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Ezekiel 47:20

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And on the west side, the Great Sea will be the boundary up to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This will be the western boundary.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 20

In this chapter we have, I. The vision of the holy waters, their rise, extent, depth, and healing virtue, the plenty of fish in them, and an account of the trees growing on the banks of them (Eze 47:1-12). II. An appointment of the borders of the land of Canaan, which was to be divided by lot to the tribes of Israel and the strangers that sojourned among them (Eze 47:13-23).

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Strong's Concordancev. 20

יָם (yâm, H3220) — a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the… פֵּאָה (pêʼâh, H6285) — properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity גָּדוֹל (gâdôwl, H1419) — great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent גְּבוּל (gᵉbûwl, H1366) — properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the… בּוֹא (bôwʼ, H935) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) נֹכַח (nôkach, H5227) — properly, the front part; used adverbially (especially with preposition), opposite, in… חֲמָת (Chămâth, H2574) — Chamath, a place in Syria

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Ezekiel 48:1rank 2

“Now these are the names of the tribes: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus with Hamath to the north, and extending from the east side to the west side.

Numbers 34:6rank 2

Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.

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