Lux Domini
And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.

Key themes

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Glossary

Great Sea Place

(Heb. yam), signifies (1) “the gathering together of the waters,” the ocean ( Gen. 1:10 ); (2) a river, as the Nile ( Isa. 19:5 ), the Euphrates ( Isa. 21:1 ; Jer. 51:36 ); (3) the Red Sea. Modern identification: Mediterranean Sea.

Tamar Place

Palm. (1. ) A place mentioned by Ezekiel (47:19; 48:28), on the southeastern border of Palestine. Some suppose this was “Tadmor” (q. v. ). Modern identification: En Hazeva.

Brook of Egypt Place

The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Wadi al Arish.

Meribah Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Ain el Qudeirat.

Negeb Place

Biblical region. Modern identification: Tel Beer Sheva.