Turn and take your journey, and go to the mountains of the Amorites, to all the neighboring places in the [a]plain, in the mountains and in the lowland, in the South and on the seacoast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the River Euphrates.

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  1. Deuteronomy 1:7 Heb. arabah

Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites;(A) go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah,(B) in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev(C) and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites(D) and to Lebanon,(E) as far as the great river, the Euphrates.(F)

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24 (A)Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: (B)from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the River Euphrates, even to the [a]Western Sea, shall be your territory.

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  1. Deuteronomy 11:24 Mediterranean

24 Every place where you set your foot will be yours:(A) Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River(B) to the Mediterranean Sea.

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40 So Joshua conquered all the land: the (A)mountain country and the [a]South and the lowland and the wilderness slopes, and (B)all their kings; he left none remaining, but (C)utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.

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  1. Joshua 10:40 Heb. Negev, and so throughout the book

40 So Joshua subdued the whole region, including the hill country, the Negev,(A) the western foothills and the mountain slopes,(B) together with all their kings.(C) He left no survivors. He totally destroyed all who breathed, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded.(D)

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“Yet it was I who destroyed the (A)Amorite before them,
Whose height was like the (B)height of the cedars,
And he was as strong as the oaks;
Yet I (C)destroyed his fruit above
And his roots beneath.

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“Yet I destroyed the Amorites(A) before them,
    though they were tall(B) as the cedars
    and strong as the oaks.(C)
I destroyed their fruit above
    and their roots(D) below.

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And (A)David [a]defeated [b]Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his power by the River Euphrates.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 18:3 Lit. struck
  2. 1 Chronicles 18:3 Heb. Hadarezer

Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah,(A) in the vicinity of Hamath, when he went to set up his monument at[a] the Euphrates River.(B)

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  1. 1 Chronicles 18:3 Or to restore his control over

Eastward they settled as far as the [a]entrance of the wilderness this side of the River Euphrates, because their cattle had [b]multiplied (A)in the land of Gilead.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 5:9 beginning
  2. 1 Chronicles 5:9 increased

To the east they occupied the land up to the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates(A) River, because their livestock had increased in Gilead.(B)

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David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of (A)Zobah, as he went to recover (B)his territory at the River Euphrates.

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Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer(A) son of Rehob, king of Zobah,(B) when he went to restore his monument at[a] the Euphrates(C) River.

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  1. 2 Samuel 8:3 Or his control along

15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, (A)choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether (B)the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of [a]the River, or (C)the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. (D)But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

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  1. Joshua 24:15 The Euphrates

15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites,(A) in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household,(B) we will serve the Lord.”(C)

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Summary of Joshua’s Conquests

16 Thus Joshua took all this land: (A)the mountain country, all the South, (B)all the land of Goshen, the lowland, and the Jordan [a]plain—the mountains of Israel and its lowlands, 17 (C)from [b]Mount Halak and the ascent to Seir, even as far as Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured (D)all their kings, and struck them down and killed them.

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  1. Joshua 11:16 Heb. arabah
  2. Joshua 11:17 Lit. The Smooth or Bald Mountain

16 So Joshua took this entire land: the hill country,(A) all the Negev,(B) the whole region of Goshen, the western foothills,(C) the Arabah and the mountains of Israel with their foothills, 17 from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir,(D) to Baal Gad(E) in the Valley of Lebanon(F) below Mount Hermon.(G) He captured all their kings and put them to death.(H)

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(A)From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory.

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Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon,(A) and from the great river, the Euphrates(B)—all the Hittite(C) country—to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.(D)

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11 (A)but the land which you cross over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of heaven,

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11 But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys(A) that drinks rain from heaven.(B)

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(A)Your southern border shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom; then your southern border shall extend eastward to the end of (B)the Salt Sea; your border shall turn from the southern side of (C)the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and be on the south of (D)Kadesh Barnea; then it shall go on to (E)Hazar Addar, and continue to Azmon; the border shall turn from Azmon (F)to the Brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the Sea.

‘As for the (G)western border, you shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your western border.

‘And this shall be your northern border: From the Great Sea you shall mark out your border line to (H)Mount Hor; from Mount Hor you shall mark out your border (I)to the entrance of Hamath; then the direction of the border shall be toward (J)Zedad; the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and it shall end at (K)Hazar Enan. This shall be your northern border.

10 ‘You shall mark out your eastern border from Hazar Enan to Shepham; 11 the border shall go down from Shepham (L)to Riblah on the east side of Ain; the border shall go down and reach to the eastern [a]side of the Sea (M)of Chinnereth; 12 the border shall go down along the Jordan, and it shall end at (N)the Salt Sea. This shall be your land with its surrounding boundaries.’ ”

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  1. Numbers 34:11 Lit. shoulder

“‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin(A) along the border of Edom. Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea,(B) cross south of Scorpion Pass,(C) continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea.(D) Then it will go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon,(E) where it will turn, join the Wadi of Egypt(F) and end at the Mediterranean Sea.

“‘Your western boundary will be the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.(G) This will be your boundary on the west.(H)

“‘For your northern boundary,(I) run a line from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Hor(J) and from Mount Hor to Lebo Hamath.(K) Then the boundary will go to Zedad, continue to Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.

10 “‘For your eastern boundary,(L) run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. 11 The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah(M) on the east side of Ain(N) and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee.[a](O) 12 Then the boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea.

“‘This will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.’”

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  1. Numbers 34:11 Hebrew Kinnereth

31 And (A)I will set your [a]bounds from the Red Sea to the sea, Philistia, and from the desert to the [b]River. For I will (B)deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.

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  1. Exodus 23:31 boundaries
  2. Exodus 23:31 Heb. Nahar, the Euphrates

31 “I will establish your borders from the Red Sea[a] to the Mediterranean Sea,[b] and from the desert to the Euphrates River.(A) I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out(B) before you.

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  1. Exodus 23:31 Or the Sea of Reeds
  2. Exodus 23:31 Hebrew to the Sea of the Philistines