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Western Sea

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The sea at which Deuteronomy 11:24 ends the border: “Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the western sea shall be your border.” Deuteronomy 34:2 names “all the land of Judah, to the Western Sea” among the lands the LORD showed Moses.

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DEU 11:22–25, engwebp
²²For if you shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you—to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him—
²³then the LORD will drive out all these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves.
²⁴Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the western sea shall be your border.
²⁵No man will be able to stand before you. The LORD your God will lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you tread on, as he has spoken to you.
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DEU 34:1–4, engwebp
¹Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is opposite Jericho. The LORD showed him all the land of Gilead to Dan,
²and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, to the Western Sea,
³and the south, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, to Zoar.
⁴The LORD said to him, “This is the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your offspring.’ I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there.”
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JOL 2:18–27, engwebp
¹⁸Then the LORD was jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
¹⁹The LORD answered his people, “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
²⁰But I will remove the northern army far away from you, and will drive it into a barren and desolate land, its front into the eastern sea, and its back into the western sea; and its stench will come up, and its bad smell will rise.” Surely he has done great things.
²¹Land, don’t be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for the LORD has done great things.
²²Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
²³“Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD, your God; for he gives you the early rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the early rain and the latter rain, as before.
²⁴The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
²⁵I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.
²⁶You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied, and will praise the name of the LORD, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people will never again be disappointed.
²⁷You will know that I am among Israel, and that I am the LORD, your God, and there is no one else; and my people will never again be disappointed.
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ZEC 14:6–11, engwebp
⁶It will happen in that day that there will not be light, cold, or frost.
⁷It will be a unique day which is known to the LORD—not day, and not night; but it will come to pass that at evening time there will be light.
⁸It will happen in that day that living waters will go out from Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea. It will be so in summer and in winter.
⁹The LORD will be King over all the earth. In that day the LORD will be one, and his name one.
¹⁰All the land will be made like the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up and will dwell in her place, from Benjamin’s gate to the place of the first gate, to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel to the king’s wine presses.
¹¹Men will dwell therein, and there will be no more curse; but Jerusalem will dwell safely.
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Unresolved interpretation: The western sea of Deuteronomy and the great sea of Numbers

Deuteronomy 11:24 gives the border “from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the western sea”, and at 34:2 the LORD shows Moses “all the land of Judah, to the Western Sea”.
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- DEU 11:22–25, engwebp
  ²²For if you shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you—to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him—
  ²³then the LORD will drive out all these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves.
  ²⁴Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the western sea shall be your border.
  ²⁵No man will be able to stand before you. The LORD your God will lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you tread on, as he has spoken to you.
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- DEU 34:1–4, engwebp
  ¹Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is opposite Jericho. The LORD showed him all the land of Gilead to Dan,
  ²and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, to the Western Sea,
  ³and the south, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, to Zoar.
  ⁴The LORD said to him, “This is the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your offspring.’ I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there.”
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Numbers 34:6 gives the west border: “you shall have the great sea and its border. This shall be your west border.”
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- NUM 34:6, engwebp
  ⁶“‘For the western border, you shall have the great sea and its border. This shall be your west border.
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Joshua 1:4 gives the border: “From the wilderness and this Lebanon even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.”
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- JOS 1:1–9, engwebp
  ¹Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying,
  ²“Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go across this Jordan, you and all these people, to the land which I am giving to them, even to the children of Israel.
  ³I have given you every place that the sole of your foot will tread on, as I told Moses.
  ⁴From the wilderness and this Lebanon even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.
  ⁵No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.
  ⁶“Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
  ⁷Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
  ⁸This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
  ⁹Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
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Deuteronomy 11:24 has the border reach the western sea, and at 34:2 the LORD shows Moses all the land of Judah, to the Western Sea; Numbers 34:6 makes the great sea the west border, and Joshua 1:4 has the border reach the great sea toward the going down of the sun. All four speak of a sea in the west; Deuteronomy names the western sea, Numbers and Joshua the great sea, and the text does not say the western sea and the great sea are the same sea. This collection records them apart and does not decide whether they are one.

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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Great Sea” by name and 4 shared verses. The leading identification is Mediterranean Sea (confidence 1000 of 1000). The dataset gives no point for it, only the region, river or route it lies in or along, so no point is drawn for it.

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Mediterranean Sea
OpenBible.info confidence 1000 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.80482, 34.17035
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Great Sea” (CC BY 4.0)

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Entry: Western Sea (place-western-sea)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/western-sea
Current wording: The sea at which Deuteronomy 11:24 ends the border: “Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the western sea shall be your border.” Deuteronomy 34:2 names “all the land of Judah, to the Western Sea” among the lands the LORD showed Moses.
Cited evidence: DEU 11:22–25, engwebp / DEU 34:1–4, engwebp / JOL 2:18–27, engwebp / ZEC 14:6–11, engwebp
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