Deuteronomy 11:24

“Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the River, the river Euphrates, to the western sea shall be your territory.”

Deuteronomy 11:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 11:24, word by word

placeמָּקוֹםmakom

place

A place, a spot.

Where else “makom” appears
the soleכַּףkaf

sole

The underside of the foot, with which one treads.

Where else “kaf” appears
of your footרַגְלְragl

foot

The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.

Where else “ragl” appears
treadsתִּדְרֹךְtidroch

tread

To step on; crush grapes underfoot.

Where else “tidroch” appears
shall beיִהְיֶהyihye

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “yihye” appears
the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar

wilderness

Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.

Where else “midbar” appears
and Lebanonלְּבָנוֹןlevanon

Lebanon

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the Riverנָּהָרnahar

river

River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.

Where else “nahar” appears
Euphratesפְּרָתperat

Euphrates

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the westernאַחֲרוֹןacharon

western

What lies behind, on the western side, like the western sea.

Where else “acharon” appears
seaיָּםyam

sea

The sea, or a large lake.

Where else “yam” appears
your territoryגְּבֻלְgevul

territory

The land within that border.

Where else “gevul” appears

Translation note

The “western sea” (word for word, “the sea behind”) is the Mediterranean.

Places in this verse

JerusalemMediterranean SeaLebanonEuphrates
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 1Lebanon

    Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)

    A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.

    Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).

    Deuteronomy 3:251 Kings 5:6Psalms 92:12Isaiah 35:2

  • 2Euphrates

    Today: Euphrates River: Turkey, Syria, Iraq

    The longest river in southwest Asia; it rises in Turkey and flows through Syria and Iraq to the Persian Gulf.

    It is one of the four rivers of Eden (Gen 2:14). God promised Abram the land as far as this river (Gen 15:18).

    Genesis 15:18Genesis 2:14Deuteronomy 1:7Joshua 1:4

The context

23YHWH will dispossess all these nations from before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and mightier than you.

24 · This verse (above)

25No man will stand before you; the dread of you and the terror of you YHWH your Elohim will put on the face of all the land on which you tread, as he has spoken to you.

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