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Great Sea

Western coast of the biblical lands · Old Testament · 14 verses

The Great Sea is the biblical name for the Mediterranean Sea, bordering the land of Israel on the west. Scripture also calls it the western sea and the utmost sea. The name appears in Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua and 2 more in the King James text.

About Great Sea

The Great Sea is the biblical name for the Mediterranean Sea, bordering the land of Israel on the west. Scripture also calls it the western sea and the utmost sea.

Its place in the story

The Great Sea formed the western boundary of the promised land in the descriptions of Israel's territory. Its coast held the ports of the Philistines and Phoenicians. Jonah set sail upon it in his flight toward Tarshish.

Great Sea in Scripture (KJV)

“And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.”
Numbers 34:6 (KJV)
“And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:”
Numbers 34:7 (KJV)
“Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.”
Deuteronomy 11:24 (KJV)
“From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.”
Joshua 1:4 (KJV)
“And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;”
Joshua 9:1 (KJV)
“And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.”
Joshua 15:12 (KJV)
“Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:”
Joshua 15:47 (KJV)
“Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.”
Joshua 23:4 (KJV)

Great Sea is named 14 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

The Great Sea bordered the land where the story of salvation unfolded, and across it the gospel of Christ would later spread to the nations.

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The Great Sea is the biblical name for the Mediterranean Sea, bordering the land of Israel on the west. Scripture also calls it the western sea and the utmost sea. The name appears in Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua and 2 more in the King James text.

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The Great Sea formed the western boundary of the promised land in the descriptions of Israel's territory. Its coast held the ports of the Philistines and Phoenicians. Jonah set sail upon it in his flight toward Tarshish.

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