<P> In Romans 4: 13 it is written: </P> <Dl> <Dd> "It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith ." </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> "It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith ." </Dd> <Dl> <Dd> Boundaries of the' Promised Land' given in the Book of Numbers (chapter 34) <Dl> <Dd> The South border .--(v. 3) "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: (v. 4) And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh - barnea, and shall go on to Hazar - addar, and pass on to Azmon: (v. 5) And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea ." </Dd> <Dd> The Western border .--(v. 6) "And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border ." </Dd> <Dd> The North border .--(v. 7) "And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor: (v. 8) From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad: (v 9) And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar - enan: this shall be your north border ." </Dd> <Dd> The East border .--(v. 10) "And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar - enan to Shepham: (v. 11) And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: (v. 12) 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 ." </Dd> </Dl> </Dd> <Dd> Boundaries of the' Promised Land' given by Jerome c. 400 <Dl> <Dd> You may delineate the Promised Land of Moses from the Book of Numbers (ch. 34): as bounded on the south by the desert tract called Sina, between the Dead Sea and the city of Kadesh - barnea, (which is located with the Arabah to the east) and continues to the west, as far as the river of Egypt, that discharges into the open sea near the city of Rhinocolara; as bounded on the west by the sea along the coasts of Palestine, Phoenicia, Coele ‐ Syria, and Cilicia; as bounded on the north by the circle formed by the Taurus Mountains and Zephyrium and extending to Hamath, called Epiphany ‐ Syria; as bounded on the east by the city of Antioch Hippos and Lake Kinneret, now called Tiberias, and then the Jordan River which discharges into the salt sea, now called the Dead Sea . </Dd> </Dl> </Dd> </Dl>

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