Numbers 34:3-12

3 1your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside Edom, and your southern border shall run from the end of 2the Salt Sea on the east.
4 And your border shall turn south of 3the ascent of Akrabbim, and cross to Zin, and its limit shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to 4Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon.
5 And the border shall turn 5from Azmon to 6the Brook of Egypt, and its limit shall be at the sea.
6 "For the western border, you shall have the Great Sea and its[a] coast. This shall be your western border.
7 "This shall be your northern border: from the Great Sea you shall draw a line to 7Mount Hor.
8 From Mount Hor you shall draw a line 8to Lebo-hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at 9Zedad.
9 Then the border shall extend to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at 10Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.
10 "You shall draw a line for your eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham.
11 And the border shall go down from Shepham to 11Riblah on the east side of Ain. And the border shall go down and reach to the shoulder of 12the Sea of Chinnereth on the east.
12 And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and its limit shall be at 13the Salt Sea. This shall be your land as defined by its borders all around."

Numbers 34:3-12 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.

Cross References 13

  • 1. Joshua 15:1; See Genesis 15:18-21; Ezekiel 47:13-21
  • 2. ver. 12; Genesis 14:3; Joshua 15:2
  • 3. Joshua 15:3
  • 4. Joshua 15:3
  • 5. Joshua 15:4
  • 6. Genesis 15:18; Joshua 15:4, 47; 1 Kings 8:65; 2 Kings 24:7; 1 Chronicles 13:5; 2 Chronicles 7:8; Isaiah 27:12
  • 7. Numbers 33:37
  • 8. Numbers 13:21; 2 Kings 14:25; Ezekiel 48:1
  • 9. Ezekiel 47:15
  • 10. Ezekiel 47:17
  • 11. 2 Kings 23:33; Jeremiah 39:5
  • 12. Deuteronomy 3:17; Joshua 11:2; Joshua 12:3; Joshua 19:35; Matthew 4:18; Luke 5:1
  • 13. ver. 3

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Syriac; Hebrew lacks its
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