Numbers 34:5-6

34:5 There the border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea. ¹ 

The Western Border of the Land

34:6 “‘And for a western border ²  you will have the Great Sea. ³  This will be your western border.

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¹ sn That is, the Mediterranean.

² tn The word for west is simply “sea,” because the sea is west of Israel.

³ sn That is, the Mediterranean Sea (also in the following verse).