Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:

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The river

Joshua 15:4
It continued to Azmon and proceeded to the brook of Egypt, and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your south border.
Joshua 13:3
from the Shihor which is east of Egypt, even as far as the border of Ekron to the north (it is counted as Canaanite); the five lords of the Philistines: the Gazite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, the Ekronite; and the Avvite
Exodus 23:31
I will fix your boundary from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River Euphrates; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
Numbers 34:5
The border shall turn direction from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at the sea.

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Numbers 34:6
‘As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea, that is, its coastline; this shall be your west border.

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