Numbers 34:11

11 et de Sephama descendent termini in Rebla contra fontem inde pervenient contra orientem ad mare Chenereth

Numbers 34:11 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 34:11

And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah
Said to be in the land of Hemath, ( Jeremiah 52:9 ) , which, according to Jerom F24, was Antioch of Syria; and both the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem understand by it Daphne, which was in the suburbs of Antioch; but this seems to be carrying the limits of the land too far: Jarchi remarks, that when the border goes from the north towards the south, it is said to go down:

on the east side of Ain;
a city in the tribe of Judah; according to Jerom F25 now a village that goes by the name of Bethennim, two miles from the turpentine tree, that is, from the tent of Abraham or oak of Mamre, and four from Hebron:

and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea
of Chinnereth eastward;
the same with the sea of Tiberius, and the sea of Gennesaret, frequently made mention of in the New Testament, and in ( Ezekiel 47:18 ) , called the east sea.


FOOTNOTES:

F24 Comment. ut supra. (cf. ver. 15.)
F25 De loc. Heb. fol. 88. F.

Numbers 34:11 In-Context

9 ibuntque confinia usque Zephrona et villam Henan hii erunt termini in parte aquilonis
10 inde metabuntur fines contra orientalem plagam de villa Henan usque Sephama
11 et de Sephama descendent termini in Rebla contra fontem inde pervenient contra orientem ad mare Chenereth
12 et tendent usque Iordanem et ad ultimum Salsissimo cludentur mari hanc habebitis terram per fines suos in circuitu
13 praecepitque Moses filiis Israhel dicens haec erit terra quam possidebitis sorte et quam iussit dari Dominus novem tribubus et dimidiae tribui
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