King James Bible
"Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates."
God commands Israel to break camp at Horeb (Sinai) and advance toward the Amorite highlands, the mountainous heartland of Canaan. This marks the transition from receiving the law to actively pursuing the promised inheritance. The verse systematically maps the diverse topography of the promised land: the Arabah (Jordan valley plain), the hill country, the Shephelah (foothills), the Negev (south), and the Mediterranean coast. This comprehensive geographical survey emphasizes the vastness and variety of Israel's destined territory. The boundaries extend from the Canaanite territories through Lebanon's mountains to the Euphrates, echoing God's covenant promise to Abraham of a land stretching to this great river. This represents the ideal, maximum extent of Israel's inheritance, though historically never fully realized.