Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.

East sea

(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).



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