Numbers 34:1

1 The LORD said to Moses,

Numbers 34:1 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 34:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses
At the same time that he ordered him to direct the children of Israel, when they had passed over Jordan, to drive out the inhabitants of the land of Canaan, and divide their land among them, he proceeded to give the limits and boundaries of the land:

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 34:1 In-Context

1 The LORD said to Moses,
2 "Command the people of Israel, and say to them, When you enter the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, the land of Canaan in its full extent),
3 your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern boundary shall be from the end of the Salt Sea on the east;
4 and your boundary shall turn south of the ascent of Akrab'bim, and cross to Zin, and its end shall be south of Ka'desh-bar'nea; then it shall go on to Ha'zar-ad'dar, and pass along to Azmon;
5 and the boundary shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at the sea.
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