Exodus 23:31
And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
Study Note
Study Note
'And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river' — the territorial promise defines the maximum extent of the Promised Land from the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea/Yam Suph) to the Mediterranean (sea of the Philistines) and from the Sinai desert to the Euphrates. This is the broadest version of the land promise, paralleled in Genesis 15:18 and Deuteronomy 1:7, and partially fulfilled in the Solomonic empire (1 Kings 4:21) but never fully during the monarchic period. Jewish and Christian eschatological traditions have read the unfulfilled scope of the promise as pointing toward a future fulfillment, while others understand it typologically as the church's universal inheritance in Christ.
Other Translations
And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand: and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
`And I have set thy border from the Red Sea, even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I give into your hand the inhabitants of the land, and thou hast cast them out from before thee;
I will let the limits of your land be from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the waste land to the river Euphrates: for I will give the people of those lands into your power; and you will send them out before you.
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