Numbers 34:2-12

2 "Command the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter ¹the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to its borders.

3 '²Your southern sector shall extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall extend from the end of the Salt Sea ³eastward.

4 'Then your border shall turn direction from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and continue to Zin, and its termination shall be to the south of ⁴Kadesh-barnea; and it shall reach Hazaraddar and continue to Azmon.

5 'The border shall turn direction from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at ⁵the sea.

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

7 '⁶And 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 ⁷the 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 ⁸Riblah 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 ⁹Chinnereth.

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.' "

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Numbers 34:2-12 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 9

1. Genesis 17:8; Psalms 78:54, 55; Psalms 105:11
2. Joshua 15:1-3
3. Joshua 15:5
4. Numbers 32:8
5. Joshua 15:4
6. Ezekiel 47:15-17
7. Joshua 13:5
8. 2 Kings 23:33
9. Deuteronomy 3:17; Joshua 13:27

Footnotes 10

[a]. Lit "side"
[b]. Lit "be"
[c]. Lit "be"
[d]. Lit "pass along"
[e]. Lit "goings out," and so throughout the ch
[f]. Lit "go forth to"
[g]. Lit "pass along"
[h]. Lit "border"
[i]. Or "entrance of Hamath"
[j]. Lit "shoulder"

Numbers 34:2-12

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Numbers 34:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 34

Cross References 9

Footnotes 10