Joshua 1:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

It will reach from the Southern Desert to the Lebanon Mountains in the north, and to the north-east as far as the great River Euphrates. It will include the land of the Hittites, and the land from here at the River Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea on the west.

Cross References

Exodus 23:31

I will see that your borders reach from the Red Sea to the River Euphrates and from the Mediterranean Sea to the desert. I will let you defeat the people who live there, and you will force them out of the land.

Deuteronomy 11:24

You will capture the land everywhere you go, from the Southern Desert to the Lebanon Mountains, and from the River Euphrates west to the Mediterranean Sea.

Deuteronomy 3:25

The land west of the Jordan is such good land. Please let me cross the Jordan and see the hills and the Lebanon Mountains.”

Deuteronomy 1:7

Leave this place and go into the land that belongs to the Amorites and their neighbours the Canaanites. This land includes the valley of the River Jordan, the hill country, the western foothills, the Southern Desert, the Mediterranean coast, the Lebanon Mountains, and all the territory as far as the River Euphrates.

1 Chronicles 18:3

While King Hadadezer of Zobah was trying to gain control of the territory near the River Euphrates, David met him in battle at Hamath and defeated him.

1 Chronicles 5:9

and as far east as the desert just west of the River Euphrates. They needed this much land because they owned too many cattle to keep them all in Gilead.

Revelation 9:14

The voice spoke to this angel and said, “Release the four angels who are tied up beside the great River Euphrates.”

1 Kings 4:21

Solomon ruled every kingdom between the River Euphrates and the land of the Philistines down to Egypt. These kingdoms paid him taxes as long as he lived.

Ezra 4:20

And powerful kings have ruled Western Province from Jerusalem and have collected all kinds of taxes.