Deuteronomy 11:24

11:24 Every place you set your foot ¹  will be yours; your border will extend from the desert to Lebanon and from the River (that is, the Euphrates) as far as the Mediterranean Sea. ² 

Exodus 23:31

23:31 I will set ³  your boundaries from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River, ⁴  for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

Numbers 34:6

The Western Border of the Land

34:6 “‘And for a western border ⁵  you will have the Great Sea. ⁶  This will be your western border.

Joshua 15:12

15:12 The western border was the Mediterranean Sea. ⁷  These were the borders of the tribe of Judah and its clans. ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “the sole of your foot walks.” The placing of the foot symbolizes conquest and dominion, especially on land or on the necks of enemies (cf. Deut 1:36; Ps 7:13; Isa 63:3 Hab 3:19; Zech 9:13). See E. H. Merrill, NIDOTTE 1:992.

² tn Heb “the after sea,” that is, the sea behind one when one is facing east, which is the normal OT orientation. Cf. ASV “the hinder sea.”

³ tn The form is a perfect tense with vav consecutive.

⁴ tn In the Hebrew Bible “the River” usually refers to the Euphrates (cf. NASB, NCV, NRSV, TEV, CEV, NLT). There is some thought that it refers to a river Nahr el Kebir between Lebanon and Syria. See further W. C. Kaiser, Jr., “Exodus,” EBC 2:447; and G. W. Buchanan, The Consequences of the Covenant (NovTSup), 91-100.

⁵ tn The word for west is simply “sea,” because the sea is west of Israel.

⁶ sn That is, the Mediterranean Sea (also in the following verse).

⁷ tn Heb “the Great Sea,” the typical designation for the Mediterranean Sea.

⁸ tn Heb “this was the border of the sons of Judah round about, by their clans.”