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Great Sea
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Mediterranean Sea
In Scripture (36 references)
Numbers
Numbers 13:29 Amalek dwells in the land of the South. The Hittite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwell in the hill... Numbers 34:5 The border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the sea. Numbers 34:6 “ ‘For the western border, you shall have the great sea and its border. This shall be your west bord... Numbers 34:7 “ ‘This shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark out for yourselves Mount Hor.
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Joshua 1:4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of t... Joshua 5:1 When all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Ca... Joshua 9:1 When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and on all t... Joshua 15:4 and it passed along to Azmon, went out at the brook of Egypt; and the border ended at the sea. This ... Joshua 15:11 and the border went out to the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and pa... Joshua 15:12 The west border was to the shore of the great sea. This is the border of the children of Judah accor... Joshua 15:47 Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; to the brook of Egypt, and the... Joshua 16:3 and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, to the border of Beth Horon the lower, a... Joshua 16:6 The border went out westward at Michmethath on the north. The border turned about eastward to Taanat... Joshua 16:8 From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and ended at the sea. This is the...
and 4 more in Joshua
Ezekiel
Ezekiel 47:10 It will happen, that fishermen will stand by it. From En Gedi even to En Eglaim will be a place for ... Ezekiel 47:15 “This shall be the border of the land: “On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon... Ezekiel 47:17 The border from the sea, shall be Hazar Enon at the border of Damascus; and on the north northward i... Ezekiel 47:19 “The south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth Kadesh, to the brook,... Ezekiel 47:20 “The west side shall be the great sea, from the south border as far as opposite the entrance of Hama... Ezekiel 48:28 “By the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the water...
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