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East Sea is one of several biblical names for the Dead Sea, the salt lake lying southeast of Jerusalem at the southern end of the Jordan rift. Other scriptural names for the same body of water include Salt Sea, Sea of the Plain, and Former Sea, and the prophets foretell its future healing when living waters flow eastward from Jerusalem.

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