Numbers 34:6-16

6 'As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea, that is, its coastline; this shall be your west border.

7 '¹And this shall be your north border: you shall draw your border line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor.

8 'You shall draw a line from Mount Hor to ²the Lebo-hamath, and the termination of the border shall be at Zedad;

9 and the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and its termination shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border.

10 'For your eastern border you shall also draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham,

11 and the border shall go down from Shepham to ³Riblah on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down and reach to the slope on the east side of the Sea of ⁴Chinnereth.

12 'And the border shall go down to the Jordan and its termination shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders all around.' "

13 So Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, "⁵This is the land that you are to apportion by lot among you as a possession, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes.

14 "⁶For the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received theirs according to their fathers' households, and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to their fathers' households, and the half-tribe * of Manasseh have received their possession.

15 "The two and a half tribes have received their possession across * the Jordan opposite Jericho, eastward toward the sunrising."

16 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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Numbers 34:6-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 34

In this chapter the bounds and borders of the land Canaan are described, according to the direction of the Lord to Moses, Nu 34:1,2, the south border, Nu 34:3-5, the western border, Nu 34:6, the north border, Nu 34:7-9, the east border, Nu 34:10-12, which is ordered to be divided by lot to the nine tribes and a half, two tribes and a half having received their inheritance on the other side Jordan, Nu 34:13-15, and the persons are nominated to divide the land, Eleazar and Joshua, with one prince out of every tribe, and who are mentioned by name, Nu 34:16-29.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 6

1. Ezekiel 47:15-17
2. Joshua 13:5
3. 2 Kings 23:33
4. Deuteronomy 3:17; Joshua 13:27
5. Genesis 15:18; Numbers 26:52-56; Deuteronomy 11:24; Joshua 14:1-5
6. Numbers 32:33

Footnotes 3

[a]. Lit "border"
[b]. Or "entrance of Hamath"
[c]. Lit "shoulder"

Numbers 34:6-16

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Numbers 34:6-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 34

Cross References 6

Footnotes 3