Bible Lands Overview
Bible Lands
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Southern Europe
Middle East
Asia Minor
North Africa
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Lands of the Bible
Important Ancient Lands
Important Ancient Lands
Macedonia
Rome Greece 7 Churches
Medo
of Asia
Persian
Mediterranean
Canaan
& Israel Babylonian
Empire
Egypt
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Lands of the Bible
Continents & Land Masses
Continents & Land Masses
Southern Europe
Asia Minor
Mediterranean
Sea
Middle East
Northern Africa
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Garden of Eden
Garden of Eden
Mediterranean
Israel
Egypt
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Garden
of
Eden
Noah’s Ark 1
Noah’s Ark
Mediterranean
Israel
Egypt
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Mount
Ararat
(Turkey)
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Noah’s Ark 2
Turkey
Mount
Ararat
Mediterranean Sea
Israel
Cyprus
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Noah’s Ark Mt. Ararat
Mt. Ararat
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Snow covered Mt.
Ararat and Little
Ararat are inactive
volcanoes located
in eastern Turkey.
Mt. Ararat rises
over 3 miles above
sea level. This
mountain is the
traditional resting
place of the Ark.
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Tower of Babel
Tower of Babel
Israel Tower
Mediterranean
of
Babel
Egypt
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Abraham’s Journeys
Abraham’s Journey
Canaan
Mediterranean
Egypt
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Haran &
Ur of the
Chaldeans
(Iraq)
Abraham’s Journey to Egypt
Abraham’s Journey to Egypt
Canaan
Mediterranean Sea
Nile Delta
Egypt
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Sinai
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Abraham in Canaan
Canaan
Abraham’s
pastures
Lot’s
pastures
Hebron
Sodom
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Jacob left his
Father’s home and
went to Haran to
flee from Esau and
to get a wife. He
had the vision of the
stairway to heaven.
Years later he
returned along the
same route.
Wandering’s of Jacob
Canaan
Dead
Hebron Sea
Isaac’s Home
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The
Wanderings of
Jacob
Joseph’s Journey to Egypt
Joseph sold
to caravan
Nile Delta
Potiphar
& Pharaoh
Egypt
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Joseph’s Journey to Egypt
Mediterranean Sea
Canaan
Sinai
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Joseph’s Families Journey
to Goshen Due to the Famine
Fertile Nile Delta
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Egypt
Joseph’s Family to Goshen
Canaan
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Great Sea
(Mediterranean)
Route of the Exodus
Canaan
Nile
Delta
Sinai
Peninsula
Egypt
Mt. Sinai
NASA Photo
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Red Sea
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Traditional
Route of
the Exodus
Traditional
Route of
the Exodus
Exodus Major Events Map
Great Sea
Jericho
(Mediterranean)
Nile
Delta
Canaan
12 Spies
Sinai
Peninsula
Quail/Manna
Mt. Sinai
Egypt
Mt. Sinai
NASA Photo
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Red Sea
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Israelite Camp & Tabernacle
Naphtali
North
Tabernacle Schematics 2
Asher
West
Manasseh
Dan
Levites
East
Issachar
Benjamin
Zebulun
Ephraim Tabernacle Judah
Rueben
Simeon
Gad
South
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Tabernacle Schematics 3
Tabernacle
Table of
Shewbread
Ark of the
Covenant
Laver
Altar of
Incense
Bronze
Altar
Menorah
Most
Holy
Place
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Holy
Place
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Tabernacle Schematics 1
Tabernacle
Most
Holy
Place
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Holy
Place
Altar
Laver
Courtyard
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River
12 Tribes
of Israel
Ephraim
Dan
Jordan
Manasseh
Gad
Benjamin
Jericho Mt.Nebo
Jerusalem
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Twelve Tribes
of Israel
Twelve Tribes of Israel
Manasseh
Naphtali
Issachar
Ephraim
Benjamin
Simeon
Asher
Zebulun
Gad
Dan
Reuben
Judah
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Nations of Canaan
Other Nations
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Canaanites
Hittites
Philistines
Phoenicians
Moabites
Ammonites
Edomites
Midianites
Canaan
Jordan
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Hittite
Empire
Ammon
Jerusalem
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Moab
Edom
Midian
NASA PHOTO
Solomon’s
Israel
River
Solomon’s
Israel
Jordan
Shechem
Israel
Jerusalem
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Solomon’s Israel
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Solomon’s Temple
Store Rooms
Most Holy
Place
Holy Place
Solomon’s Temple
20cu (30 ft)
Altar
Sea
Approx 90 cubits (135 ft)
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10cu (15 ft)
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Herod’s Temple
Approx 670 cubits (1000 ft)
Royal
Porch
Court of
Priests
Gentile’s
Court
Herod’s Temple
Most Holy
Place
Holy
Main Temple Place
Altar
Court of Israel
Temple
Courtyard
Court of
Women
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Approx 1000 cubits (1500 ft)
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Divided
Kingdom
Divided Kingdom of Israel
Samaria
River
Syria
Jordan
Israel
Ammon
Jerusalem
Judah
Moab
Edom
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Divided
Kingdom
Assyrian Empire
Assyrian Empire
Assyrian Empire
Judah
824 BC
Egypt
640 BC
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Babylonian Empire
Babylonian Empire
Median
Empire
Mediterranean
Judah
Egypt
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Babylonian
Empire
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Persian Empire
Persian Empire
Mediterranean
Judah
Persian
Empire
Egypt
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Alexander the Great
Alexander The Great
The Empire of Alexander
Mediterranean
Judah
Egypt
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India
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The Roman Empire spread from Great Britain to
Israel and included Spain and Asia Minor.
Roman Empire
Britain
Rome
Roman
Empire
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Judah
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Caesarea
Philippi
Bethsaida
Sidon
Tyre
Capernaum
Sea of Galilee
Caesarea
Samaria
Joppa
Jordan River
Nazareth
Jericho
Jerusalem
Hebron
Dead Sea
Gaza
New Testament Israel
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Israel in the New Testament
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Israel in
the New
Testament
Childhood of Jesus
Sea of Galilee
Jordan River
Nazareth
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Dead Sea
Egypt
Jesus’ Childhood Israel
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The
Childhood
of Jesus
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1st Missionary Journey
Acts 13 & 14
Paul-1st Missionary Journey
Antioch (Pisidian)
Iconium
Perga
Attalia
Modern Day Turkey
Lystra
Derbe
Antioch
Mediterranean Sea
Seleucia
Paphos
Salamas
Cyprus
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Paul’s Journeys
Rome
Paul-2nd Missionary Journey
Phillipi
Thess
Athens
Ephesus
Corinth
Mediterranean Sea
Caesarea Israel
Jerusalem
Egypt
2nd Missionary Journey
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Paul-3rd Missionary Journey
Paul’s Journeys
Rome
Paul’s 3rd Journey
Phillipi
Thess
Athens
Antioch
Ephesus
Corinth
Mediterranean Sea
Israel
Caesarea Jerusalem
Egypt
3rd Missionary Journey
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Paul to Caesarea
Sea of Galilee
Antipatris
Jordan River
Caesarea
Jerusalem
Dead Sea
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Paul’s
Journey
to
Caesarea
Acts 23:1-35
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Paul- Journey to Rome
Paul’s Journeys
Paul’s Journey to Rome
Rome
Corinth
Malta
Mediterranean Sea
(Shipwreck) Caesarea Israel
Jerusalem
Egypt
Paul’s Journey to Rome
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Paul’s Letters to Churches
Rome
Phillipi
Galatia
Thessolonica
Colosse
Corinth
Ephesus
Mediterranean Sea
Israel
Egypt
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Paul’s
Lettters to
Churches
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GREECE
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Athens N
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Corinth
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Aegean Sea --Achaia
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Mediterranean Sea S
Corinth/Athens
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7 Churches of Asia
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7 Churches of Asia (Revelation)
Ephesus
Smyrna
Pergamos
Thyatira
Sardis
Philadelphia
Laodicea
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Modern
Israel
Modern Israel
Tel Aviv
Israel
Jordan
West
Bank
River
Syria
Jordan
Jerusalem
Negev(Negeb)
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NASA PHOTO
Modern
Israel