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The Great Sea usually refers to the Mediterranean, the western sea bordering the land of Israel, though some passages use the phrase differently in context. It is important because it serves as a major biblical boundary marker and the maritime edge of the land. First appears in Num 34:6.1
AI summary: The Great Sea functions in biblical geography as one of the clearest large-scale orientation points. In most cases it refers to the Mediterranean and helps define the western edge of the promised land, though readers must pay attention to context because the phrase can occasionally be used in a different way. Its significance is therefore less about a single narrative episode and more about spatial definition and the horizon of the coastlands. The cross references present the Great Sea as a major boundary term in the Bible's map of the land.1
(Joel 2:20; Ezek. 47:18), the Dead Sea, which lay on the east side of the Holy Land. The Mediterranean, which lay on the west, was hence called the “great sea for the west border” (Num. 34:6). 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.