The south quarter, 3- 5. The western border, 6. The north border, 7-9. The east border, 10-12. The names of the twelve chiefs, 19-29.
All description here is useless.
The situation and boundaries of the land of Canaan can only be known by actual survey, or by consulting a good map. The Dead Sea , or lake Asphaltites. In Hebrew there is properly but one term, y yam, which is applied to all collections of water apparently stagnant, and which is generally translated sea . The Greek of the New Testament follows the Hebrew, and employs, in general, the word qalassa, SEA, whether it speaks of the Mediterranean, or of the sea or lake of Galilee . The same as the sea of Galilee , sea of Tiberias, and sea of Gennesareth.