From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
What does Joshua 1:4 mean?
Joshua had attended upon Moses. He who was called to honour, had been long used to business.
Key themes
PeaceInheritanceRestCovenant fidelity
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Keep this verse inside Joshua 1:3-4 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Glossary
- Euphrates Place
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Biblical river. Modern identification: Euphrates River.
- Great Sea Place
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(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.
- Lebanon Place
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Biblical region. Modern identification: Jezzine.
- Negeb Place
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Biblical region. Modern identification: Tel Beer Sheva.
- Syria Place
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Biblical region. Modern identification: Damascus.