern boundary.

20 “On the west side, the Mediterranean Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo Hamath.(N) This will be the western boundary.(O)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 47:16 See Septuagint and 48:1; Hebrew road to go into Zedad, 16 Hamath, Berothah.
  2. Ezekiel 47:17 Hebrew Enon, a variant of Enan
  3. Ezekiel 47:18 See Syriac; Hebrew Israel. You will measure to the Dead Sea.

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