At that time, in the Bible, the boundaries of the Promised Land were from the River of Egypt (the Nile) to the Euphrates (Exodus 23:31). Today, it includes modern-day Israel, including Gaza and the West Bank, an
Similarly, in Joshua 4:1-9, the Israelites set up twelve stones taken from the Jordan River as a memorial to commemorate their crossing into the Promised Land. Joshua 4:7 states, "These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever."2. Feasts and Festivals: The Passover...
The idea that creation stems from primordial waters is also mentioned in the New Testament, and sciences admit that water is the absolute condition allowing for both physical and spiritual life. The contact of Our Lord's Body with the waters of the Jordan River is the...
After the destruction (in the late 13th century) of the military chiefdoms ruled by Sihon and Og in the area east of the Jordan River, the Hebrews held a covenant ceremony at Shittim (northeast of the Dead Sea), which has been greatly elaborated upon in tradition as the “second giving ...
Abraham, the first of the Hebrew patriarchs and an important figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.