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Bookmark or Share- What is the Abrahamic Covenant? — Genesis 12:1-3 - NeverThirstyThe dimensions of the land promised to Abraham was defined in Genesis 15:18-21. It extended from the Nile river of Egypt to the river Euphrates. These verses also included the territory of certain nations. That is, the promised land is not spiritual. It was literally described as earthly territory.
- How wide and deep was the Jordan River where Israel crossed?Israel crossed the Jordan River from the plains of Moab (Joshua 13:22) into the land of Canaan, the Promised Land, about 1406 B.C. 1 Archaeological data supports a date of about 1400 B.C. 2 The dates developed by Kenyon have been discredited. The record of their crossing is given in Joshua 3:14-17.
- Why did God command the Israelites to destroy entire nations?Why did God tell the Israelites to kill the Canaanites and other nations? Because the Canaanites would in time corrupt the nation of Israel with foreign gods and do evil. Therefore, when the nation of Israel entered the Promised Land, Joshua ordered the Israelistes to kill everyone in the occupying nation to put eradicate the evil in the land.
- What does the Bible say about the idolatrous tribe of Dan?When the Israelites entered the Promised Land, the tribe of Dan was given the seventh opportunity to select their territory (Joshua 19:40-51). However, they were not able to occupy their selected territory due to a lack of faith and later moved north (Judges 18:1-31).
- What does the map of the Promised Land look like? - NeverThirstyExodus also describes the promised land as stretching from the boundary of the Red Sea to the Euphrates River (Exodus 23:28-31). Detailed Description of the Promised Land. Later in Numbers 34:1-13 God gives Moses a more detailed description of the Promised Land the Israelites would occupy.
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