Numbers 34:6

6 " 'Your western boundary will be the Great Sea; this will be your western boundary.

Numbers 34:6 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 34:6

And as for the western border
Of the land of Canaan:

you shall even have the great sea for a border;
and no other, meaning the Mediterranean sea, which lies west of the land of Judea; Aben Ezra calls it the Spanish sea: it has the name of "great", in comparison of some in the land of Canaan, as the salt sea, and the sea of Tiberias:

this shall be your west border;
namely, the Mediterranean sea.

Numbers 34:6 In-Context

4 your boundary will turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and will pass over to Zin, and its limits will be from the south of Kadesh Barnea; it will continue to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon.

5 The boundary will turn from Azmon to the valley of Egypt, and its limits will be to the sea.

6 " 'Your western boundary will be the Great Sea; this will be your western boundary.

7 Your northern border will be from the Great Sea; you will make a boundary from the Great Sea to Mount Hor.

8 From Mount Hor you will make a boundary to reach Hamath; the limits of the territory will be at Zedad.

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, the Mediterranean