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Salt Sea

Jordan rift, between Israel and Jordan · Old Testament · 13 verses

The Salt Sea, known today as the Dead Sea, is the deep, intensely salty lake at the lowest point on the earth's land surface. It lies at the southern end of the Jordan valley. The name appears in Genesis, Numbers, Deuteronomy and 4 more in the King James text.

About Salt Sea

The Salt Sea, known today as the Dead Sea, is the deep, intensely salty lake at the lowest point on the earth's land surface. It lies at the southern end of the Jordan valley.

Its place in the story

The Salt Sea is repeatedly named as a boundary of the promised land and of the tribal territories. The cities of the plain, including Sodom and Gomorrah, lay near it. Ezekiel envisioned a river from the temple flowing down to heal its waters.

Salt Sea in Scripture (KJV)

“All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.”
Genesis 14:3 (KJV)
“Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:”
Numbers 34:3 (KJV)
“And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.”
Numbers 34:12 (KJV)
“The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.”
Deuteronomy 3:17 (KJV)
“And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.”
Deuteronomy 4:49 (KJV)
“That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.”
Joshua 3:16 (KJV)
“And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:”
Joshua 12:3 (KJV)
“And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:”
Joshua 15:2 (KJV)

Salt Sea is named 13 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

Ezekiel's vision of the Dead Sea's waters made fresh pictures the healing life that flows from God, fulfilled in the living water Christ gives.

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Where is Salt Sea in the Bible?

The Salt Sea, known today as the Dead Sea, is the deep, intensely salty lake at the lowest point on the earth's land surface. It lies at the southern end of the Jordan valley. The name appears in Genesis, Numbers, Deuteronomy and 4 more in the King James text.

What happened at Salt Sea?

The Salt Sea is repeatedly named as a boundary of the promised land and of the tribal territories. The cities of the plain, including Sodom and Gomorrah, lay near it. Ezekiel envisioned a river from the temple flowing down to heal its waters.

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