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Joshua 1:4

Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.

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ASV

From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.

KJV

From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מֵהַמִּדְבָּר֩me.ha.mid.Barfrom the wildernessH4057 →
וְהַלְּבָנ֨וֹןve.ha.le.va.Nonand <the> LebanonH3844 →
הַזֶּ֜הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
וְֽעַד־ve.'ad-and toH5704 →
הַנָּהָ֧רha.na.Harthe riverH5104 →
הַגָּד֣וֹלha.ga.Dol<the> greatH1419 →
נְהַר־ne.har-[the] river ofH5104 →
פְּרָ֗תpe.RatEuphratesH6578 →
כֹּ֚לkolallH3605 →
אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retz[the] land ofH776 →
הַֽחִתִּ֔יםha.chi.Timthe HittitesH2850 →
וְעַד־ve.'ad-and toH5704 →
הַיָּ֥םhai.Yamthe seaH3220 →
הַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.Dol<the> greatH1419 →
מְב֣וֹאme.Vo'[the] setting ofH3996 →
הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshthe sunH8121 →
יִֽהְיֶ֖הyih.Yehit will beH1961 →
גְּבוּלְכֶֽם׃ge.vu.le.Khemterritory yourH1366 →

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Exodus 23:31And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.1 Kings 4:21And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.Genesis 15:18–21On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—Deuteronomy 11:24Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.Deuteronomy 3:25Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”Deuteronomy 1:7Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.Numbers 34:2–18“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:1 Chronicles 18:3As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.1 Chronicles 5:9They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.1 Kings 10:29A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.Joshua 11:17from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.Joshua 9:1Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—Numbers 34:6Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.

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