Exodus 23:31

“And I will set thy bounds, etc.] The bounds of the land of Canaan, which in process of time it should reach unto, though not at once, not until the times of David and Solomon, (<100801>2 Samuel 8:1-18 <110424>1 Kings 4:24) which bounds were as follow: from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines: the Red sea was the boundary eastward, as the sea of the Philistines, or the Mediterranean sea, was the boundary westward: and from the desert unto the river; the desert of Shur or Arabia, towards Egypt, was the boundary southward, as the river Euphrates was the boundary northward, and is the river here meant, as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it; and so Jarchi interprets it, and…”

“In Exodus 23:23, the limits of the Land of Canaan, strictly so called, are indicated; to this, when the Israelites were about to take possession of it, were added the regions of Gilead and Bashan on the left side of the Jordan Numbers 32:33-42; Joshua 13:29-32. These two portions made up the holy land, of which the limits were recognized, with inconsiderable variations, until the final overthrow of the Jewish polity. But in this verse the utmost extent of Hebrew dominion, as it existed in the time of David and Solomon, is set forth. The kingdom then reached to Eloth and Ezion-geber on the AElanitic Gulf of the Red Sea 1 Kings 9:26, and to Tiphsah on the “River,” that is, the River Euphrates…”

“23:31 from the eastern wilderness to the Euphrates River: See Gen 15:18; Num 34:2-12; Deut 11:24; 2 Chr 9:26. • I will hand over to you the people: God had promised the land to Abraham (Gen 15:16). At that time, “the sins of the Amorites” had not yet run their course. Now they had. God was not arbitrarily dispossessing the Amorites (i.e., the Canaanites) but was using his people, the Israelites, to judge their wickedness.”

“I will set: Gen 15:18; Num 34:3-15; Deu 11:24; Jos 1:4; Kg1 4:21, Kg1 4:24; Psa 72:8 deliver the: Num 21:34; Deu 3:2; Jos 8:7, Jos 8:18, Jos 10:8, Jos 10:19, Jos 21:44, Jos 23:14, Jos 24:8; Jdg 1:4; Jdg 11:21; Sa1 23:4; Kg1 20:13 Exodus 23:32”