Text: Psalm 78:54
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 15:17
Subject: mountain and sanctuary in poetic retrospective
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Exodus 15:17 anticipates God planting His people on "the mountain of Your inheritance" (הַר נַחֲלָתְךָ, har nachalatekha) and establishing His sanctuary, and Psalm 78:54 identifies this as fulfilled in the conquest: "He brought them to His holy border, to this mountain His right hand had acquired." Both texts use mountain-sanctuary language to describe God's intended destination for Israel—not merely a geographic location but a sacred dwelling place. The psalm's retrospective identification of the promised land's borders as God's "holy border" (גְּבוּל קָדְשׁוֹ, gevul qodsho) interprets the Song of the Sea's forward-looking vision through the lens of settlement history.