Bilangan 34:6

The Western Border of the Land

34:6 “‘And for a western border ¹  you will have the Great Sea. ²  This will be your western border.

Yehezkiel 47:19

47:19 On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, the river, ³  to the Great Sea. This is the south side.

¹ tn The word for west is simply “sea,” because the sea is west of Israel.

² sn That is, the Mediterranean Sea (also in the following verse).

³ tn Or “valley.” The syntax is difficult. Some translate “to the river,” others “from the river”; in either case the preposition is supplied for the sake of English.