Place · Water
Great Sea
Named in 12 verses across 3 books, first in Numbers 34:6.
In the Bible
All 2 verses in Numbers, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Numbers
- Numbers 34:6
Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.
- Numbers 34:7
Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
(Joel 2:20; Ezek. 47:18), the Dead Sea, which lay on the east side of the Holy Land. The Mediterranean, which lay on the west, was hence called the “great sea for the west border” (Num. 34:6).