Bible Verses about “promised land boundaries”
The Bible contains 25 verses about promised land boundaries across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.”
“and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out of it shall be southward of Kadesh Barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar Addar, and pass along to Azmon;”
“Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land.”
“and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;”
“Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,”
“"Command the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to its borders),”
“then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward;”
“and the border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.”
“"'For the western border, you shall have the great sea and the border [of it]: this shall be your west border.”
“"'This shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark out for you Mount Hor;”
“from Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad;”
“and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar Enan: this shall be your north border.”
“"'You shall mark out your east border from Hazar Enan to Shepham;”
“and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders around it.'"”
“Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This shall be the border, by which you shall divide the land for inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph [shall have two] portions.”
“You shall inherit it, one as well as another; for I swore to give it to your fathers: and this land shall fall to you for inheritance.”
“This shall be the border of the land: On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of Zedad;”
“Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer Hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran.”
“The border from the sea, shall be Hazar Enon at the border of Damascus; and on the north northward is the border of Hamath. This is the north side.”
“The east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the [north] border to the east sea you shall measure. This is the east side.”
“The south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth Kadesh, to the brook [of Egypt], to the great sea. This is the south side southward.”
“The west side shall be the great sea, from the [south] border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.”
“So you shall divide this land to you according to the tribes of Israel.”
“It shall happen, that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you and to the aliens who live among you, who shall father children among you; and they shall be to you as the native-born among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.”
“It shall happen, that in what tribe the stranger lives, there you shall give him his inheritance, says the Lord Yahweh.”